I released Iomanoid on October 20, 2000 as a free display typeface. The design was based directly on the logo for Taito’s 1986 arcade game Arkanoid. That logo used sharp, angular letters to echo the trajectory of the ball in the game, and the round “O” represented the ball itself. I wanted to capture that same look while expanding it into a usable font.

To recreate the multicolored effect of the original logo, I built Iomanoid as a layered system. Designers could stack the layers in their software to produce a similar color treatment. I also included an alternate “O” with a grid texture, mirroring the one used in the Arkanoid identity. Beyond that, the family was straightforward and intended solely for display settings.

I never saw Iomanoid used in notable projects. On November 2022, I released it into the public domain as part of a larger batch of my older free fonts. For me, the typeface remains a personal nod to the arcade games of my youth and the hours I spent playing Arkanoid at home on my Amiga.