Nova Mono

Name: Nova Mono
Author: Wojciech Kalinowski

Nova Mono provides pixel-perfect precision with uniform character widths ideal for code and technical content.

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Monospaceby Wojciech Kalinowski85% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Nova Mono

Best Font Pairings for Nova Mono

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Nova Mono, including combinations with St Martin, Biryani and Belanosima.

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

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Test Nova Mono Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Nova Mono with any font combination in real-time, optimized for monospace 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 Mono Specimen Gallery

Code Editor

index.tsx

TypeScript ReactUTF-8

1import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
2
3interface UserProfile {
4  id: string;
5  name: string;
6  email: string;
7  avatar?: string;
8}
9
10export function UserCard({ user }: { user: UserProfile }) {
11  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
12
13  return (
14    <div className="card">
15      <img src={user.avatar} alt={user.name} />
16      <h2>{user.name}</h2>
17      <p>{user.email}</p>
18    </div>
19  );
20}

Ln 15, Col 28Spaces: 2
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Code Editor

Syntax highlighted code block

Character Set

Nova Mono Glyphs & Characters

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Heading Examples

Body Text Table

Body Copy

Nova Mono Body Typography

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

Nova Mono demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.
When setting Nova Mono 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 Mono 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	Nova Mono delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	Nova Mono italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	Nova Mono bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Nova Mono typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	Nova Mono typography specimen

.your-class { font-family: 'Nova Mono'; }

Quick Start

How to Embed Nova Mono in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Nova Mono: A Closer Look

Wojciech Kalinowski

Monospace

Open Source

Within the monospace typeface family, Nova Mono demonstrates confident character and bold serifs, making it well-suited for data display. Its systematic spacing and uniform character width contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for data display and technical documentation, Nova Mono adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes Nova Mono is a monospaced font that primarily supports Latin script, catering to a wide range of Wes....

Nova Mono was created by Wojciech Kalinowski. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Monospace typeface in the Vox-ATypI Mechanistic Lineal classification, Nova Mono features equal advance width for every glyph and exaggerated serifs or strokes to fill the fixed-pitch cell. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for technical documentation with inline code.

Nova Mono is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency spanning screen and print contexts, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

Nova Mono

Nova Mono

Best Ways to Use Nova Mono

Best Font Pairings for Nova Mono

Test Nova Mono Font Pairings Live

In Context

Character Set

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Nova Mono Body Typography

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

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