Novella

Name: Novella
Author: Hannah Li

Novella delivers clean, contemporary letterforms optimized for digital interfaces and modern design systems.

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Sans Serifby Hannah Li70% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

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Best Font Pairings for Novella

TypeSmith curates 5 expert font pairings for Novella, including combinations with Calzoleria, Billos and 47.

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

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In Context

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Novella Editorial Specimen

Novella in Editorial Context

Novella is a sans serif typeface by Hannah Li suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Hannah Li

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

Novella demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a sans serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of Novella supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by Hannah Li, Novella balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Novella Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Novella Specimen

Novella

Novella is a sans serif typeface by Hannah Li built for display contexts.

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Novella— sans serif typeface

NovellaBy Hannah Li

NovellaTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Novella Glyphs & Characters

Size48

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

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Text Table

Body Copy

Novella Used As Body Text

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

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

When setting Novella 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.

Novella 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	Novella delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	Novella italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	Novella bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Novella typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	Novella typography specimen

.your-class { font-family: 'Novella'; }

Quick Start

How to Embed Novella in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

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

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

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

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Novella';
  src: url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Novella:wght@400;700&display=swap');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Styling with Novella

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

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

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

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

About

Understanding Novella

Hannah Li

Sans Serif

Open Source

Novella font is a beautiful decorative cursive sans-serif by Hannah Li designed for feminine branding and romantic design applications. This cute elegant typeface combines cursive influences with clean construction, suitable for wedding stationery, beauty packaging, and lifestyle brands targeting feminine aesthetics. Novella works beautifully for invitation suites, cosmetic labels, and social media content embracing romantic sophistication. The decorative details add personality while maintaining legibility at display sizes. Particularly suited for florists, bridal boutiques, and personal care brands. Pairs with clean sans-serifs when decorative headlines need readable body text support.

Novella was designed by Hannah Li. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Novella features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for screen-first digital products and web applications.

Novella is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 5 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Best Ways to Use Novella

Best Font Pairings for Novella

Test Novella Font Pairings Live

In Context

Novella Typography

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Character Set

Type Scale

Novella Used As Body Text

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

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Accessibility Overview for Novella

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Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

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