I released Y2KBug on April 3, 1998. It was conceived during the period of millennium anxiety and designed as a modular typeface based on the form of paper clips. The intention was to capture a sense of the late 1990s preoccupation with technology and the year 2000. Initially the name had a leading exclamation point: !Y2KBug
On July 20, 2021, I overhauled Y2KBug. I redesigned its spacing and kerning, reworked the accents, and made adjustments that improved its consistency and performance in design software. In April 2024, I placed Y2KBug into the public domain.