Not often, Courier 12 is the only font the studios accept: It relates to the length of a film, one page of action equals one minute of screen time. Thus a studio can quickly evaluate if a new work is the “right” length, the target is usually 120 pages or 120 minutes. Additional checks are made for the Act One/Act Two boundary, and Act Two/Three boundary, Page 45 etc.

If a script gets ticked off on these points, the film is then passed through to the readers for evaluation (ie, read). Not a foolproof system but screening out thousands of poorly prepared works needs a system.

Courier 12 is right at the heart of that system.