I released Tork on February 9, 2000. The design experimented with contrasting proportions by combining wide uppercase letters with narrower lowercase forms. Some characters included small curved terminals, and the uppercase O was drawn with a slight slant that I echoed in other capitals. The lowercase letters were vertically compressed, which emphasized the difference between the two cases.

The family was released in four styles: regular, italic, bold, and bold italic. The name Tork was chosen without direct reference to the design. Shortly after the release, Peter Tork of The Monkees contacted me to request a Macintosh version, which was a notable moment given my familiarity with the band’s work.

Tork was initially distributed with a free commercial desktop license. In August 2020, I placed it into the public domain.