Patented March 19, 1889, by Ernst Lauschke for Barnhart Brothers & Spindler [Saxe 2015] and released as Freak. Later renamed to Bamboo [1925 specimen].

Adopted for phototype by VGC as Bamboo [VGC 1972].

Digitizations by HiH as Freak (two weights, 2005) and by Solotype as Bamboo (2004). Also sold by FontSite under that name.