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The Code Style font sampler is a guide to the most common Web fonts. Select your platform to contribute to the font survey, or see the results pages for font samples and images.
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Windows font survey and survey results
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Mac font survey and survey results
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Unix family font survey and survey results
- Combined survey results for all platforms
- Classification by generic font family:
- Font family glossary
- Anchor Points: Font foundries & sources
- The font sampler stylesheet: Sampler.css
Frequently asked questions
Understanding Web fonts
- Could you explain the jargon used in this section?
- What are the most suitable fonts for the Web?
- Is there one font that is available on all systems?
- What are the 100 most common fonts?
- How many alternative fonts can I specify?
- What are the default fantasy fonts?
- Do I have to buy a program to display Monotype Corsiva?
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How can I calculate the size of fonts with
emlengths?
Font style problems
- How can I use my custom font in CSS?
- My font is not supported by all machines!
- Why doesn't the Terminal font show in Netscape?
- Why doesn't Trebuchet MS display on my Mac?
- Can I use Lucida Sans for Mac and Windows?
- How can I control the minimum font size?
Windows fonts
Generic font-family names
The CSS rules used for the Code Style font sampler do not declare any generic font-family property. This is to ensure that they are conclusive tests for the named fonts. Normally you should specify a generic font family as a fallback; one of serif, sans-serif, monospace, cursive or fantasy:
