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“Need for Speed” is Serpentine Sans, but what about “CARBON”?
asked by Editor (7.1k points)

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NFSCarbon by Lyajka, but can’t find a trusted download/purchase site. Seems to be backwards-engineered from the logo.
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Thanks, Kevin. With that name, this font must have come after the logo, as you say. Can you think of something that may have served as the basis for the logo (and is closer than, say, Eurostile Extended or Bank Gothic)? I assume that some details were modified.
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CARBON may very well be custom. Not finding much that predates the game—maybe Peter Wiegel's Kauffhalle?

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Kaufhalle comes close indeed, but is from 2009. Yes, I can imagine it’s custom. I wanted to make sure I’m not missing something obvious, as such techno fonts are not my strong suit.

Thanks again!
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