I released Quadrillion on October 7, 2021. It was a parallel reinterpretation of my earlier typeface Ethnocentric, which I had never been satisfied with. Ethnocentric was all-caps, and my repeated attempts to add lowercase forms always failed. Its sharp-ended strokes worked for aggressive automotive and racing themes, but I felt the style needed a different approach for broader use.

Quadrillion addressed those issues. I gave it rounded terminals instead of sharp cuts, which suited the scientific and technological tone I wanted. The capitals were redesigned with more even proportions, which improved spacing and kerning. Structurally, the letterforms followed a capsule model—rectangles with semicircular ends, like a pill shape. Quadrillion was built as a wide, techno family with six weights and italics, making it flexible for display work while maintaining consistency.

It was not intended as a direct replacement for Ethnocentric but as a higher quality alternative that salvaged the best ideas while discarding what I thought had failed. In November 2024, version 1.1 refined the family by renaming the Ultra-Light weight to Thin and correcting a font menu ordering problem that had caused the thinnest styles to appear out of sequence. No other stylistic changes were made after the original release.