Category	Monospaced slab serif
Date created	1955
Designer(s)	Howard Kettler
Foundry	IBM
Sample

Courier is a monospace slab serif font that resembles the output from a typewriter. The typeface was created by Howard "Bud" Kettler in 1955. The design of the original Courier New typeface was commissioned in the 1950s by IBM for use in typewriters, but they did not secure legal exclusivity to the typeface and it soon became a standard font used throughout the typewriter industry. As a monospaced font, it has recently found renewed use in the electronic world in situations where columns of characters must be consistently aligned. It has also become an industry standard for all screenplays to be written in 12 pt Courier or a close variant, and it is widely used by computer programmers to write source code. As the widest font available in most word processors, Courier New is popular with students seeking to expand term papers to meet length requirements. Image File history File links Courier. ... In typography, a typeface consists of a co-ordinated set of grapheme (i. ... In typography, serifs are the small features at the end of strokes within letters. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A type foundry is a company that produces and/or distributes typefaces. ... International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or colloquially, Big Blue) NYSE: IBM (incorporated June 15, 1911, in operation since 1888) is headquartered in Armonk, NY, USA. The company manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, infrastructure services and consulting services. ... Image File history File links Courier_sample. ... In typography, a typeface is a co-ordinated set of character designs, which usually comprises an alphabet of letters, a set of numerals and a set of punctuation marks. ... In typography, serifs are the small features at the end of strokes within letters. ... In typography, a typeface consists of a co-ordinated set of grapheme (i. ... This Smith Premier typewriter, purchased around the end of the 19th century, was found abandoned in the Bodie ghost town. ... In typography, a typeface consists of a co-ordinated set of grapheme (i. ... // Events and No. ... International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or colloquially, Big Blue) NYSE: IBM (incorporated June 15, 1911, in operation since 1888) is headquartered in Armonk, NY, USA. The company manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, infrastructure services and consulting services. ... This Smith Premier typewriter, purchased around the end of the 19th century, was found abandoned in the Bodie ghost town. ... A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... A point is a unit of measure in typography (Abbreviated as pt). There are various sorts of points, used in particular locations and times: Fournier point: the first definition of the printers point, by Pierre Fournier. ... In computing, a programmer is someone who does computer programming and develops computer software. ... Source code (commonly just source or code) is any series of statements written in some human-readable computer programming language. ...

12 point Courier New was also the US State Department's standard typeface until January 2004, when it was replaced with 14 point Times New Roman. Reasons for the change included the desire for a more "modern" and "legible" font. A point is a unit of measure in typography (Abbreviated as pt). There are various sorts of points, used in particular locations and times: Fournier point: the first definition of the printers point, by Pierre Fournier. ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... In typography, a typeface consists of a co-ordinated set of grapheme (i. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Point can refer to: Look up Point in Wiktionary, the free dictionary // Mathematics In mathematics: Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space but no extent Fixed point (mathematics), a point that is mapped to itself by a mathematical function Point at infinity Point group Point charge, an... Times New Roman is a serif typeface commissioned by The Times (London) newspaper in 1931 and designed by Stanley Morison together with Starling Burgess and Victor Lardent. ...

Kettler was once quoted about how the name was chosen. The font was nearly released with the name "Messenger." After giving it some thought, Kettler said, "A letter can be just an ordinary messenger, or it can be the courier, which radiates dignity, prestige, and stability."

In ASCII Art

Courier is commonly used in ASCII art because it is a monospace font (which makes it easy to use) and is available almost universally. "Solid-style" ASCII art uses the darkness/lightness of each character to portray an object, which can be quantified in pixels (here in pt. 12): ASCII art, an artistic medium relying primarily on computers for presentation, consists of pictures pieced together from characters (preferably from the 95 printable characters defined by ASCII). ...

See also

• Core fonts for the Web

Core fonts for the Web was a project started by Microsoft in 1996 to make a standard pack of fonts for the Internet. ...

External links

• US bans time-honoured typeface
• Courier New font information (Microsoft typography)
• Downloadable version of Courier New (Core fonts for the Web)
• Designer of Courier: the Bud Kettler Page