I released Polyflec on June 28, 2007, during a period when I was immersed in technical, industrial aesthetics. It’s a square sans-serif designed to reflect the sharp precision I was drawn to at the time, influenced partly by what I was seeing in contemporary truck design. I coined the name myself; it doesn’t have an external source.

One defining feature is the way I introduced angular kinks where curves would normally close, like the bottom stroke of the C. Instead of turning smoothly upward, it takes an abrupt low-angle incline. This treatment runs through many glyphs and gives the typeface a deliberately mechanical, slightly awkward flavor. I was also pushing myself technically, producing a broader weight range than usual. Improved interpolation skills made that possible, though it also taught me how much extra care intermediate weights require to avoid congestion or thinness.

On May 25, 2021, I updated the family to remove deprecated characters, replace reversed quotation marks, repair spacing inconsistencies, redesign the ogonek, and add prime marks. A further update followed on July 10, 2022, when I introduced italics, added a capital eszett, and included several new currency symbols. While it never found notable use, it stands as a snapshot of my style at that time and the way I was experimenting with industrial shapes and multiple weight families.