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Open licence · Monospace

Courier Prime

Free · open licenceGet it from Google Fonts →

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Courier Prime webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Courier Prime.

Courier Primethe specimen, from Google Fonts

Measured character

tall x-heightwideflat contrast

Measured from the outlines, not from a description. Each band is a third of the open catalogue: “tall x-height” means taller than two thirds of it, which is a fact about the measurement rather than an opinion.

Fonts similar to Courier Prime, measured

Ranked by the same engine the app uses, on the ten features it measures, within the monospace pool. The line under each names how it differs from Courier Prime, in words, never a percentage.

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Source Code Pro webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Source Code Pro.

Source Code Pronarrower bowls · slightly smaller x-height · slightly heavier

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Azeret Mono webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Azeret Mono.

Azeret Monoheavier · slightly lighter serifs · slightly wider

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Syne Mono webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Syne Mono.

Syne Mononarrower bowls · slightly narrower

These are the first 3 of 49 ranked. The full list, and the same ranking against every font you own, is part of founding access.

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Courier Prime as a free alternative to

Courier Prime is suggested on 5 licensed families’ profiles. The basis is named on each: metric-compatible means the advance widths match, so a swap keeps the line breaks; derived means it was drawn from the same source; the rest are judgement, labelled as such.

In the app

Search the whole open catalogue by name, category and measured character, preview every result in your own words, and save it to a Board. Open the app — the shelf, search and the first three results of any search are free.