Courier™ New alternatives. Closest free font by our measurements: Cutive Mono, score 100.
Cutive Mono reaches 100 against Courier New, the top of our scale; Courier Prime (99) and CMU Typewriter Text (87) follow among the 24 free fonts we measured.
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Score 100 · closest by measurements
Cutive Mono
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Courier New
Against Courier New: x-height 11% shorter, 0.9% wider, 5.3% heavier, and 32% more stroke contrast.
Letters that differ most from Courier New: g, 8, and a.
Styles: 1 weight, no italics.
- ✓Web
- ✓Logo
- ✓Selling
- OFL 1.1
Cousine keeps Courier New’s character widths, and so its line breaks, at score 0.
Which Courier New alternative to pick
Select Cutive Mono for Courier New when score comes first: it scores 100, but its x-height is 11% shorter and its ink 5.3% darker. For Courier New text needing italics, Courier Prime scores 99 and has 2 weights, though its ink is 62% darker; Cousine keeps the character widths of Courier New for line breaks.
Where Cutive Mono and Courier New differ
01 / Where the difference shows
g, 8, and a: Cutive Mono parts from Courier New most here
Cutive Mono keeps Courier New’s width within 0.9%; the widest gap is 32% more stroke contrast.
The lab labels Cutive Mono against Courier New: x-height 11% shorter and more stroke contrast.
- x-height−11%
- Width+0.9%
- Weight+5.3%
- Contrast+32%
Every free font measured against Courier New
| Free font | Score | x-height | Width | Weight | Contrast | Letters that differ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cutive Mono | 100 | −11% | +0.9% | +5.3% | +32% | g 8 a |
| Courier Prime | 99 | +6.7% | −0.1% | +62% | +6.8% | 5 3 1 |
| CMU Typewriter Text | 87 | +1.9% | −13% | +61% | +13% | O Q g |
| Compagnon | 85 | +4.8% | 0% | −19% | 0% | x s 2 |
| Erica Type | 81 | −0.4% | +0.3% | +56% | 0% | g c z |
| Drafting Mono | 52 | +8.8% | 0% | +60% | +25% | n h g |
| Anonymous Pro | 40 | +7.6% | −9% | +41% | +18% | h K n |
| Snap-it Mono | 33 | +21% | −13% | +6.2% | −4% | y L S |
| Inconsolata | 20 | +8.1% | −17% | +48% | +27% | E n v |
| Lekton | 20 | +12% | −17% | +16% | +9.6% | K h L |
| Iosevka Curly Slab | 19 | +23% | −17% | +70% | +11% | o J Q |
| Iosevka Etoile | 17 | +23% | −2.9% | +62% | +12% | J O Q |
| Xanh Mono | 11 | +28% | −17% | +26% | +119% | o 6 Q |
| Major Mono Display | 8 | +65% | +23% | −46% | 0% | B P D |
| Libertinus Mono | 6 | +14% | +6.6% | +38% | +134% | o z d |
| Mononoki | 5 | +16% | −6.4% | +56% | +10% | O n M |
| Sometype Mono | 4 | +11% | −3.3% | +41% | +8.8% | h n E |
| Red Hat Mono | 3 | +15% | 0% | +31% | +11% | K h E |
| Cousine | 0 | +25% | 0% | +47% | +42% | h u o |
| LXGW WenKai Mono TC | 0 | +14% | −17% | +42% | +9.9% | P T L |
| New Heterodox Mono | 0 | +7.8% | −5.9% | +55% | +168% | Q o 6 |
| PT Mono | 0 | +18% | 0% | +47% | +23% | P E R |
| Intel One Mono | 0 | +10% | +2.3% | +52% | +22% | K h E |
| Source Code Pro | 0 | +15% | 0% | +44% | +24% | K E h |
Can I use these Courier New alternatives for…
| Free font | Web | App | Logo | Selling | Commercial | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cutive Mono | ✓ | !* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Courier Prime | ✓ | !* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CMU Typewriter Text | ✓ | !* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
- * Cutive Mono, Courier Prime, and CMU Typewriter Text, Courier New alternatives inside an app: include the copyright notice and licence with the font files.
- OFL 1.1 text
- Full conditions for Courier New alternatives
Courier New alternatives: questions
What is the closest free alternative to Courier New?
Cutive Mono scores 100 against Courier New, ahead of Courier Prime (99) and CMU Typewriter Text (87) among 24 free fonts.
Which free font keeps Courier New’s line breaks?
Cousine, drawn to Courier New’s widths, so documents keep their lines and pages; it scores 0, with 47% heavier the largest gap against Courier New.
How does Courier Prime differ from Courier New?
Courier Prime scores 99 against Courier New: x-height 6.7% taller, 0.1% narrower, 62% heavier, and 6.8% more stroke contrast. Its 5, 3, and 1 differ most from Courier New’s.
Which Courier New alternative has the most weights?
CMU Typewriter Text has the most of the Courier New picks here, 3 weights and italics; Compagnon has 3 weights, Courier Prime has 2 weights, and Erica Type has 2 weights.
Can I use the Courier New alternatives commercially?
Yes, all 6 free alternatives to Courier New here allow commercial work.
Is Courier New an open font?
No. Courier New ships with Windows 11, Microsoft 365, and macOS Tahoe.
Paid fonts that share free alternatives with Courier New
- Lucida Console → DejaVu MonoShares Cousine with Courier New. Lucida Console against Courier New: x-height 25% taller, 0.4% wider, 57% heavier, and 42% more stroke contrast.score 88
- Consolas → Codetta6 free fonts measured against both, none among the closest to Courier New. Consolas against Courier New: x-height 16% taller, 8.3% narrower, 61% heavier, and 21% more stroke contrast.score 90
- Times New Roman → Sneaky TimesNo pick in common with Courier Newscore 96
About Courier New
Howard Kettler designed Courier New for IBM in 1955, a monospaced slab serif.
Courier New carries the Courier™ trademark of The Monotype Corporation; FontForThat is not affiliated with The Monotype Corporation; this is an independent comparison.