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An update to SbB Papaya for the 2026 F1 season. I've seen some additional lettering that McLaren is using throughout the year on their social media and livery and updated the font to incorporate those designs.
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Info:Created on Sun, 25th January. Last edited on Fri, 19th June.
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Another example. This year's version of the font is more useable and is a closer match for what they use on the car.
Nice solutions here, but a bit of inconsistency in the design of some similar glyphs, IMHO (P/A, e.g.). The special cut in the horizontal strokes of A or R or B can be used in more ones like P and others. But you're the Boss.
In this case, I'm trying to replicate the lettering that McLaren is using on their F1 cars and in social media graphics. Agree completely that there are some inconsistencies... those are pulled straight from the source material. I do think it's really cool that one of the premiere Formula 1 teams is using a modular font in their communications and on their cars.
The 1 is different this year. I noticed. It's not updated here.
I also realised the otf file isn't working. Is this font PC Exclusive??
They've actually used two different 1s and I noticed a different G as well. I plan to do a couple of updates. The OTF file should work. I'm not where I can test it right now, but I'll see if I can figure out what's going on.
I was able to figure out the problem, the File name ended in otf.zip.otf
I just had to rename it to otf.zip and it worked.
I switched the one out for what they are using, but left the old one hidden in the character set. I was going to change the G, but I just really don't like what it looks like... so I stuck with my G.
Take a look at the details of the Arrow McLaren test liveries. They feature a number of different letters.
The letter G features the Miami 1000 GP logo.
Also keep an eye on what the Endurance team gets up to.
this is a simplified one
I updated the lower case G to match the one they use in the Miami 1000 GP. They actually use different characters at different times. (The original SbB Papaya that used some of the numerals from an old Arrow McLaren livery.)
i like the usage of sharp angles in this font, they're very cool ^^
https://x.com/bobpockrass/status/2049501871962784255
https://www.mclaren.com/racing/indycar/2026/arrow-mclaren-110th-indianapolis-500-carb-day-practice-report/
@biostruct Thanks for the reference images. In this case, some of these are different than stuff they are using elsewhere. I'll take a look at incorporating some of these as alternate characters. The 1 is a good example. They have two, with and without the foot. Without the foot is what Lando is using this year... So I've clearly made some choices. But maybe I can put the alternate 1 in the ! spot.
Oh, my apologies!
@Sed4tives No worries. I appreciate you keeping a watchful eye over Fontstruct. Just didn't want @biostruct to get in trouble.
Oh, thank you. I really appreciate your work. It’s a tricky branding job for anyone who pays attention to details.
I've tucked a few alternates into the lowercase. I think I caught everything on the links Biostruct shared. (And the alternate 1 is where the bullet should be -- option-8 on a Mac.)
D & F: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HKOJ7EhW0AAy665.jpg
@biostruct Thanks! This is interesting. Earlier in the season, they weren't using this font for the post race social graphics so I hadn't seen this DNF. (I had a D from something last season that was different.) I'm not sure this new D makes sense as a match to the rest of the letters in the font, but I went ahead and added the D and F to the lowercase slots. At some point, I'm just going to have to build an OpenType font with all these alternate characters. If you see anything else, feel free to keep sharing.
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