I released Pants Patrol on May 5, 1998. It was conceived as a derivative of my earlier typeface 20th Century Font, which was later rebuilt and relaunched as Wevli after a trademark issue prevented continued use of the original name. Pants Patrol was essentially a heavier version of that design, with a striped texture applied to give the effect of woodcut or woodgrain surfaces. The name Pants Patrol was chosen independently of the design.
Pants Patrol was initially distributed with a free commercial use desktop license. In August 2020, I placed it in the public domain.