Odessa

Name: Odessa
Author: Under Pressure

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

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Displayby Under Pressure76% Accessible

Characters390

Glyphs468

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Best Font Pairings for Odessa

TypeSmith curates 5 expert font pairings for Odessa, including combinations with Gelasio, Manrope and Fantasma.

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

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Odessa Typography

A display typeface for UI components.

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Odessa Specimen

Odessa

Odessa is a display typeface by Under Pressure built for display contexts.

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Odessa

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Odessa— display typeface

OdessaBy Under Pressure

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UI Components

Buttons, forms, navigation, and cards

Character Set

Odessa Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Text Table

Body Copy

Reading Text in Odessa

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

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

When setting Odessa 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.

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

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

Quick Start

Integrating Odessa

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Using Odessa in CSS

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Odessa: A Closer Look

Under Pressure

Display

Open Source

Odessa font is a display typeface expressing comic creative character through distinctive construction with extended Greek support. The playful letterforms project Black Sea charm suitable for Ukrainian heritage branding, Mediterranean communications, and design projects celebrating coastal cultural aesthetics. Comic creative details add engaging personality while Greek support enables regional applications. Effective for seaside tourism, cultural events, and regional identity.

Odessa was designed by Under Pressure. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Display typeface in the Vox-ATypI Graphic classification, Odessa features tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for brand logotypes and wordmarks.

Odessa is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 5 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Odessa

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

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Best Ways to Use Odessa

Best Font Pairings for Odessa

Test Odessa Font Pairings Live

In Context

Odessa Typography

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Character Set

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Reading Text in Odessa

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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Odessa: Accessibility Considerations

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