Is there really a font named German Bold Italic and where can I get it for a Mac?

October 24, 2004 5:01 AM

Is there really a font named German Bold Italic?

And if so, where can I get it?

posted by Katemonkey to Computers & Internet (10 answers total)

"german bold italic" download font
posted by kv at 6:47 AM on October 24, 2004

It came with the CD single. I like the song, it's corny, and the font reminds me of the Power Puff Girls.
posted by riffola at 6:53 AM on October 24, 2004

GBI.TTF from Kylie's own site.
posted by riffola at 6:54 AM on October 24, 2004

Response by poster: Any chance for a mac version?
posted by Katemonkey at 7:37 AM on October 24, 2004

If you're on OSX it should work just fine.
posted by mimi at 7:53 AM on October 24, 2004

Response by poster: alas, not.
posted by Katemonkey at 10:35 AM on October 24, 2004

"If you're on OSX"? Hasn't ttf been supported on macs since at least the classic (OS5? OS6?)?
posted by fvw at 11:07 AM on October 24, 2004

TrueType was jointly developed by Apple and Microsoft in the early nineties (in order to trump Adobe's Type 1 dominance). Any current Mac should support it.
posted by neckro23 at 12:24 PM on October 24, 2004

Double click on it to launch Font Book (OS X 10.3) and then click the appropriate button to install it.
posted by emelenjr at 4:35 PM on October 24, 2004

So, umm, yeah...the company I work for does type conversion services and can convert a PC TT font to a Mac TT font for something like $35. (Yes, there are subtle differences, and though some TT fonts will work on some versions of both platforms, they don't always do so consistently.)

If you can get your hands on a copy of Fontographer or FontLab, you might be able to figure out how to do it yourself.
posted by quasistoic at 5:01 PM on November 22, 2004