Courier Prime

Monospace by Alan Dague-Greene #237 on Google Fonts
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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
!@#$%^&*()_+-=[]{}|;':",.<>?

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
✓
Korece
✗
Designer
Alan Dague-Greene
License
OFL
Version
Popularity
#237
Downloads
8

License Usage

Web useAllowed
PrintAllowed
Video / BroadcastAllowed
PackagingAllowed
App embeddingAllowed
Brand / LogoAllowed
ModificationAllowed

OFL — Free for personal & commercial use

Language Support

latin latin-ext