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Free Courier New alternatives

Monotype's redrawing of Howard Kettler's Courier (1955), and the default typewriter face on Windows.

What a Courier New substitute has to get right

Metric-compatible widths. Courier New is what legal and screenplay formats are specified in, where a page count is a requirement rather than a preference.

The one in this archive

One entry, because one is the honest answer. A face is listed here only if the substitution would survive a designer looking at both.

  • Cousine

    Monospace · Steve Matteson

    Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow

Courier New is not ours and nothing here is affiliated with or endorsed by whoever owns it. The name is used to say what these free typefaces can be set instead of. Every font above is redistributable, carries its licence inside the download, and is free for commercial work.