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Fonts like Courier New

12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Courier New, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.

Quick answer

The closest open font to Courier New is Courier Prime (similarity 65), then Libertinus Mono and Podkova. Courier Prime is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.

System font No preview: commercial font, described from its sources

Courier New

Designer Howard Kettler
Vendor Agfa Monotype Corporation
Supplied With
Windows 11Windows 10Windows 8.1
Sources
designers, vendor, products (learn.microsoft.com, read 2026-10-22) ↗
CSS fallback font stack 
font-family: "Courier New", "Courier Prime", monospace;

Use Courier New when installed on the visitor's device, automatically falling back to Courier Prime (closest open lookalike).

Courier New Licence & Permissions

Fonts supplied with Windows (Microsoft's font FAQ)LicenseRef-Windows-Font
Commercial workAllowed, with conditions
Logo or wordmarkAllowed, with conditions
WebsiteNot allowed
App or gameNot allowed
Modify the fontNot allowed
Share the font fileNot allowed
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed

Side-by-side comparison

Top lookalikes compared at the same size
#1 Lookalike Courier Prime Similarity 65 OFL-1.1
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#2 Lookalike Libertinus Mono Similarity 49 OFL-1.1
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
#3 Lookalike Podkova Similarity 47 OFL-1.1
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow

Top lookalikes: licence permissions

Commercial rights side by side
Courier PrimeOFL-1.1
Commercial workAllowed
Logo or wordmarkAllowed
WebsiteAllowed, with conditions
App or gameAllowed, with conditions
Modify the fontAllowed, with conditions
Share the font fileAllowed, with conditions
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed
Libertinus MonoOFL-1.1
Commercial workAllowed
Logo or wordmarkAllowed
WebsiteAllowed, with conditions
App or gameAllowed, with conditions
Modify the fontAllowed, with conditions
Share the font fileAllowed, with conditions
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed
PodkovaOFL-1.1
Commercial workAllowed
Logo or wordmarkAllowed
WebsiteAllowed, with conditions
App or gameAllowed, with conditions
Modify the fontAllowed, with conditions
Share the font fileAllowed, with conditions
Sell the font fileNot allowed
No credit needed in your workAllowed

All 12 open lookalikes, ranked

Comparison based on letter shape and edge texture

⚠️ No open font is very close; these share some traits.

#1
Courier Prime OFL-1.1
Similarity 65 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
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#2
Libertinus Mono OFL-1.1
Similarity 49 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
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#3
Podkova OFL-1.1
Similarity 47 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
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#4
Roboto Serif OFL-1.1
Similarity 45 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
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#5
Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono OFL-1.1
Similarity 43 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
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#6
Montagu Slab OFL-1.1
Similarity 42 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
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#7
DejaVu Math OFL-1.1
Similarity 41 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
also: DejaVu Serif Font details & licence card →
#8
Cutive Mono OFL-1.1
Similarity 40 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
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#9
IBM Plex Serif OFL-1.1
Similarity 40 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
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#10
Azeret Mono OFL-1.1
Similarity 40 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
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#11
Hepta Slab OFL-1.1
Similarity 39 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
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#12
League Mono OFL-1.1
Similarity 39 — 100 = identical letters, 0 = an average pair
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
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Fonts made for other scripts with similar Latin letters

Pridi Thai
Similarity 47 · OFL-1.1
BIZ UDPMincho Jpan
Similarity 41 · OFL-1.1
How the similarity score works

Each score is calculated by comparing 62 letters and digits (A-Z a-z 0-9) rendered at a 160px cap height on a 32×32 grid with 3px gaussian blur, combined with edge-orientation texture (weighted at 15%).

Scores are normalized on a standardized scale: 100 represents identical letterforms, and 0 represents an average pair among the 1571 fonts compared.

Computed on 2026-10-22 using glyph-shape + edge-texture v2.