Blocus

Name: Blocus
Author: Velvetyne

Blocus commands attention with bold, distinctive characters crafted for headlines and visual impact.

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Displayby Velvetyne76% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Blocus

Best Font Pairings for Blocus

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Blocus, including combinations with Arar, Anek and Patrizia.

Each pairing includes accessibility ratings, expert reasoning, and usage recommendations for web and print design.

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Test Blocus Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Blocus with any font combination in real-time, optimized for display characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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Blocus Typography

A display typeface for UI components.

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Blocus Specimen

Blocus

Blocus is a display typeface by Velvetyne built for display contexts.

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Wordmark Explorations

Blocus

BLOCUS

BLOCUSTYPE

Tagline Pairings

Blocus— display typeface

BlocusBy Velvetyne

BlocusTYPE

UI Components

Buttons, forms, navigation, and cards

Character Set

Blocus Glyphs & Characters

Size48

Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Body Text with Blocus

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for Blocus, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

Blocus demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting Blocus for body copy, TypeSmith recommends these optimized specifications. The carefully tuned metrics ensure comfortable reading at extended lengths while maintaining the typeface's distinctive character.

Blocus small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

Element	Weight	Size	Line Height	Tracking	Preview
Body Text	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Blocus delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	Blocus italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	Blocus bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Blocus typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	Blocus typography specimen

.your-class { font-family: 'Blocus'; }

Quick Start

Integrating Blocus

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Blocus:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Blocus:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Blocus';
  src: url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Blocus:wght@400;700&display=swap');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Blocus CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

 1.my-text {
 2  font-family: 'Blocus', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Blocus', sans-serif;
 2
 3.my-text {
 4  font-family: $font-primary;
 5}

Tailwind CSS

config

Configure once, apply with utility classes.

 1// tailwind.config.js
 2module.exports = {
 3  theme: {
 4    extend: {
 5      fontFamily: {
 6        'blocus': ['Blocus', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-blocus">Your text here</p>

About

The Design of Blocus

Velvetyne

Display

Open Source

Blocus font is a display typeface presenting gothic old-style character through thin blockade-inspired construction for elegant barrier aesthetics. The refined letterforms project protective authority suitable for defense branding, barrier themes, and design projects celebrating blocus typography. Gothic old-style forms provide historical depth while thin construction adds elegant precision. Effective for security applications, defensive themes, and protective communications.

Blocus was crafted by Velvetyne. The typeface reflects a focus on typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Display typeface in the Vox-ATypI Graphic classification, Blocus features tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for editorial magazine covers and chapter openers.

Blocus is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Blocus

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand Blocus's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

Blocus

Best Ways to Use Blocus

Best Font Pairings for Blocus

Test Blocus Font Pairings Live

In Context

Blocus Typography

Blocus

Character Set

Type Scale

Body Text with Blocus

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

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Overview

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Blocus Accessibility Profile

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Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

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Baltic

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