I released Holy Smoked on September 1, 1999. The design was created in Illustrator using a custom brush tool and a tablet, resulting in letterforms shaped like curved cigarettes. It was intended as an experimental display typeface. The approach was similar in spirit to my Burnstown Dam typeface, both relying on unconventional and whimsical construction methods.
I originally distributed Holy Smoked with a free commercial-use desktop license. In August 2020, I placed it in the public domain.