Designed by Ray Cruz and originally available from John N. Schaedler, Inc circa 1970 as Swinger. VGC had a knockoff named Zinger [Schaedler Newsletter, Oct. 1973]. Shown by Typeshop as Quirinus, together with a shaded variant named Sherlocks Ghost. [Typeshop 1973] and by Formatt as Carnaby [Formatt 1974].

Revived digitally by Cruz for his own foundry.