Fonts similar to Bona Nova

The 100 fonts like Bona Nova, measured

Fonts like Bona Nova lean most in stroke contrast, where 56 of the 100 have more stroke contrast and 17 less. What they keep most is Bona Nova’s weight on the page: 43 are within 6% of it, Linden Hill the closest of them. 97 are serifs like Bona Nova, and 3 display faces come close too, Shafarik the closest of them. They part from Bona Nova most often in 0 (71 of the 100), Q (36) and q (35).

• WidthBona Nova: 49% of the em

  47 narrower

  Linden Hill 83 · 11% narrower

  Erode 81 · 5% narrower

  28 within 3%

  Radley 70 · 1.8% wider

  Judson 68 · 2.3% narrower

  25 wider

  Gambetta 69 · 3% wider

  Cormorant SC 66 · 5% wider

• x-heightBona Nova: 44% of the em

  36 shorter

  Linden Hill 83 · x-height 11% shorter

  Parastoo 73 · x-height 15% shorter

  27 within 3%

  Erode 81 · x-height 1.8% taller

  Radley 70 · x-height 0.2% shorter

  37 taller

  Halant 67 · x-height 15% taller

  Joan 67 · x-height 4% taller

• InkBona Nova: 41% ink

  37 lighter

  Erode 81 · 14% lighter

  Cormorant 72 · 20% lighter

  43 within 6%

  Linden Hill 83 · 4.2% heavier

  Parastoo 73 · 3.3% lighter

  20 heavier

  Buenard 69 · 6% heavier

  Namdhinggo 68 · 9% heavier

• ContrastBona Nova: 2.13 : 1

  17 less contrast

  Erode 81 · less stroke contrast

  Namdhinggo 68 · less stroke contrast

  27 within 12%

  Linden Hill 83

  Buenard 69

  56 more contrast

  Parastoo 73 · more stroke contrast

  Cormorant 72 · more stroke contrast

• StylesBona Nova: 2 weights with italics

  52 in more weights

  Erode 81 · 5 weights

  Parastoo 73 · 4 weights

  24 variable

  Parastoo 73 · 4 weights

  Cormorant 72 · 5 weights

• LettersWhere they differ most

  1. 071 of 100
  2. Q36 of 100
  3. q35 of 100