Cousine Bold Italic is a free bold italic monospaced sans serif with digitized data copyrighted by Google Corporation in 2010. Its firm forward slant gives the lettering urgency, and the even widths keep the line mechanically ordered. Broad strokes and open inner spaces make the forms feel sturdy.
Code editors gain clear emphasis from its fixed-width structure, while sports graphics can use the same slant for speed. It suits technical manuals and editorial pages. In posters, the angled lettering can echo diagonal rules, racing stripes, or directional arrows.
Digitized data copyright (c) 2010 Google Corporation.
Font family
Cousine
Font subfamily
Bold Italic
Unique subfamily identification
Ascender - Cousine Bold Italic
Full font name
Cousine Bold Italic
Name table version
Version 1.00
Postscript font name
Cousine-BoldItalic
Trademark notice
Cousine is a trademark of Google and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
Manufacturer name
Ascender Corporation
Designer
Steve Matteson
Description
Cousine was designed by Steve Matteson as an innovative, refreshing sans serif design that is metrically compatible with Courier New". Cousine offers improved on-screen readability characteristics and the pan-European WGL character set and solves the needs of developers looking for width-compatible fonts to address document portability across platforms.
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created2010-11-18
Revision1
Glyph count211
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classNo classification
WeightBold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleOutline
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Italic angle-12
Pattern natureOblique
PitchMonospaced
Complete pack contains 4 font weights listed below: