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German Bold Italic: Kylie Minogue song about being a typeface

Rob Beschizza
Mar 25, 2025
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Kylie Minogue is an Australian star initially famed for her role on the long-running soap opera Neighbors, then as a slickly-produced UK pop star in the 1980s, and more lastingly as a more stylish coolbrow icon. I did not know, however, that she once sang a song about being a typeface. Behold German Bold Italic, made in collaboration with Towa Tei.

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