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+# IBM Courier
+
+IBM made available its font Courier as a PostScript Type 1 font under
+the [IBM/MIT X Consortium Courier Typefont agreement](COPYRIGHT).
+
+This distribution of IBM Courier retains the original copyright, and
+includes along with the original fonts, conversions of them to these
+modern formats:
+
+- OpenType
+- TrueType
+- WOFF and WOFF2
+- SVG
+
+IBM Courier is available in four weights:
+
+- Regular
+- Italic
+- Bold
+- Bold Italic
+
+A [CSS file](fonts/IBM-Courier.css) is also included.