Designed as a typewriter face for IBM, Courier was re drawn by Adrian Frutiger for IBM Selectric series. A typical fixed pitch design, monotone in weight and slab serif in concept. Used to emulate typewriter output for reports, tabular work and technical documentation.
Courier New version history
Version 2.55 - This WGL4 version of Courier New was first supplied with the Final Windows 95 euro update that shipped on 4 November 1998. This version contains the euro.
Version 2.50 - This version of Courier New is supplied with European versions of Windows 98. North American users can add it by installing multilanguage support. This version contains the euro.
Version 2.45 - This Win ANSI version of Courier New is supplied with the US version of Windows 98.
Version 2.01 - This special version of Courier New is only supplied with the beta version of the Windows 95 euro update patch.
Version 2.00 (Win ANSI) - This Win ANSI version of Courier New is supplied with Windows 95.
Version 2.00 (WGL4) - This WGL4 version of Courier New is supplied with Windows 95 and Windows NT4. This version does not contain the euro.
Version 1.00 - This version was supplied with Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11.
Description
File name
Cour.ttf Courbd.ttf Courbi.ttf Couri.ttf
Styles & Weights
Courier New Courier New Bold Courier New Bold Italic Courier New Italic