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How sure can you be that the font you specify will be present on the end user's machine? This is the latest cross-platform snapshot of the Code Style font survey and should give you greater confidence in selecting a font.
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The most common fonts
The table below is a periodically updated listing of font survey results for all platforms, the cumulative total of all valid font survey submissions since January 2004.
These figures are calculated per platform and do not show how common the fonts on other systems. Think of it this way: more Mac systems have the Monaco font than Windows systems have Trebuchet MS.
FAQ: Can't you show a total frequency for all platforms?
| Platform and font name | Installed (%) | Sample | Image | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Microsoft Sans Serif | 99.45% |
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Sample | Image |
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Arial Black | 97.73% |
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Sample | Image |
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Verdana | 97.14% |
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Sample | Image |
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Palatino Linotype | 97.09% |
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Sample | Image |
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Franklin Gothic Medium | 96.83% |
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Sample | Image |
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Monaco | 96.66% |
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Sample | Image |
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Arial | 96.59% |
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Sample | Image |
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Comic Sans MS | 96.42% |
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Sample | Image |
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Arial | 96.34% |
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Sample | Image |
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Courier New | 96.30% |
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Sample | Image |
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Arial Black | 96.18% |
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Sample | Image |
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Courier | 96.18% |
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Sample | Image |
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Lucida Console | 96.17% |
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Sample | Image |
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Tahoma | 96.09% |
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Sample | Image |
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Helvetica | 96.03% |
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Sample | Image |
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Impact | 95.84% |
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Sample | Image |
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Trebuchet MS | 95.29% |
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Sample | Image |
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Sylfaen | 95.18% |
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Sample | |
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Verdana | 94.12% |
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Sample | Image |
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Georgia | 93.48% |
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Sample | Image |
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Lucida Sans Unicode | 93.48% |
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Sample | Image |
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Trebuchet MS | 92.69% |
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Sample | Image |
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Lucida Bright | 92.50% |
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Sample | |
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Courier New | 92.21% |
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Sample | Image |
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Comic Sans MS | 92.05% |
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Sample | Image |
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Helvetica Neue | 91.67% |
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Sample | Image |
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Georgia | 91.59% |
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Sample | Image |
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Geneva | 91.57% |
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Sample | Image |
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Lucida Sans | 91.25% |
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Sample | |
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Lucida Sans Typewriter | 91.25% |
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Sample | |
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Arial Narrow | 91.10% |
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Sample | Image |
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Gill Sans | 90.83% |
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Sample | Image |
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Skia | 90.14% |
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Sample | Image |
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Apple Chancery | 89.98% |
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Sample | Image |
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Times New Roman | 89.98% |
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Sample | Image |
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Futura | 89.35% |
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Sample | Image |
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Baskerville | 89.17% |
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Sample | Image |
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American Typewriter | 89.08% |
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Sample | Image |
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Hoefler Text | 89.03% |
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Sample | Image |
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Bitstream Charter | 88.89% |
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Sample | |
These are only the top forty fonts, see the full combined font survey results (about 150 KB) for a complete listing.
Quick links: Code Style font sampler
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Windows font survey and survey results
-
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
