Ictu Oculi

Name: Ictu Oculi
Author: Michele Casanova

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

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Serifby Michele Casanova87% Accessible

Characters456

Glyphs547

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TypeSmith curates 5 expert font pairings for Ictu Oculi, including combinations with Murs Gothic Wide Dark, Anodina and D Din Pro.

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TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Ictu Oculi 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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Ictu Oculi Editorial Specimen

Ictu Oculi in Editorial Context

Ictu Oculi is a serif typeface by Michele Casanova suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Michele Casanova

Typeface Designer • Serif

Ictu Oculi 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 Ictu Oculi supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by Michele Casanova, Ictu Oculi balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Ictu Oculi Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Ictu Oculi Specimen

Ictu Oculi

Ictu Oculi is a serif typeface by Michele Casanova built for display contexts.

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Ictu Oculi— serif typeface

Ictu OculiBy Michele Casanova

Ictu OculiTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Ictu Oculi Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Copy

Ictu Oculi Used As Body Text

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

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

When setting Ictu Oculi 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.

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

.your-class { font-family: 'Ictu Oculi'; }

Quick Start

Using Ictu Oculi in Your Design

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Ictu Oculi's Details

Michele Casanova

Serif

Open Source

Ictu Oculi serif typeface delivers elegant antiqua forms through an old-style text-focused family suited to refined reading applications. Michele Casanova's design provides classical character for literary typography, formal documents, and traditional editorial layouts. The old-style proportions add timeless elegance while text optimization supports comfortable reading. Ictu Oculi's elegant aesthetic appeals to book publishers, cultural institutions, and formal communications. Both display and body text benefit from classical proportions. Pair with a geometric sans-serif for modern contrast.

Ictu Oculi was designed by Michele Casanova. 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, Ictu Oculi 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.

Ictu Oculi is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 5 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Ictu Oculi Typography

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Ictu Oculi Used As Body Text

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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