欧登塞的设计师Franko Luin的是这样评价该字体的：随着欧登塞的出现，我进入了由Optima统治的领域。实际上，我想到的第一个问题是我为什么还要设计另一个Optima。仔细一看：Odense与Optima的共同点就像Garamond与Baskerville的共同点一样多。我说的对吗？Odense Neon是一种特殊的变体，可以用于徽标或单个单词。当我注意到商店招牌上的霓虹灯灯管只是部分跟随着字符时，我产生了这个想法。这个名字来自丹麦小镇Odense，这里是著名的童话作家Hans Christian Andersen（安徒生）的故乡，他是《小美人鱼》等作品的作者。Odense也是1482年北欧国家印制第一本书的地方，即“Breviarium Ottoniense”。

Franko Luin, Odense's designer, on this typeface: With Odense I entered the field where Optima reigns in royal majesty. The first question I received was, in fact, why I designed another Optima. Look closely: Odense has as much in common with Optima as Garamond with Baskerville. Am I right? Odense Neon is a special variant that can be used for logos or single words. I had the idea for it when I noticed that the neon tubes in a sign over a store only partially followed the characters. The name comes from the Danish town Odense, the town of the famous storyteller Hans Christian Andersen, author of, e.g., 'The Little Mermaid.' Odense is also the place where the first book in the Nordic countries was printed, the 'Breviarium Ottoniense', in 1482.