I released Switching & Effects on April 15, 1998. The design was influenced by an advertisement in a 1960s television industry magazine that featured rough, straight-line lettering. I attempted to reproduce that look, drawing a cartoon-style typeface from thin, straight strokes. The result was uneven, and I consider it one of my less developed designs.
Switching & Effects was initially distributed with a free commercial desktop license. In August 2020, I placed it into the public domain.