Talk:GBI (German Bold Italic)

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Typeface rather than font?
To be precise, should references to 'font' be changed to 'typeface'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.185.209.13 (talk) 13:05, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

I have found some archived download links for the typeface, just wondering where the 'correct' place for them would be
The article mentions how the typeface was free to download from the official websites of Tei and Minogue, so, naturally, I tried looking for the typeface myself. I have managed to find a couple of archived download links for it - albeit the archives I found were archived from a fan site (haven't found any archives from the official websites). I opted to be WP:BOLD and added those archived links in a footnote in GBI (German Bold Italic), but I was wondering if they should be moved to an 'External Links' section or something instead. (the archived download links in question are https://web.archive.org/web/20000118185710/http://kylie.co.uk/gbi.zip and https://web.archive.org/web/20021014062050/http://www.kylie.co.uk/desktop/gbi.TTF) 🔥HOTm̵̟͆e̷̜̓s̵̼̊s̸̜̃🔥 (talk・edits) 13:54, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I did find these download links but hesitated to use them because these are fansite/blog-owned sharing files, not directly from either Minogue or Tei's website. Also, WP:LINKFARM. Damian Vo (talk) 15:15, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

First song about a typeface?
The band Couch Flambeau released a song about the Helvetica typeface prior to 1989. The assertion on the Wikipedia main page on 3/20/24 is not true. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqArN-kyFJo Mikelibrik (talk) 16:56, 20 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Good find, but quick heads-up: if you see further main page mishaps, you should report them over at WP:Main Page/Errors (not on the talk pages of the articles featured on the main page) so the people with permissions to do stuff to the main page can do something about it whilst there's still time. 🔥HOTm̵̟͆e̷̜̓s̵̼̊s̸̜̃🔥 (talk・edits) 01:09, 21 March 2024 (UTC)


 * I couldn't hear the lyrics clearly because the guitar is too loud, and I couldn't find anything about this song anywhere else, but I guess it is not about the typeface and they only use it in the title. If this trivia is backed up by any credible sources, please leave it here and I will be happy to fix the article. Damian Vo (talk) 15:06, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
 * It is about the typeface. The lyrics pretend to be a cheesy love song that's actually about the font. I didn't transcribe the whole song, but some key lines: "so simple and plain, yet so beautiful...you're plain, you're bold, but that doesn't stop me from using you"...and so on, all of which describe Helvetica the font reasonably well (in fact, better than they work as a love song).
 * I'm not sure what more credible source you need concerning the existence of a song than discogs...the song was also released on the band's compilation album "I Did a Power Slide in the Taco Stand" https://www.discogs.com/release/12753137-Couch-Flambeau-I-Did-A-Power-Slide-In-The-Taco-Stand-Anthology-1982-2001. You might be getting the idea this band doesn't take themselves too seriously, and you'd be right.
 * Because the song's obscure, it's reasonable to note that many critics thought it was the first song about a font...but since this song precedes it, such assumptions are factually incorrect. Spanghew2fs (talk) 22:04, 30 March 2024 (UTC)