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Nova Flat

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

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Displayby Wojciech Kalinowski84% Accessible
Characters646
Glyphs775
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Nova Flat

01

Best Font Pairings for Nova Flat

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Nova Flat, including combinations with Amiko, Arteks and Uncut Sans.

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

Explore 3 Pairings for Nova Flat
02

Test Nova Flat Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Nova Flat with any font combination in real-time, optimized for display characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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In Context

Nova Flat Specimen Gallery

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Nova Flat Typography

A display typeface for UI components.

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Nova Flat Specimen

Nova Flat

Nova Flat is a display typeface by Wojciech Kalinowski built for display contexts.

2 WeightsDisplay Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

Nova Flat
Nova Flat
NOVA FLAT
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Tagline Pairings

Nova Flat— display typeface
Nova FlatBy Wojciech Kalinowski
Nova FlatTYPE

UI Components

Buttons, forms, navigation, and cards

Character Set

Nova Flat Glyphs & Characters

Size48
Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Type Scale

Nova Flat Used As Heading Examples

Heading Level 1<h1>
64px
Bold
72px
Nova Flat primary headline
Heading Level 2<h2>
48px
SemiBold
56px
Nova Flat section heading
Heading Level 3<h3>
32px
Medium
40px
Nova Flat subsection title
Heading Level 4<h4>
24px
Regular
32px
Nova Flat content heading
Heading Level 5<h5>
18px
Regular
26px
Nova Flat minor heading
Heading Level 6<h6>
14px
Medium
20px
Nova Flat smallest heading
Font SizeWeightLine Height
Body Copy

Nova Flat Used As Body Text

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

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

When setting Nova Flat 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.

Nova Flat small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

ElementWeightSizeLine HeightTrackingPreview
Body TextRegular16px24px0.5pxNova Flat delivers excellent readability for body copy
ItalicizedRegular Italic16px24px0.5pxNova Flat italic provides elegant emphasis
BoldBold16px24px0.5pxNova Flat bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small CapsRegular16px24px0.5pxNova Flat typography specimen
Secondary TextMedium14px20px0.5pxNova Flat typography specimen
.your-class { font-family: 'Nova Flat'; }

Quick Start

Nova Flat Implementation Guide

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Nova Flat';
  src: url('https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Nova+Flat');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Code Snippets for Nova Flat

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Story of Nova Flat

Wojciech Kalinowski
Display
Open Source

Representing display typeface design, Nova Flat showcases distinctive personality and artistic vision, making it well-suited for headlines. Its bold presence and distinctive character contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for logos and brand identities, Nova Flat adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Nova Flat font supports a wide range of languages, including those that use Latin, Cyrillic, and....

Nova Flat was designed by Wojciech Kalinowski. 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, Nova Flat features tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for event posters and promotional materials.

Nova Flat is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, with 3 font pairings curated. Extended language support spanning Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin Extended ensures reliable rendering across global audiences.

Nova Flat

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Nova Flat

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

1

Classification

Display analysis. TypeSmith classifies Nova Flat within the Graphic (Display / Titling) tradition, characterized by Tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and Exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. Display type emerged alongside 19th-century poster culture, where wood type enabled massive sizes. Key technical strength: high visual impact with minimal typographic hierarchy.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 84). Nova Flat maintains legibility across a range of sizes and rendering environments.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Wojciech Kalinowski. The designer's attention to glyph proportions and optical balance produces a Display with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Nova Flat

Nova Flat falls within the Graphic typeface, drawn from the tradition where display type emerged alongside 19th-century poster culture, where wood type enabled massive sizes. Its distinctive tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features make it well-suited for brand logotypes and wordmarks. TypeSmith features Nova Flat in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available
3 curated pairings for Nova Flat
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Accessibility & Usability

84
Accessibility Score
Excellent Accessibility

Accessibility Overview for Nova Flat

Nova Flat achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. Decorative features may reduce legibility for users with cognitive disabilities. Always provide sufficient size contrast between display and body text.

How Legible is Nova Flat?

Nova Flat draws legibility from its tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

Nova Flat's Readability

Designed exclusively for sizes above 24 pt. Display faces sacrifice small-size legibility for visual impact and personality at headline scale. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Nova Flat's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

Nova Flat provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. Balanced stroke modulation keeps visual noise low during sustained reading sessions.

Nova Flat Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting Nova Flat. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test Nova Flat at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

Best Practices for Using Nova Flat

Anchor with a neutral text serif or sans-serif. The display face should carry personality while the text face carries readability. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Nova Flat. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Nova Flat in WOFF2 format with its extended character set to ensure consistent rendering across global audiences.

Get the Font

Available Weights & Styles

Available on Google Fonts
4 weights available for download
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Available Weights

400
Regular
400
Regular Italic
700
Bold
700
Bold Italic

Weight Reference

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Internationalization

Nova Flat Language Coverage

Extended Latin Coverage
Supports 100+ languages with Latin script

Western European

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Dutch

Nordic

  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic

Central European

  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Slovak

Baltic

  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian

The Nova Flat font supports a wide range of languages, including those that use Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek scripts, making it versatile for global use in various applications.

Legal

Usage Rights for Nova Flat

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1
Free for personal and commercial use
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What you can do

  • Personal projects
  • Commercial projects
  • Web embedding
  • App embedding
  • Modification
  • Redistribution

Restrictions

  • Selling as standalone

Modified versions must use a different name and be distributed under the same OFL license.

Nova Flat is available under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), Version 1.1. This license is a free, libre, and open source license specifically designed for fonts and related software. The OFL allows the fonts to be used, studied, modified, and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. This makes Nova Flat ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.