I introduced Giant Tigers on October 20, 1997. The design began with a scan of Alternate Gothic from a metal type catalog. I applied blur and stripe effects in Photoshop and Alien Skin software, producing a textured, striped appearance. The name was taken from Giant Tiger, a Canadian discount store chain, though it was not related to the design.
I originally distributed Giant Tigers with a free commercial-use desktop license. In August 2020, I placed it in the public domain.