Courier New font
Courier New is a monospaced slab serif by Howard Kettler, first issued by IBM in 1955. It comes with Windows and macOS: use it on that computer, in documents and pictures, but its licence doesn’t let you put the font file on a website or pass it on. These 24 free monospaced fonts come closest to it, measured letter by letter, closest first. Cousine is drawn to its exact widths and heights: it replaces Courier New without moving a line.
Courier New itself comes from your device, if it is installed
01 / Free alternatives to Courier New — compared by measurements
The original · Courier New, from your device
0match · #1
Cousine
Same widths and heights as Courier New
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 25% taller · 47% heavier · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Courier New in h, u, and o
100match · #2
Cutive Mono
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 11% shorter · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Courier New in g, 8, and a
99match · #3
Courier Prime
Find the font. Find its kind.62% heavier · x-height 7% taller
Differs most from Courier New in 5, 3, and 1
87match · #4
CMU Typewriter Text
Find the font. Find its kind.61% heavier · 13% narrower · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Courier New in O, Q, and g
85match · #5
Compagnon
Find the font. Find its kind.18% lighter · x-height 5% taller
Differs most from Courier New in x, s, and 2
81match · #6
52match · #7
Drafting Mono
Find the font. Find its kind.60% heavier · x-height 9% taller · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Courier New in n, h, and g
40match · #8
Anonymous Pro
Find the font. Find its kind.41% heavier · 9% narrower · x-height 8% taller
Differs most from Courier New in h, K, and n
33match · #9
Snap-it Mono
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 21% taller · 13% narrower · 6% heavier
Differs most from Courier New in y, L, and S
20match · #10
Inconsolata
Find the font. Find its kind.47% heavier · 17% narrower · x-height 8% taller
Differs most from Courier New in E, n, and v
20match · #11
Lekton
Find the font. Find its kind.17% narrower · x-height 12% taller · 16% heavier
Differs most from Courier New in K, h, and L
19match · #12
Iosevka Curly Slab
Find the font. Find its kind.70% heavier · x-height 23% taller · 17% narrower
Differs most from Courier New in o, J, and Q
17match · #13
Iosevka Etoile
Find the font. Find its kind.62% heavier · x-height 23% taller
Differs most from Courier New in J, O, and Q
11match · #14
Xanh Mono
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · x-height 28% taller · 17% narrower
Differs most from Courier New in o, 6, and Q
8match · #15
Major Mono Display
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 65% taller · 23% wider · 46% lighter
Differs most from Courier New in B, P, and D
6match · #16
Libertinus Mono
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 38% heavier · x-height 14% taller
Differs most from Courier New in o, z, and d
5match · #17
Mononoki
Find the font. Find its kind.56% heavier · x-height 15% taller · 6% narrower
Differs most from Courier New in O, n, and M
4match · #18
Sometype Mono
Find the font. Find its kind.41% heavier · x-height 11% taller · 3% narrower
Differs most from Courier New in h, n, and E
3match · #19
Red Hat Mono
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 15% taller · 31% heavier
Differs most from Courier New in K, h, and E
0match · #20
LXGW WenKai Mono TC
Find the font. Find its kind.42% heavier · 17% narrower · x-height 14% taller
Differs most from Courier New in P, T, and L
0match · #21
New Heterodox Mono
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · 55% heavier · x-height 8% taller
Differs most from Courier New in Q, o, and 6
0match · #22
PT Mono
Find the font. Find its kind.47% heavier · x-height 18% taller · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Courier New in P, E, and R
0match · #23
Intel One Mono
Find the font. Find its kind.52% heavier · x-height 10% taller · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Courier New in K, h, and E
0match · #24
Source Code Pro
Find the font. Find its kind.44% heavier · x-height 15% taller · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Courier New in K, E, and h
About Courier New
- Designed by
- Howard KettlerSource: Wikipedia: Courier (typeface) , Microsoft: font list
- First issued
- IBM, 1955Source: Wikipedia: Courier (typeface) , Microsoft: font list
- Class
- Monospaced slab serifSource: Wikipedia: Courier (typeface) , Microsoft: font list
- Comes with
- Windows 11: Courier NewMicrosoft 365, as a cloud font: Courier NewmacOS Tahoe: Courier NewSource: Microsoft: Windows 11 font list , Microsoft: cloud fonts in Office , Apple: fonts included with macOS Tahoe
- Trademark
- Courier is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.Source: Monotype: trademarks
- Also
- Courier began as a typewriter face IBM commissioned in the 1950s; Courier New is the version that comes with Windows.Source: Wikipedia: Courier (typeface)
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Questions about Courier New
Is Courier New free?
Free to use where it is installed, not to pass on: Courier New comes with Windows, and its licence doesn’t let you put it on a website or pass the file on. Cousine is the free font made to stand in for it, with Courier New’s exact widths and heights, under the SIL Open Font License. The 24 fonts on this page are free to use, commercially and on websites too: all under the SIL Open Font License.
Which free font has the same metrics as Courier New?
Cousine. Its letters take Courier New’s widths and its heights match, so a document set in Courier New keeps its line breaks and page count in Cousine. Up close, Cousine is 47% heavier, with an x-height 25% taller and more stroke contrast.
Which free font is closest to Courier New?
Cutive Mono, at 100 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match, then Courier Prime (99) and CMU Typewriter Text (87). Next to Courier New, Cutive Mono has an x-height 11% shorter and more stroke contrast.
Can I use a free Courier New alternative in Word or Google Docs?
In Google Docs, most likely: Cousine, Cutive Mono, Courier Prime and twelve more of them can be added from the font menu, under More fonts.
Who designed Courier New?
Courier New was designed by Howard Kettler, and first issued by IBM in 1955.