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Nova Stencil + Kohilo
Creates crisp high-hierarchy contrast beneath Nova Stencil headlines across menus, websites and labels.
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Luxury stencil display serif with broken stems and high contrast
Nova Stencil
Nova Stencil is a luxury stencil serif in which every stem is interrupted by a narrow bridge, the contrast stays high and the feet flatten, so a word reads as a couture stencil rather than as a military one.
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Cutting, print & workflow scorecard.
Open counter bridges hold interior islands intact on laser-cut wood, acrylic, and mylar stencils.
Plotter & output verdictLaser & Stencil Bridge Ready
Recommended minimum scale0.85 in+ letter height
Character set & structureUppercase, Lowercase & Numerals
OpenType & PUA accessStandard Latin, Figures & Punctuation
Best surfaces & mediaWedding Suites · Foil Envelopes · Boutique Logos
Compatible design toolsIllustrator · Affinity · Canva Pro · Cricut & Silhouette
Visual anatomy & craft review
Letterform structure
of Nova Stencil.
The N carries two bridges, the O opens at the top and the bottom, the V splits at the apex, the S breaks its spine twice and the E cuts both arms, all at a high contrast with flat serifs and bridges about a tenth of the stem width. The bridges are the character: they are cut where a stencil would weaken a bowl, which is why the face keeps its elegance instead of turning industrial. Because the bridges are narrow, the face needs 50 pt before they read as cuts and not as print faults, and it wants a smooth ground. The crumpled beige backdrop, the small caps line above and the category line below are presentation; the black stencil word is the face.
Stencil · Luxury · Editorial
Two-font hierarchy recipes
Suggested font
pairings.
Tested contrast partners — pairing Nova Stencil with grounded secondary typography.
Expressive Accent Script
Nova Stencil + Thick Black
Adds a warm human signature touch for 1-to-3-word callouts without competing against structured serif capitals.
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Project & layout
blueprints.
Concrete hierarchy, scale and production guidance tailored to Nova Stencil’s stroke geometry.
Signage for a small boutique
The stencil bridges let a sign be cut from a single panel, and the luxury contrast keeps it from looking like a shipping crate at 90 mm.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Cut a 600 by 250 mm panel: set the boutique name at 90 mm, keep every bridge at 4 mm, and keep 30 mm of panel around the word so the bridges have material on both sides.
Pre-production check
A bridge narrower than 4 mm breaks when the panel is routed; check the cutting file and widen the bridges rather than the letters.
Section opener for a fashion issue
The stencil cuts give a section page a graphic edge, and the high contrast holds a single word at 120 pt on uncoated stock.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print an A4 opener: set the section word at 120 pt across the upper third, keep the bridges open by 3 mm at final size, and set the standfirst in a 9 pt sans 24 mm beneath.
Pre-production check
At 120 pt a stencil bridge printed on textured stock fills in; check the proof and keep the word below 110 pt or specify a smoother sheet.
Label for a small perfume house
The bridges suit a die-cut label that has to hold together on a curved bottle, and the luxury contrast prints in one colour at 24 pt.
Hierarchy & layout recipe
Print a 60 by 40 mm label: set the house name at 24 pt, keep 5 mm of border, and make sure each bridge sits at least 1 mm from the die line so the cut does not open it.
Pre-production check
A bridge falling on the die line turns into a notch; check the imposed label and shift the word 2 mm off centre to clear it.
Technical & licence verification
File & listing specifications.
File & glyph specifications
- Style classification
- Serif · Luxury stencil display serif with broken stems and high contrast
- Foundry / creator
- Bundle
Confirm included OTF/TTF/WOFF formats, full glyph tables and licence coverage on the live store page before batch production.
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