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  • proper noun A monospace font that resembles the characters produced by a typewriter.

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Examples

  • * Good guy Jim Courier is the new captain of the U.S.

    Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2010

  • * Good guy Jim Courier is the new captain of the U.S.

    Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2010

  • Courier is the font the devil uses when he types your suicide note.

    Mystery of the Day 2009

  • * Good guy Jim Courier is the new captain of the U.S.

    Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2010

  • Scientific research has confirmed our suspicions: 97.839% of manuscripts written in Courier are epically, wildly, apocalyptically terrible.

    Mystery of the Day 2009

  • So you're saying a manuscript written in Courier still has a 2.161% chance of not enduring epically, wildly, and apocalyptically terrible failure?

    Mystery of the Day 2009

  • Apparently the inelegant (in my opinion) Courier is a hot favourite, said to be a reassuring reminder of the old typewriter.

    Miscellaneous Maxine 2009

  • I work in Courier, and so this looks like manuscript to me, and it's much harder for me to see the things I actually typed (as opposed to the ones I thought I did) in this format.

    msagara: Author's Alterations, the Luna version of page proofs msagara 2009

  • Scientific research has confirmed our suspicions: 97.839% of manuscripts written in Courier are epically, wildly, apocalyptically terrible.

    Archive 2009-09-01 2009

  • Whenever I get a submission in Courier, the first two things I do upon opening it are NOT:

    Mystery of the Day 2009

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