Tape cassette

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 portion 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 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 tape type of the tape and including at least one first surface portion and at least one second surface portion arranged in a pattern corresponding to the tape type, each of the at least one second surface portion being a surface portion located between the at least one first surface portion and the portion of the feed path in a direction that is generally orthogonal to the front surface, wherein
• the type indicator portion includes a plurality of strip-shaped vertical information sections extending along a direction orthogonal to the feed direction,
• each of the plurality of vertical information sections includes one of the at least one first surface portion and the at least one second surface portion, and
• a first vertical information section is positioned at an interval from the tape exit toward an upstream side in the feed direction, the first vertical information section being a vertical information section located on a most downstream side in the feed direction among the plurality of vertical information sections.