I released Ur Ur Ma on October 6, 1997. It was a variation on one of my techno designs, incorporating a back slant and a nib effect on the strokes. The result was a relatively minor typeface in my catalog, and I do not regard it as one of my stronger works.

The name came from improvised alien dialogue created by a designer I worked with on the computer game Dark Colony. The phrase “Ur Ur Ma” was memorable and unusual, and I used it as the title.

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