I released Bleeker on January 17, 2006, as a casual handwriting typeface intended for short-form text like comic book captions. I drew it with a tablet, which was unusual for me at the time, in order to capture a more fluid, pen-like feel. The spacing was kept deliberately tight so it would sit comfortably in caption boxes without creating gaps. I chose to minimize stroke modulation, avoiding the pinched or thinned transitions often found in script fonts. The result was a uniform, conversational style meant to read as quick handwriting rather than a polished calligraphic script.

Bleeker did not see notable use, but I continued to maintain it technically. In 2009, I adjusted the vertical metrics to improve compatibility. On October 8, 2024, I released version 2.1, which refined curves, corrected small overlaps, narrowed the ellipsis character, and removed obsolete characters such as L with dot. These updates improved its reliability without altering the design’s basic character.