What is the Courier LT font?
Courier is one of the most well-recognized typefaces in the world. Everyone recognizes it as the face originally designed for use on typewriters. A typical characteristic of older typewriters is that all characters are given the same amount of space regardless of their width. Hence, an i receives just as much room as an m, even though it is much thinner. This principle defined the look of Courier. A line in this typeface has “holes” in what would otherwise be a homogenous look. Due to its origins, Courier is associated with office and telegram-like text. More…
Typewriters have all but disappeared from the office and the practical need for such a typeface with them. Nevertheless, the attractive imperfections of Courier have long been appreciated for their usefulness in design applications. It is therefore often seen in advertisements, especially when the subject deals with messages, telegrams, etc. Linotype Library offers Courier in two different weights with italics.
Courier LT Font families
The Courier LT includes the following font families:
- Courier LT Std Regular
- Courier LT Std Oblique
- Courier LT Std Bold
- Courier LT Std Bold Oblique
- Courier LT Cyrillic Regular
- Courier LT Cyrillic Bold
- Courier LT Cyrillic Bold Oblique
- Courier LT Cyrillic Oblique
- Courier Regular
- Courier Oblique
- Courier Bold
- Courier Bold Oblique
- Courier Cyrillic Regular
- Courier Cyrillic Oblique
- Courier Cyrillic Bold
- Courier Cyrillic Bold Oblique
Courier LT Preview
Here is a preview of how Courier LT will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
