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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 snapshot of the Code Style Windows font survey and should give you greater confidence in selecting a font.
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The most common Windows fonts
The most common reported fonts on the Windows platform are changing rank as the more comprehensive results of the font survey applet begin to affect the average frequency. The Windows system font Microsoft Sans Serif is reported in practically 100% of recent submissions, with the heavy sans serif font Arial Black in second place at 98% frequency. The serif font Palatino Linotype, Mathew Carter's Verdana sans serif font, and Franklin Gothic Medium completes the 5 most common Windows fonts at 97% frequency.
Font survey statistics
These figures are the cumulative total of about 7 Windows survey submissions per week since January 2004, 2575 total. The Windows applet-based survey was introduced on 21 April 2007 and is currently recording the frequency of 281 of the most common Windows fonts.
| Font name | Installed (%) | Sample | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Sans Serif | 99.57% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Arial Black | 97.75% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Palatino Linotype | 97.36% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Verdana | 97.24% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Medium | 97.08% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Arial | 96.82% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Courier New | 96.58% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Comic Sans MS | 96.54% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Lucida Console | 96.43% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Tahoma | 96.39% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Impact | 96.12% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Trebuchet MS | 95.53% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Sylfaen | 95.35% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Sans Unicode | 93.79% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Georgia | 92.16% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Arial Narrow | 87.46% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Times New Roman | 86.37% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Century Gothic | 85.83% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bookman Old Style | 84.54% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Book Antiqua | 83.96% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Monotype Corsiva | 82.71% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Kartika | 82.47% |
|
Sample | |
| Vrinda | 82.47% |
|
Sample | |
| Garamond | 79.11% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Haettenschweiler | 70.14% |
|
Sample | Image |
| MS Reference Sans Serif | 67.86% |
|
Sample | |
| Bradley Hand ITC | 59.96% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Papyrus | 59.74% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Tempus Sans ITC | 59.52% |
|
Sample | Image |
| French Script MT | 59.31% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Copperplate Gothic Light | 58.33% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Book | 58.12% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Perpetua | 58.12% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Edwardian Script ITC | 57.90% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Curlz MT | 57.68% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Medium Cond | 57.68% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Felix Titling | 57.58% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Kristen ITC | 57.58% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Demi | 57.47% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Engravers MT | 57.36% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Eras Demi ITC | 57.36% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Eras Light ITC | 57.36% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Mistral | 57.36% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Rockwell Extra Bold | 57.36% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Maiandra GD | 57.14% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Blackadder ITC | 57.03% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Juice ITC | 55.95% |
|
Sample | |
| Rockwell | 55.95% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Demi Cond | 55.19% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Vivaldi | 55.19% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Heavy | 55.09% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Copperplate Gothic Bold | 54.41% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Jokerman | 53.25% |
|
Sample | |
| Pristina | 52.38% |
|
Sample | |
| Arial Unicode MS | 50.45% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Calisto MT | 50.43% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Freestyle Script | 50.43% |
|
Sample | |
| Script MT Bold | 50.22% |
|
Sample | |
| Imprint MT Shadow | 49.68% |
|
Sample | |
| Palace Script MT | 49.24% |
|
Sample | |
| Gill Sans Ultra Bold | 49.03% |
|
Sample | |
| Goudy Stout | 48.92% |
|
Sample | |
| Castellar | 48.81% |
|
Sample | |
| Gill Sans MT | 48.59% |
|
Sample | |
| Goudy Old Style | 48.54% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Rage Italic | 48.38% |
|
Sample | |
| Agency FB | 48.16% |
|
Sample | |
| Forte | 48.16% |
|
Sample | |
| Gill Sans MT Condensed | 48.16% |
|
Sample | |
| Perpetua Titling MT | 48.05% |
|
Sample | |
| Eras Bold ITC | 47.94% |
|
Sample | |
| Eras Medium ITC | 47.84% |
|
Sample | |
| Gigi | 47.84% |
|
Sample | |
| Gill Sans MT Ext Condensed Bold | 47.62% |
|
Sample | |
| OCR A Extended | 47.61% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Viner Hand ITC | 47.51% |
|
Sample | |
| Gill Sans Ultra Bold Condensed | 47.29% |
|
Sample | |
| Rockwell Condensed | 47.29% |
|
Sample | |
| Tw Cen MT | 47.29% |
|
Sample | |
| Tw Cen MT Condensed | 47.29% |
|
Sample | |
| Gloucester MT Extra Condensed | 47.08% |
|
Sample | |
| Tw Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold | 47.08% |
|
Sample | |
| Broadway | 46.97% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Calligraphy | 46.97% |
|
Sample | |
| Arial Rounded MT Bold | 46.87% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Century Schoolbook | 46.80% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Cooper Black | 46.75% |
|
Sample | |
| Snap ITC | 46.75% |
|
Sample | |
| Wide Latin | 46.75% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Algerian | 46.65% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Brush Script MT | 46.65% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bauhaus 93 | 46.43% |
|
Sample | |
| Britannic Bold | 46.43% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Harrington | 46.32% |
|
Sample | |
| Onyx | 46.32% |
|
Sample | |
| Playbill | 46.32% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bernard MT Condensed | 46.21% |
|
Sample | |
| Chiller | 46.21% |
|
Sample | |
| Matura MT Script Capitals | 46.21% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Old English Text MT | 46.10% |
|
Sample | |
| Baskerville Old Face | 46.00% |
|
Sample | |
| Vladimir Script | 45.89% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Handwriting | 45.79% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Harlow Solid Italic | 45.78% |
|
Sample | |
| Informal Roman | 45.67% |
|
Sample | |
| Kunstler Script | 45.67% |
|
Sample | |
| Stencil | 44.91% |
|
Sample | |
| Bell MT | 44.70% |
|
Sample | |
| Footlight MT Light | 44.59% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bodoni MT | 44.48% |
|
Sample | |
| Bodoni MT Black | 44.48% |
|
Sample | |
| Bodoni MT Condensed | 44.48% |
|
Sample | |
| Centaur | 44.37% |
|
Sample | |
| Colonna MT | 44.16% |
|
Sample | Image |
| High Tower Text | 43.94% |
|
Sample | |
| Showcard Gothic | 43.94% |
|
Sample | |
| Berlin Sans FB | 43.83% |
|
Sample | |
| Californian FB | 43.83% |
|
Sample | |
| Ravie | 43.72% |
|
Sample | |
| Niagara Engraved | 43.51% |
|
Sample | |
| Niagara Solid | 43.40% |
|
Sample | |
| Berlin Sans FB Demi | 43.07% |
|
Sample | |
| Magneto | 42.97% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Fax | 42.53% |
|
Sample | |
| Bodoni MT Poster Compressed | 41.45% |
|
Sample | |
| Calibri | 40.33% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Cambria | 39.75% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Consolas | 39.65% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Candara | 39.55% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Corbel | 39.45% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Constantia | 38.87% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Terminal | 33.24% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Segoe UI | 33.20% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bitstream Vera Sans Mono | 29.87% |
|
Sample | |
| Bitstream Vera Sans | 26.30% |
|
Sample | |
| Bitstream Vera Serif | 26.19% |
|
Sample | |
| Eurostile | 21.65% |
|
Sample | |
| Matisse ITC | 20.67% |
|
Sample | |
| Abadi MT Condensed Light | 13.86% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Staccato222 BT | 13.46% |
|
Sample | |
| Baby Kruffy | 11.90% |
|
Sample | |
| Braggadocio | 11.26% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Alba Super | 11.15% |
|
Sample | |
| Alba | 10.93% |
|
Sample | |
| Alba Matter | 10.82% |
|
Sample | |
| Frosty | 10.28% |
|
Sample | |
| Weltron Urban | 10.28% |
|
Sample | |
| Chick | 10.06% |
|
Sample | |
| Freshbot | 9.74% |
|
Sample | |
| Croobie | 9.63% |
|
Sample | |
| Jenkins v2.0 | 9.63% |
|
Sample | |
| Pussycat | 9.63% |
|
Sample | |
| Fat | 9.52% |
|
Sample | |
| GlooGun | 9.52% |
|
Sample | |
| Jokewood | 9.52% |
|
Sample | |
| Broadway BT | 9.45% |
|
Sample | |
| Poornut | 9.20% |
|
Sample | |
| Calligraph421 BT | 9.12% |
|
Sample | |
| Square721 BT | 9.12% |
|
Sample | |
| Blackletter686 BT | 8.57% |
|
Sample | |
| Cataneo BT | 8.57% |
|
Sample | |
| ParkAvenue BT | 8.34% |
|
Sample | |
| MisterEarl BT | 8.33% |
|
Sample | |
| Desdemona | 7.69% |
|
Sample | Image |
| John Handy LET | 7.45% |
|
Sample | |
| Rage Italic LET | 7.45% |
|
Sample | |
| Scruff LET | 7.34% |
|
Sample | |
| Westwood LET | 7.34% |
|
Sample | |
| OldDreadfulNo7 BT | 7.23% |
|
Sample | |
| Ruach LET | 7.23% |
|
Sample | |
| Mekanik LET | 7.12% |
|
Sample | |
| One Stroke Script LET | 7.12% |
|
Sample | |
| Helvetica | 7.03% |
|
Sample | |
| La Bamba LET | 7.01% |
|
Sample | |
| Milano LET | 7.01% |
|
Sample | |
| Tiranti Solid LET | 7.01% |
|
Sample | |
| Smudger LET | 6.79% |
|
Sample | |
| University Roman LET | 6.79% |
|
Sample | |
| Highlight LET | 6.67% |
|
Sample | |
| Jokerman LET | 6.67% |
|
Sample | |
| Orange LET | 6.67% |
|
Sample | |
| Pump Demi Bold LET | 6.67% |
|
Sample | |
| Victorian LET | 6.67% |
|
Sample | |
| Academy Engraved LET | 6.56% |
|
Sample | |
| Odessa LET | 6.45% |
|
Sample | |
| Quixley LET | 6.45% |
|
Sample | |
| Univers | 6.28% |
|
Sample | |
| Verdana Ref | 6.23% |
|
Sample | |
| Kabel Ult BT | 5.67% |
|
Sample | |
| Beesknees ITC | 4.89% |
|
Sample | |
| Andale Mono IPA | 4.67% |
|
Sample | |
| Helvetica Narrow | 4.65% |
|
Sample | |
| Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold | 4.56% |
|
Sample | |
| Georgia Ref | 4.45% |
|
Sample | |
| Kino MT | 4.33% |
|
Sample | Image |
| MS Reference Serif | 4.23% |
|
Sample | |
| Times | 4.00% |
|
Sample | |
| News Gothic MT | 3.90% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Palatino | 3.90% |
|
Sample | |
| Abadi MT Condensed | 3.67% |
|
Sample | |
| New Century Schoolbook | 3.57% |
|
Sample | |
| Andy | 3.45% |
|
Sample | |
| OCRB | 3.45% |
|
Sample | |
| Pepita MT | 3.45% |
|
Sample | |
| Andale Mono | 3.35% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Placard Condensed | 3.23% |
|
Sample | |
| Optima | 3.03% |
|
Sample | |
| Bickley Script | 2.89% |
|
Sample | |
| GENUINE | 2.89% |
|
Sample | |
| Fine Hand | 2.67% |
|
Sample | |
| Runic MT Condensed | 2.67% |
|
Sample | |
| DomBold BT | 2.22% |
|
Sample | |
| Gill Sans | 2.16% |
|
Sample | |
| Chicago | 2.06% |
|
Sample | |
| Base 02 | 2.00% |
|
Sample | |
| Geneva | 1.84% |
|
Sample | |
| Monaco | 1.84% |
|
Sample | |
| Mercurius Script MT Bold | 1.67% |
|
Sample | |
| New York | 1.62% |
|
Sample | |
| A Charming Font | 1.56% |
|
Sample | |
| CAMPBELL | 1.56% |
|
Sample | |
| Apple Chancery | 1.52% |
|
Sample | |
| MARKETPRO | 1.45% |
|
Sample | |
| BudHand | 1.33% |
|
Sample | |
| Futura | 1.30% |
|
Sample | |
| Helvetica Neue | 1.30% |
|
Sample | |
| Hoefler Text | 1.30% |
|
Sample | |
| Monotype.com | 0.97% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Mead Bold | 0.89% |
|
Sample | |
| 04b_21 | 0.78% |
|
Sample | |
| FIRSTHOME | 0.78% |
|
Sample | |
| Champignon | 0.22% |
|
Sample | |
| Gadget | 0.22% |
|
Sample | |
| Minion Web | 0.22% |
|
Sample | |
CSS font family resources
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Windows font survey and font survey results
-
Mac font survey and font survey results
-
Unix family font survey and font survey results
- Combined survey results for all platforms
- Classification by generic font family:
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- Anchor Points: Font foundries & sources
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