I released TRS-Million on April 18, 2011. It was based on the coarse pixel digits of a digital clock, adapted into a modular typeface with the appearance of a segmented LED display. To add variation, I created an additional “sparkle layer” in which random pixels were switched on or off. Users could overlay this layer on the base font to create different visual effects. I also used OpenType ligatures to shuffle variations automatically.

The name TRS-Million was a play on the TRS-80 computer, extending the reference humorously to a larger scale. TRS-Million was first released with a free commercial desktop license. In August 2020, I placed it into the public domain.