I released Reagan on December 11, 2007. The design was based on vintage T-shirt lettering from the 1980s, with the Letraset typeface Pretorian as its closest influence. To build the textured version, I first created a clear digital interpretation of Pretorian using scans of specimens. I then rolled acrylic paint onto jersey fabric, let it dry and crack, flexed the fabric to produce more breaks, and scanned the results. Those textures were tiled in Photoshop layers and used to give the letters the worn, fabric-printed look I wanted.

Reagan included an extensive set of ligatures, not just for common double letters but also for digraphs and trigraphs. Their design was informed by usage frequency in English, French, German, and other languages. This helped the texture feel less repetitive and more authentic across longer settings.

The typeface was released as a single style. Despite its careful construction, I am not aware of Reagan being used in notable projects. It remained more of an experiment in how to simulate printed tee shirt texture.