This is IBM’s digital form of Courier, in TTF and other modern formats, with coding-friendly variants.
IBM created a digitized version of Courier and gave the fonts in PostScript Type 1 format to the X Consortium for distribution under the permissive IBM/MIT X Consortium Courier Typefont Agreement. This package retains that copyright and distribution terms.
The slashed-zero and dotted-zero variants also contain the following coding-friendly features:
Weights included are the typical four:
There are 12 fonts (individual weights and variants) in total.
Formats are:
These fonts do not contain additional hinting. Windows will render them differently from Courier New.
Courier New also has significantly more comprehensive Unicode coverage.
I created this package because I wanted one that’s as faithful (presumably) to IBM’s original Courier as possible.
Let’s compare IBM Courier with four other ones:
IBM Courier, this Courier.
Courier New, supplied with Windows, a thinner and also flat-terminated Courier.
Courier Prime is a thicker, flat/rounded variant. The authors also provide sans-serif variants, and it has an actual italic!
Bitstream Courier 10 Pitch, a thicker, rounded variant, was also provided to the X Consortium.
Courier Code is Bitstream’s variant with a few modifications for coding.
The fonts, as distributed with X11, already contained “hidden” slashed-zero and dotted-zero characters. I created and added the altered lowercase “L” and hightened tilde, made the slashed and dotted zeroes the default in the coding variants, and removed the ligatures.
The “Courier” name and typeface design are in the public domain, though individual fonts (software implementations of that design) are available under varying licenses.
I may add additional characters sporadically.
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# IBM Courier
This is IBM’s digital form of Courier, in TTF and other modern
formats, with coding-friendly variants.
![IBM Courier](images/ibm-courier.png)
IBM created a digitized version of Courier and gave the fonts in
PostScript Type 1 format to the X Consortium for distribution under
the permissive [IBM/MIT X Consortium Courier Typefont
Agreement](COPYRIGHT). **This package retains that copyright and
distribution terms.**
The slashed-zero and dotted-zero variants also contain the following
coding-friendly features:
- An altered lowercase “L”.
- A heightened tilde (“~”) for better visibility.
- Removed the fi, fl, ffi, ffl, and fff ligatures.
## What’s Included
Weights included are the typical four:
- Regular
- Italic
- Bold
- Bold Italic
There are 12 fonts (individual weights and variants) in total.
Formats are:
- TTF
- OTF
- SVG
- WOFF
- WOFF2
These fonts do not contain additional hinting. Windows will render
them differently from Courier New.
Courier New also has significantly more comprehensive Unicode
coverage.
## Why?
I created this package because I wanted one that’s as faithful
(presumably) to IBM’s original Courier as possible.
## Versus Other Couriers
Let’s compare IBM Courier with four other ones:
- IBM Courier, this Courier.
![IBM Courier](images/compare-ibm-courier.png)
- [Courier New](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/courier-new),
supplied with Windows, a thinner and also flat-terminated Courier.
![Courier New](images/compare-courier-new.png)
- [Courier Prime](https://quoteunquoteapps.com/courierprime/) is a
thicker, flat/rounded variant. The authors also provide
sans-serif variants, and it has an actual italic!
![Courier Prime](images/compare-courier-prime.png)
- Bitstream Courier 10 Pitch, a thicker, rounded variant, was also
provided to the X Consortium.
![Courier 10 Pitch BT](images/compare-courier-10-pitch-bt.png)
- [Courier Code](https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/courier-code)
is Bitstream’s variant with a few modifications for coding.
![Courier Code](images/compare-courier-code.png)
## About
The fonts, as distributed with X11, already contained “hidden”
slashed-zero and dotted-zero characters. I created and added the
altered lowercase “L” and hightened tilde, made the slashed and dotted
zeroes the default in the coding variants, and removed the ligatures.
The “Courier” **name** and typeface **design** are in the public
domain, though individual fonts (software implementations of that
design) are available under varying licenses.
## The Future
I may add additional characters sporadically.
## More Information, Just Because
https://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160517191001/http://www.rolandstroud.com/downloads/essays/courierfonts.pdf