---
title: Courier Prime
designers:
  - name: Alan Dague-Greene
  - name: Howard Kettler
home_url: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Courier+Prime
license:
  - name: Open Font License
    url: https://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL
cost: free
ligatures: false
italics: true
variable: false
stylesheet_url: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Courier+Prime:ital@0;1&display=swap
stylesheet_absolute: true
---

Courier Prime is a new take on IBM's Courier which was designed in 1956 by Howard Kettler.

It's a monospaced family, designed specifically for screenplays. Overall the family is more refined than its predecessor. The serifs are crisper and less rounded. The counters are subtly wider. The bold weight is a bit darker and the italics are more cursive.
