A tape cassette , comprising: a housing having a top surface , a bottom surface , a front surface and a pair of side surfaces ; a tape that is a print medium mounted in the housing ; a tape exit that discharges, from the housing , the tape guided in the housing along a predetermined feed path, at least a part of the feed path extending parallel to the front surface ; and a type indicator portion provided adjacent to the tape exit and in a specified area (R2) of the front surface on an upstream side of the tape exit in a feed direction of the tape , the type indicator portion indicating a type of the tape and including a plurality of vertical information sections (X1 to X5) and a latching aperture is formed in another area (R1) on the front surface, the latching aperture is arranged somewhere above a center line (N) of the cassette case in the width direction of the tape and arranged somewhere upstream of a center line (C) of the cassette case in the feed direction; and an indicator aperture formed in at least one of the plurality of vertical information sections (X1 to X5), the plurality of vertical information sections (X1 to X5) being a plurality of strip-shaped sections extending along a direction orthogonal to the feed direction and the indicator aperture is provided on the front surface, one part of the indicator aperture is disposed on a lower side of the center line (N) of the tape cassette in the width direction of the tape and the other part of the indicator aperture is disposed on an upper side of the center line (N) of the tape cassette in the width direction of the tape, the indicator aperture disposed on a downstream side of the center line (C) of the cassette case in the feed direction. a housing having a top surface , a bottom surface , a front surface and a pair of side surfaces ; a tape that is a print medium mounted in the housing ; a tape exit that discharges, from the housing , the tape guided in the housing along a predetermined feed path, at least a part of the feed path extending parallel to the front surface ; and a type indicator portion provided adjacent to the tape exit and in a specified area (R2) of the front surface on an upstream side of the tape exit in a feed direction of the tape , the type indicator portion indicating a type of the tape and including a plurality of vertical information sections (X1 to X5) and a latching aperture is formed in another area (R1) on the front surface, the latching aperture is arranged somewhere above a center line (N) of the cassette case in the width direction of the tape and arranged somewhere upstream of a center line (C) of the cassette case in the feed direction; and an indicator aperture formed in at least one of the plurality of vertical information sections (X1 to X5), the plurality of vertical information sections (X1 to X5) being a plurality of strip-shaped sections extending along a direction orthogonal to the feed direction and the indicator aperture is provided on the front surface, one part of the indicator aperture is disposed on a lower side of the center line (N) of the tape cassette in the width direction of the tape and the other part of the indicator aperture is disposed on an upper side of the center line (N) of the tape cassette in the width direction of the tape, the indicator aperture disposed on a downstream side of the center line (C) of the cassette case in the feed direction. <EOS>