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Nova Script

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

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Displayby Peter Bruhn45% Accessible
Characters646
Glyphs775
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Nova Script

01

Best Font Pairings for Nova Script

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Nova Script, including combinations with Biryani, Amiko and Altavoz.

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

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02

Test Nova Script Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Nova Script 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 Script Specimen Gallery

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Nova Script
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Nova Script Typography

A display typeface for UI components.

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Nova Script Specimen

Nova Script

Nova Script is a display typeface by Peter Bruhn built for display contexts.

2 WeightsDisplay Typeface
Available on TypeSmith

Wordmark Explorations

Nova Script
Nova Script
NOVA SCRIPT
NOVA SCRIPTTYPE
N

Tagline Pairings

Nova Script— display typeface
Nova ScriptBy Peter Bruhn
Nova ScriptTYPE

UI Components

Buttons, forms, navigation, and cards

Character Set

Nova Script Glyphs & Characters

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

Type Scale

Nova Script Heading Hierarchy

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

Nova Script for Paragraphs

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

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

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

Quick Start

Integrating Nova Script

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

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

Implementation

Nova Script CSS Implementation

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

The Story of Nova Script

Peter Bruhn
Display
Open Source

As a display typeface, Nova Script features calligraphic beauty and expressive movement, making it well-suited for posters. Its artistic expression and unique personality contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for headlines and logos, Nova Script adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The Nova Script font supports a wide range of languages, including but not limited to Latin-based la....

Nova Script was created by Peter Bruhn. 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 Script features tight spacing optimized for large point sizes and exaggerated contrast, weight, or decorative features. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for brand logotypes and wordmarks.

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

Nova Script

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Nova Script

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

1

Classification

Display analysis. TypeSmith classifies Nova Script 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: 45). Nova Script works best at display sizes where its character can shine without compromising legibility.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Peter Bruhn. 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 Script

Nova Script is classified as a Graphic typeface, rooted in 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 Script in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

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

45
Accessibility Score
Adequate Accessibility

Using Nova Script Accessibly

Nova Script has limited accessibility at small sizes due to reduced character differentiation, so reserve it for headlines and display contexts. Decorative features may reduce legibility for users with cognitive disabilities. Always provide sufficient size contrast between display and body text.

Legibility Analysis: Nova Script

Nova Script 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.

Readability Profile: Nova Script

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 Script's Visual Fatigue and Adaptability

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

Nova Script Accessibility Recommendations

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

Nova Script Usage Guidelines

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 Script. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Nova Script in WOFF2 format with its extended character set to ensure consistent rendering across global audiences.

Get the Font

Get Nova Script

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

Aa
100
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200
Aa
300
Aa
400
Aa
500
Aa
600
Aa
700
Aa
800
Aa
900

Internationalization

International Character Support

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 Script font supports a wide range of languages, including but not limited to Latin-based languages, Cyrillic languages, and Greek, ensuring broad international usability and versatility.

Legal

Usage Rights for Nova Script

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 Script 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 Script ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.