Years (decades?) ago, I remember seeing the end credits of one of my favorite shows from the 1980s, Knight Rider, and was immediately struck by the typeface. More recently, I realized it might be the same font that adorns the control panel my beloved Sequential OB-6 synth (It may very well be Handel Gothic).

I set out to create something fresh with those inspirations in mind: A curvy, retro-futuristic, all-caps display that gets funky at heavier weights—with some worm-y alternates for letters like M N and W. Letterforms that are uniform almost monoline at Regular weight—but with some increasing, character-building contrast at Semibold and Bold weights.

Turbeau includes 3 weights: Regular, Semibold, and Bold. And we just had to make Oblique versions of those weights for maximum forward overdrive.