Introduction
Here you can find the list with the standard set of fonts common to all versions of Windows and their Mac substitutes, referred sometimes as "browser safe fonts". This is the reference I use when making web pages and I expect you will find it useful too.
If you are new to web design, maybe you are thinking: "Why I have to limit to that small set of fonts? I have a large collection of nice fonts in my computer". Well, as seasoned web designers already know, browsers can use only the fonts installed in each computer, so it means that every visitor of your web page needs to have all the fonts you want to use installed in his/her computer. Of course, different people will have different fonts installed, and thus come the need of a standard set of fonts. Fortunately, CSS allows set several values for the font-family property, which eases the task a bit.
If you want to know how the fonts are displayed in other OS's or browsers than yours, after the table you can find several screen shots of this page in different systems and browsers. Also, you can take a look to the list of the default fonts included with each version of Windows.
The list
First, a few introductory notes:
- The names in grey are the generic family of each font.
- In some cases the Mac equivalent is the same font, since Mac OS X also includes some of the fonts shipped with Windows.
- The notes at the bottom contains specific information about some of the fonts.
Normal style | Bold style |
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Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif | Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif |
Arial Black, Arial Black, Gadget, sans-serif | Arial Black, Arial Black, Gadget, sans-serif |
Comic Sans MS, Comic Sans MS5, cursive | Comic Sans MS, Comic Sans MS5, cursive |
Courier New, Courier New, monospace | Courier New, Courier New, monospace |
Georgia1, Georgia, serif | Georgia1, Georgia, serif |
Impact, Impact5, Charcoal6, sans-serif | Impact, Impact5, Charcoal6, sans-serif |
Lucida Console, Monaco5, monospace | Lucida Console, Monaco5, monospace |
Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif | Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif |
Palatino Linotype, Book Antiqua3, Palatino, serif | Palatino Linotype, Book Antiqua3, Palatino, serif |
Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif | Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif |
Times New Roman, Times New Roman, Times, serif | Times New Roman, Times New Roman, Times, serif |
Trebuchet MS1, Trebuchet MS, sans-serif | Trebuchet MS1, Trebuchet MS, sans-serif |
Verdana, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif | Verdana, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif |
Symbol, Symbol (Symbol2, Symbol2) | Symbol, Symbol (Symbol2, Symbol2) |
Webdings, Webdings (Webdings2, Webdings2) | Webdings, Webdings (Webdings2, Webdings2) |
Wingdings, Zapf Dingbats (Wingdings2, Zapf Dingbats2) | Wingdings, Zapf Dingbats (Wingdings2, Zapf Dingbats2) |
MS Sans Serif4, Geneva, sans-serif | MS Sans Serif4, Geneva, sans-serif |
MS Serif4, New York6, serif | MS Serif4, New York6, serif |