Victoriana arose from an inquiry from the Victorian Society for a Victorian font for their journal. As it turned out, no commission resulted, but interest in such a font was aroused in Andy Benedek.

Basing the design on some woodblock letterforms, outlines of a basic set of characters were drawn. These, however, the were modified to the extent that the final font bore little resemblance to the woodblock letterforms.

As erstwhile cyclists, we decided to name the font after Victoria Pendleton, which we both greatly admire.