Commercial · Monospace · Monotype
Courier New
Courier New is a licensed font from Monotype: Complete family of 4 fonts: $135.99 USD, as printed on the foundry or reseller’s page on 2026-09-05. The 2 open-licence families below are suggested in its place, each with the basis for the substitution.
The name above is set in a fallback face. Courier New is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Styles
- 4
- Classification
- Monospace
- Price
- Complete family of 4 fonts: $135.99 USD (Individual Styles from $50.99 USD) — as printed, read 2026-09-05
The fixed-pitch typewriter face made for IBM, redrawn by Adrian Frutiger for the IBM Selectric; monotone in weight and slab serif in concept. Sold on MyFonts as Courier New OS in four styles.
Free alternatives to Courier New
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Courier New is not on this machine, so these were chosen by what is known about it — classification, lineage, common use — and each is labelled with that basis. Open one to see its measured character and neighbours.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Cousine webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Cousine.
metric-compatible
Its page states it is metrically compatible with Courier New; it replaces it without reflow, with sturdier on-screen forms.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Courier Prime webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Courier Prime.
derived
Described on its page as a new take on IBM's 1956 Courier; crisper serifs and darker bold, designed for screenplays.
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