Octobre

Name: Octobre
Author: Quentin Barba

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

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Serifby Quentin Barba84% Accessible

Characters456

Glyphs547

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Octobre

Best Font Pairings for Octobre

TypeSmith curates 4 expert font pairings for Octobre, including combinations with Beep Sans, Optimum and Rag.

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 Octobre 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

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Octobre Editorial Specimen

Octobre in Editorial Context

Octobre is a serif typeface by Quentin Barba suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Quentin Barba

Typeface Designer • Serif

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

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

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Octobre Typography

A serif typeface for UI components.

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Octobre Specimen

Octobre

Octobre is a serif typeface by Quentin Barba built for display contexts.

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Octobre— serif typeface

OctobreBy Quentin Barba

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Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Octobre Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Copy

Body Text with Octobre

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

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

When setting Octobre 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.

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

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

Quick Start

How to Embed Octobre in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Octobre CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Octobre: History & Characteristics

Quentin Barba

Serif

Open Source

Octobre serif typeface delivers antiqua forms through a modern didone variable family suited to flexible refined applications. Quentin Barba's design provides sophisticated character for literary typography, fashion editorial, and formal publications. The didone proportions add elegant contrast while variable construction enables precise control. Octobre's modern aesthetic appeals to publishers, fashion, and cultural institutions. Both display and body text benefit from variable flexibility. Pair with a geometric sans-serif for modern contrast.

Octobre was crafted by Quentin Barba. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Classicals classification, Octobre features bracketed or hairline serifs terminating each stroke and modulated stroke contrast from axis of stress. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for long-form editorial and book typography.

Octobre is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 4 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Test Octobre Font Pairings Live

In Context

Octobre Typography

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Character Set

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Body Text with Octobre

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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