Nimbus Mono is a

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created by URW Studio in 1984, and eventually released under the

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and

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(as

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for Ghostscript) in 1996 and LPPL in 2009. In 2017, the font, alongside other Core 35 fonts, has been additionally licensed under the terms of OFL. It features Normal, Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic weights, and is one of several freely licensed fonts offered by

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. Although not exactly the same, Nimbus Mono has metrics and glyphs that are very similar to

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and Courier New. It is one of the

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fonts, free alternatives to 35 basic

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(which include Courier). It is a standard typeface in many Linux distributions.

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Tex Gyre Cursor
is a derivative of Nimbus Mono L with additional glyphs.

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Nimbus Mono L - commercial versionNimbus Mono L on MyFontsGhostscript Git - URW fonts
(Type 1, OTF and TTF)
Ghostscript changelog
(includes changes in Ghostscript Nimbus fonts)

{{free and open-source typography Monospaced typefaces Open-source typefaces Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1984 Slab serif typefaces

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