Commercial · Slab serif · Monotype
Joanna Nova
Joanna Nova is a licensed font from Monotype: Complete family of 18 fonts: $419.99 USD, as printed on the foundry or reseller’s page on 2026-09-05. The 3 open-licence families below are suggested in its place, each with the basis for the substitution.
The name above is set in a fallback face. Joanna Nova is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Eric Gill, Ben Jones
- Released
- 2015
- Styles
- 18
- Classification
- Slab serif
- Price
- Complete family of 18 fonts: $419.99 USD (Individual Styles from $50.99 USD) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
Ben Jones's 2015 redrawing of Joanna from Gill's sketches and the original copper patterns, expanding it to 18 fonts from thin to ultra black.
Free alternatives to Joanna Nova
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Joanna Nova is not on this machine, so these were chosen by what is known about it — classification, lineage, common use — and each is labelled with that basis. Open one to see its measured character and neighbours.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Zilla Slab webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Zilla Slab.
same classification
A contemporary slab with smooth curves and true italics; close to Joanna's light, bookish slab character.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Bitter webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Bitter.
same classification
A slab serif for text on screens; sturdier than Joanna, similar economy.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Roboto Slab webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Roboto Slab.
commonly substituted
A neutral slab used where a text slab is needed; lacks Joanna's upright italic.
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