I released Kwokwi on May 5, 2006. The design began with Mikadan, a typeface I developed for Bioware’s Dragon Age series. That commission required a pre-hinted font aligned to a low-resolution pixel grid so it would perform reliably in the game engine. At full resolution, the results looked unusual, but the design was not exclusive to Bioware. I modified the outlines to develop a new typeface with characteristics of pub-sign lettering and added a drop shadow style, which became Kwokwi. Unlike most of my earlier fonts, it was originally sold rather than released freely.

Kwokwi did not gain much traction commercially, and in November 2022 I placed it in the public domain. The name came from a friend’s cat, Kwokwi, chosen as a tribute.