Coustard

Name: Coustard
Author: Crusoe Weston

Coustard brings classic elegance to your typography with refined serifs that guide the eye through extended reading.

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Serifby Crusoe Weston90% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

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Best Font Pairings for Coustard

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Coustard, including combinations with Libre Baskerville, Inter and Lato.

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

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

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

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In Context

Coustard Specimen Gallery

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Coustard Editorial Specimen

Coustard in Editorial Context

Coustard is a serif typeface by Crusoe Weston suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Crusoe Weston

Typeface Designer • Serif

Coustard demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of Coustard supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by Crusoe Weston, Coustard balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Coustard Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Coustard Specimen

Coustard

Coustard is a serif typeface by Crusoe Weston built for display contexts.

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Coustard

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Tagline Pairings

Coustard— serif typeface

CoustardBy Crusoe Weston

CoustardTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Coustard Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Coustard Body Typography

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

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

When setting Coustard 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.

Coustard 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	Coustard delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	Coustard italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	Coustard bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Coustard typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	Coustard typography specimen

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

Quick Start

Integrating Coustard

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Coustard';
  src: url('https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Coustard');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Styling with Coustard

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Coustard', 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        'coustard': ['Coustard', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-coustard">Your text here</p>

About

The Story of Coustard

Crusoe Weston

Serif

Open Source

Coustard brings calligraphic influence and organic warmth, making it well-suited for print publications. Its stroke contrast and classical proportions contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for book typography and editorial design, Coustard adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes Coustard is a versatile font that supports a wide range of languages, including but not limited to, ....

Coustard was designed by Crusoe Weston. The typeface shows dedication to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Coustard features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for academic papers and legal documents.

Coustard 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 Coustard

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Best Ways to Use Coustard

Best Font Pairings for Coustard

Test Coustard Font Pairings Live

In Context

Coustard Typography

Coustard

Character Set

Type Scale

Coustard Body Typography

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

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