Courier Prime
Monospace
by Alan Dague-Greene
#237 on Google Fonts
Weight
About Courier Prime
Alan Dague-Greene's Courier Prime is a refined reimagining of the classic Courier typewriter face, correcting optical inconsistencies from the original IBM design while preserving the authentic fixed-width character and nostalgic texture. The two-weight family — regular and bold — makes it practical for screenwriting software (where Courier is the industry standard format), code display, and editorial designs that invoke typewriter aesthetics deliberately. Its improvement over raw Courier is subtle but meaningful at body text sizes.
Character Map
AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMm
NnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz
0123456789
!@#$%^&*()_+-=[]{}|;':",.<>?
NnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz
0123456789
!@#$%^&*()_+-=[]{}|;':",.<>?
Code Editor Preview
example.js
const fibonacci = (n) => {
if (n <= 1) return n;
return fibonacci(n - 1) + fibonacci(n - 2);
};
// Generate first 10 numbers
const results = Array.from(
{ length: 10 },
(_, i) => fibonacci(i)
);
console.log(`Result: ${results.join(', ')}`);
Character Disambiguation
Can you tell these apart? A good monospace font makes similar characters easy to distinguish.
Zero vs O
0 O o
One vs l vs I
1 l I | !
Quotes
' ' " " ` ´
Braces
( ) [ ] { } < >
Punctuation
. , : ; .. ...
Weight Waterfall (2)
400
Regular
700
Bold
How to Use
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Courier+Prime:wght@700;400&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Courier+Prime:wght@700;400&display=swap');
font-family: 'Courier Prime', monospace;
brew install --cask font-courier-prime
Details
- Category
- Monospace
- Weights
- 2
- Italic
- ✓
- 한국어
- ✗
- Designer
- Alan Dague-Greene
- License
- OFL
- Version
- Popularity
- #237
License Usage
| Web use | Allowed |
| Allowed | |
| Video / Broadcast | Allowed |
| Packaging | Allowed |
| App embedding | Allowed |
| Brand / Logo | Allowed |
| Modification | Allowed |
OFL — Free for personal & commercial use
Language Support
latin
latin-ext