Here is the font, in use, on several pieces of merchandise (toys & books); all released between 2001-2002. Images are from eBay.

I found it as Swirl Regular, but cannot find any source.

Thank you so much, its been bugging me for ages.

Did some more digging. The meta data (in the questionable downloads) revealed very little but included the designer: Jason M. Sutton, which was listed on Luc Devroye’s site. The link to DsgnHaus was dead, but further search revealed FontHaus as successor and voilà, there is the typefaces under the new name Carrion available for licensing: https://www.fonthaus.com/fonts/JasonSutton/all/JS10100

Thank you Ralf, for the extra information. 🙂

@MissNobody@Ralf HerrmannMay I ask what search programs you are using to find these types of fonts? The usual AI (whatfontis and what the font are failing me). Thank you in advance.