Anona
Nova Type Foundry · Joana Correia · 2023
An upright italic sans serif by Joana Correia with handwriting-influenced letterforms aimed at packaging and playful brand identities.
About
Designed by Joana Correia and released in 2023, Anona draws on calligraphic construction to produce a sans serif whose upright roman styles carry the character of italic forms. The family spans nine weights from Thin to Black, each with a matching italic, and covers Latin Extended, Cyrillic and Greek. Stylistic sets expose alternate letterforms that shift the tone between fruity and warm, making it useful for identity and packaging work that wants personality without overt script fussiness.
Classification
Anona is an upright italic sans serif with visible handwriting influences, giving it a humanist warmth that distinguishes it from geometric or grotesque models. The organic letterforms and calligraphic construction place it firmly in the humanist sans category.