I released Mexcellent on April 2, 2000. It was a direct homage to the visual identity of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, designed by Lance Wyman and Eduardo Terrazas. Their tri-linear stripe system was a striking fusion of Mexican cultural motifs and Op Art, and I wanted to capture some of that spirit in digital form. My version was not as geometrically precise as the original, but it carried the same rhythmic, striped energy. Mexcellent was conceived strictly as a display typeface.

I initially released it with a free commercial-use desktop license for the regular style and a drop-shadow “3D” version. Later I added optional, non-free color layers that made it easier to add multi-colored effects. Those layers were a convenience rather than a necessity, since anyone could take the free version, convert it to outlines, and color the stripes manually. Because of that, I have always thought of Mexcellent primarily as a free typeface.

It found some visibility in music design: The Black Angels used it on their 2006 album Passover, and Pelican Club featured it on the cover of their 2024 single Laura Call Me Up. On November 14, 2024, I issued version 4.1, which refined the naming system for better cross-platform compatibility and adjusted line thickness in the regular style to improve balance and consistency across the family.