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Courrrier
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CSSfont-family: 'Courrrier', serif; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Courrrier is a free serif, from Velvetyne. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Courrrier has an x-height taller than 69%, is wider than 93% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 99%. Its thickest strokes are 2.9 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
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01 / Light table
Laid on top of BhuTuka Expanded One
Courrrier on one light table with its two closest fonts, BhuTuka Expanded One (77 out of 100) and Grandiflora One (68). BhuTuka Expanded One is 26% wider, with an x-height 29% shorter and less stroke contrast; Grandiflora One is 22% narrower and 37% lighter, with an x-height 19% shorter.
Courrrier and BhuTuka Expanded One laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CourrrierBhuTuka Expanded One…
Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.
02 / Letters
The Courrrier alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 500
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Courrrier at every size
1 weight (500) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Can you use Courrrier?
- Designer
- Not listed
- Kind
- Serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (500)
- From
- Velvetyne
- Character sets
- latin
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Courrrier is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Courrrier comes from Velvetyne. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Velvetyne first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Courrrier, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Courrrier under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Courrrier, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 62.2% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.81lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 62.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 22%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 2.90 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 69% of serifs
WidthWider than 93% of serifs
InkLighter than 99% of serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 79% of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Courrrier
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- BhuTuka Expanded One77x-height 29% shorter · 26% wider · less stroke contrast
- Grandiflora One6822% narrower · x-height 19% shorter · 37% lighter
- Josefin Slab61x-height 25% shorter · 23% narrower · 39% heavier
- Stint Ultra Expanded5952% heavier · less stroke contrast · x-height 7% shorter
- Vast Shadow58130% heavier · 29% wider · x-height 6% shorter
- Nixie One57less stroke contrast · 9% narrower · 13% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Courrrier →Compare side by side →Get Courrrier on Velvetyne
07 / Swap
Swap Courrrier without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Courrrier loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 144.7% of its size, so running text keeps Courrrier’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Courrrier Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 144.70%;
ascent-override: 46.07%;
descent-override: 13.82%;
line-gap-override: 5.76%;
}
font-family: 'Courrrier', 'Courrrier Fallback', serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Courrrier
Answered from its licence, Velvetyne and each app’s own font list
Is Courrrier free for commercial use?
Yes. Courrrier is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.
How do I download and install Courrrier?
Courrrier comes free from Velvetyne . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts folder. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .
Is Courrrier in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Courrrier comes from Velvetyne. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
How many weights does Courrrier have?
Courrrier comes in one weight, Medium (500). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
What fonts are similar to Courrrier?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are BhuTuka Expanded One (77), Grandiflora One (68) and Josefin Slab (61), out of 100. Next to Courrrier, BhuTuka Expanded One is 26% wider, with an x-height 29% shorter and less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Courrrier.