Proxima Nova (2005) bridges the gap between typefaces like Futura and Akzidenz Grotesk. The result is a hybrid that combines modern proportions with a geometric appearance. I originally released it in 1994 as Proxima Sans (now discontinued) with a basic character set in three weights (Regular, Medium, and Black) with italics. I expanded the original six fonts into a full-featured and versatile family of 42 fonts (seven weights in three widths with italics). I’ve continually updated and expanded Proxima Nova since 2005, more than doubling the character set from 700 in its initial release to 1453 characters in the latest version. Additions have included support for Greek, Cyrillic, and Vietnamese, numerous currency symbols, wide and extra wide widths, as well as a Medium weight for all five widths and italics, bringing the total number of fonts in the family to 80. Since the mid-2010s, Proxima Nova has become the most popular commercial (paid) font on the web, used on hundreds of thousands of websites around the world. Proxima Nova is also available separately as a variable font called Proxima Vara.
Proxima Nova
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Proxima Nova Font Styles
Buy Proxima Nova
Proxima Nova 80 styles $1,825.00 |
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Proxima Nova 16 styles $365.00 | |
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Thin $30.00 | Thin Italic $30.00 |
Light $30.00 | Light Italic $30.00 |
Regular $30.00 | Regular Italic $30.00 |
Medium $30.00 | Medium Italic $30.00 |
Semi Bold $30.00 | Semi Bold Italic $30.00 |
Bold $30.00 | Bold Italic $30.00 |
Extra Bold $30.00 | Extra Bold Italic $30.00 |
Black $30.00 | Black Italic $30.00 |
Proxima Nova Extra Condensed 16 styles $365.00 | |
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Thin $30.00 | Thin Italic $30.00 |
Light $30.00 | Light Italic $30.00 |
Regular $30.00 | Regular Italic $30.00 |
Medium $30.00 | Medium Italic $30.00 |
Semi Bold $30.00 | Semi Bold Italic $30.00 |
Bold $30.00 | Bold Italic $30.00 |
Extra Bold $30.00 | Extra Bold Italic $30.00 |
Black $30.00 | Black Italic $30.00 |
Proxima Nova Condensed 16 styles $365.00 | |
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Thin $30.00 | Thin Italic $30.00 |
Light $30.00 | Light Italic $30.00 |
Regular $30.00 | Regular Italic $30.00 |
Medium $30.00 | Medium Italic $30.00 |
Semi Bold $30.00 | Semi Bold Italic $30.00 |
Bold $30.00 | Bold Italic $30.00 |
Extra Bold $30.00 | Extra Bold Italic $30.00 |
Black $30.00 | Black Italic $30.00 |
Proxima Nova Wide 16 styles $365.00 | |
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Thin $30.00 | Thin Italic $30.00 |
Light $30.00 | Light Italic $30.00 |
Regular $30.00 | Regular Italic $30.00 |
Medium $30.00 | Medium Italic $30.00 |
Semi Bold $30.00 | Semi Bold Italic $30.00 |
Bold $30.00 | Bold Italic $30.00 |
Extra Bold $30.00 | Extra Bold Italic $30.00 |
Black $30.00 | Black Italic $30.00 |
Proxima Nova Extra Wide 16 styles $365.00 | |
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Thin $30.00 | Thin Italic $30.00 |
Light $30.00 | Light Italic $30.00 |
Regular $30.00 | Regular Italic $30.00 |
Medium $30.00 | Medium Italic $30.00 |
Semi Bold $30.00 | Semi Bold Italic $30.00 |
Bold $30.00 | Bold Italic $30.00 |
Extra Bold $30.00 | Extra Bold Italic $30.00 |
Black $30.00 | Black Italic $30.00 |
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About the Proxima Nova Font
Proxima Nova Features
All Proxima Nova families include eight weights (Thin, Light, Regular, Medium, Semibold, Bold, Extrabold, and Black), matching small caps for all weights, case-sensitive forms for all-caps settings, lining and old style figures (proportional and tabular), full “f” ligature set (ff, fi, fl, ffi, ffl, etc.), alternate characters (a, l, y, G, slashed zero, and seriffed 1), automatic arbitrary fractions, automatic ordinals, and alternate characters (a, l, y, G, slashed zero, and seriffed 1).
Proxima Nova also features 5 widths (Normal, Condensed, Extra Condensed, Wide, and Extra Wide) and matching italics.
Proxima Nova Arabic features the Arabic rial, percent symbols, and Romanization of the Arabic character set.
Proxima Nova Devanagari features Marathi and Nepali forms, Devanagari-aligned Latin punctuation, symbols including the rupee, and figures.
Proxima Nova Thai features Thai punctuation, figures, and symbols; required ligatures; two versions: Looped, a more traditional style of the Thai script, and Loopless, a more contemporary style.
Specimens
Proxima Nova Overview. The story of Proxima Nova, basic style showings, full character set and technical information. 12 pages. 566 KB PDF.
Proxima Nova Specimen. Complete text and display specimen for the regular width styles of Proxima Nova, including the full character sets. 42 pages. 1 MB PDF.
Proxima Nova Condensed Specimen. Complete text and display specimen for Proxima Nova Condensed, including the full character sets. 42 pages. 1 MB PDF.
Proxima Nova Extra Condensed Specimen. Complete text and display specimen for Proxima Nova Extra Condensed, including the full character sets. 42 pages. 1 MB PDF.
Additional Information
First Public Use of What Became Proxima Nova A post on my blog in which I talk about how I used an early version of Proxima Nova for the package design I did for “Star Wars: The Original Radio Drama” in 1993.
Proxima Nova Introduced My announcement of the initial release of Proxima Nova on my blog, June 30, 2005.
Proxima Nova on “Fonts In Use” “Fonts In Use” is a collaborative website where interesting or notable examples of fonts in use are shared.
Proxima Nova Mini-Site Try out Proxima Nova for yourself. Now with added support for Arabic, Devanagari, and Thai writing systems!