Bona Nova SC
Bona Nova SC is a serif font in 2 weights with italics. Its lowercase letters are 5% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 30 May 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Bona Nova SC
Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. MythosPDF recognises Bona Nova SC from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Bona Nova SC itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 489.7 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 664.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 296 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 34% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Bona Nova SC
Measured on every printable character both fonts contain. A smaller difference means the same words take the same space, so lines break in the same places.
- Bona Nova Regularidentical letter widths (0 units)
- Average Regularloosely similar widths (32.3 units)
- Poly Regularloosely similar widths (34.2 units)
- Pitagon Serif Regularloosely similar widths (35.3 units)
- Petrona Regularloosely similar widths (35.3 units)
- Sura Regularloosely similar widths (35.8 units)
- Cambo Regularloosely similar widths (36.3 units)
- Source Serif Pro Regularloosely similar widths (36.4 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Bona Nova SC?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Bona Nova SC itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Bona Nova SC free to use?
Bona Nova SC is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, an open licence that allows free use in documents, including commercial ones. Check the licence text for your exact use.
+Which font is closest to Bona Nova SC?
By measured letter widths, Bona Nova is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 0 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Bona Nova SC support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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