Font of the Week — Courier

Courier was the brainchild of Howard Kettler—Kettler created the typewriter-esque font in 1955 and originally named it “Messenger”. He found this name didn’t truly encompass all he intended, and renamed it “Courier” as he believed, “A letter can be just an ordinary messenger, or it can be the COURIER, which radiates dignity, prestige, and stability.” Famed typographer Adrian Frutiger redrew the famous font years later for the use on electric typewriters. Courier has definitely lived up to it’s namesake as one of the most recognizable fonts in the world, not to mention the industry standard font for all screenplays.

Our Font of the Week images are created by Emily Clark, an Expert Production Artist at CustomInk and a self-declared font addict. Font of the Week fuels Emily’s passion to research and learn more about beloved typefaces like Courier. What font should Emily feature next? Sound off in the comments below!