Initially drawn by Chris Costello at age 23 using a calligraphy pen, and submitted it to multiple type companies who all rejected it, except Letraset, who bought the rights for $2,500 and published the single style in 1983. [Fast Company, 2016]

Widely used after being bundled in Microsoft software (since 1997) [Microsoft] and Apple Mac OS X (since 2003) [Apple].