Fonts like Bona Nova SC
12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Bona Nova SC, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.
Quick answer
The closest open font to Bona Nova SC is Shafarik (similarity 73), then Buenard and Joan. Shafarik is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.
Side-by-side comparison
Top lookalikes compared at the same size Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Top lookalikes: licence permissions
Commercial rights side by sideShafarikOFL-1.1
Commercial workAllowed
Logo or wordmarkAllowed
WebsiteAllowed, with conditions
App or gameAllowed, with conditions
Modify the fontAllowed, with conditions
Share the font fileAllowed, with conditions
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed
BuenardOFL-1.1
Commercial workAllowed
Logo or wordmarkAllowed
WebsiteAllowed, with conditions
App or gameAllowed, with conditions
Modify the fontAllowed, with conditions
Share the font fileAllowed, with conditions
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed
JoanOFL-1.1
Commercial workAllowed
Logo or wordmarkAllowed
WebsiteAllowed, with conditions
App or gameAllowed, with conditions
Modify the fontAllowed, with conditions
Share the font fileAllowed, with conditions
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed
All 12 open lookalikes, ranked
Comparison based on letter shape and edge texture#1
Shafarik OFL-1.1
Similarity 73 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2
Buenard OFL-1.1
Similarity 69 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3
Joan OFL-1.1
Similarity 69 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#4
Habibi OFL-1.1
Similarity 69 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#5
Vollkorn OFL-1.1
Similarity 66 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#6
Rosarivo OFL-1.1
Similarity 65 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#7
Trykker OFL-1.1
Similarity 65 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#8
Sedan SC OFL-1.1
Similarity 64 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#9
Prociono OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#10
Radley OFL-1.1
Similarity 62 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#11
Cormorant OFL-1.1
Similarity 60 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#12
Donegal One OFL-1.1
Similarity 60 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Fonts made for other scripts with similar Latin letters
How the similarity score works
Each score is calculated by comparing 62 letters and digits (A-Z a-z 0-9) rendered at a 160px cap height on a 32×32 grid with 3px gaussian blur, combined with edge-orientation texture (weighted at 15%).
Scores are normalized on a standardized scale: 100 represents identical letterforms, and 0 represents an average pair among the 1571 fonts compared.