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title: "Monospace typefaces, oldest first"
description: "1 monospace typefaces from 1955 onwards, who designed each and what it reads as today. Plus the ones they get confused with."
url: https://atoneplace.net/font/monospace/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Monospace typefaces

1 monospace typefaces, oldest first.

| Typeface | Year | Designer | What it signals now |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Courier | 1955 | Howard Kettler | A typewriter, a screenplay, or code written before syntax highlighting. |

- [Courier](https://atoneplace.net/font/courier/) — Howard Kettler, 1955

## Related pages

- [Serif typefaces](https://atoneplace.net/font/serif/)
- [Sans-serif typefaces](https://atoneplace.net/font/sans/)
- [Slab serif typefaces](https://atoneplace.net/font/slab/)
- [Display typefaces](https://atoneplace.net/font/display/)