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Fonts similar to Bona Nova SC

The fonts most like Bona Nova SC are Erode (88 out of 100), Judson (81) and Parastoo (80), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 38–50% of the em (Bona Nova SC’s is 44%) and lowercase letters 39–50% of the em wide (49%), and all twelve are serifs too. Where they differ, most are narrower (seven of twelve).

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  1. 88match · #1

    Erode

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    14% lighter · 5% narrower · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Bona Nova SC in 9, 6, and J

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  2. 81match · #2

    Judson

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    more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Bona Nova SC in Q, J, and 4

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  3. 80match · #3

    Parastoo

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    20% narrower · x-height 15% shorter · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Bona Nova SC in Q, J, and 2

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  4. 77match · #4

    Cormorant Upright

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    14% narrower · x-height 10% shorter · 16% lighter

    Differs most from Bona Nova SC in 6, 3, and 5

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  5. 73match · #5

    Halant

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    x-height 15% taller · 18% lighter

    Differs most from Bona Nova SC in Q, 0, and C

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  6. 73match · #6

    Yrsa

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    9% narrower · x-height 5% shorter · 8% heavier

    Differs most from Bona Nova SC in Q, O, and 4

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  7. 71match · #7

    Gentium Plus

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    less stroke contrast · 4% narrower · x-height 3% taller

    Differs most from Bona Nova SC in C, Q, and O

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  8. 70match · #8

    Cormorant Infant

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    more stroke contrast · x-height 12% shorter · 19% lighter

    Differs most from Bona Nova SC in 8, 7, and Q

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  9. 70match · #9

    Namdhinggo

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    8% narrower · less stroke contrast · 9% heavier

    Differs most from Bona Nova SC in C, Q, and 4

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  10. 69match · #10

    Arapey

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    more stroke contrast · 10% narrower · 14% lighter

    Differs most from Bona Nova SC in Q, 2, and 7

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  11. 69match · #11

    STIX Two Text

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    x-height 7% taller · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Bona Nova SC in O, Q, and 0

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  12. 69match · #12

    Radley

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    more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Bona Nova SC in 1, W, and Q

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The 100 fonts like Bona Nova SC, measured

Fonts like Bona Nova SC lean most in stroke contrast, where 50 of the 100 have more stroke contrast and 21 less. What they keep most is Bona Nova SC’s weight on the page: 37 are within 6% of it, Judson the closest of them. 96 are serifs like Bona Nova SC, and 4 display faces come close too, Shafarik the closest of them. They part from Bona Nova SC most often in Q (53 of the 100), T (24) and 6 (19).

  • WidthBona Nova SC: 49% of the em

    49 narrower
    Erode 88 · 5% narrower
    Parastoo 80 · 20% narrower
    26 within 3%
    Judson 81 · 2.3% narrower
    Halant 73 · 2% narrower
    25 wider
    Gambetta 67 · 3% wider
    Cormorant SC 66 · 5% wider
  • x-heightBona Nova SC: 44% of the em

    35 shorter
    Parastoo 80 · x-height 15% shorter
    Cormorant Upright 77 · x-height 10% shorter
    25 within 3%
    Erode 88 · x-height 1.8% taller
    Judson 81 · same x-height
    40 taller
    Halant 73 · x-height 15% taller
    Gentium Plus 71 · x-height 3% taller
  • InkBona Nova SC: 41% ink

    36 lighter
    Erode 88 · 14% lighter
    Cormorant Upright 77 · 16% lighter
    37 within 6%
    Judson 81 · 0.4% heavier
    Parastoo 80 · 3.3% lighter
    27 heavier
    Yrsa 73 · 8% heavier
    Namdhinggo 70 · 9% heavier
  • ContrastBona Nova SC: 2.13 : 1

    21 less contrast
    Erode 88 · less stroke contrast
    Gentium Plus 71 · less stroke contrast
    29 within 12%
    Cormorant Upright 77
    Halant 73
    50 more contrast
    Judson 81 · more stroke contrast
    Parastoo 80 · more stroke contrast
  • StylesBona Nova SC: 2 weights with italics

    52 in more weights
    Erode 88 · 5 weights
    Parastoo 80 · 4 weights
    25 variable
    Parastoo 80 · 4 weights
    Yrsa 73 · 5 weights
  • LettersWhere they differ most

    1. Q53 of 100
    2. T24 of 100
    3. 619 of 100

Questions about fonts like Bona Nova SC

What is the closest font to Bona Nova SC?

Erode, at 88 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Bona Nova SC, it is 14% lighter and 5% narrower, with less stroke contrast. After it come Judson (81) and Parastoo (80).

Is there a free alternative to Bona Nova SC?

Bona Nova SC is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Erode, Judson and Parastoo come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Radley sets running text 1.2% narrower, with the same x-height.