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Credit for this information goes 100% to Alberto Martinez Perez. He can be found at: http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/
Windows Fonts / Mac Fonts / Font Family
| Normal style |
Bold style |
| Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif |
Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif |
| Arial Black, Arial Black, Gadget, sans-serif |
Arial Black, Arial Black, Gadget, sans-serif |
| Book Antiqua (98), Palatino (2000/XP), Palatino5, serif |
Book Antiqua (98), Palatino (2000/XP), Palatino5, serif |
| Comic Sans MS, Comic Sans MS4, cursive |
Comic Sans MS, Comic Sans MS4, cursive |
| Courier New, Courier New, Courier5, monospace |
Courier New, Courier New, Courier5, monospace |
| Georgia1, Georgia, serif |
Georgia1, Georgia, serif |
| Impact, Impact4, Charcoal5, sans-serif |
Impact, Impact4, Charcoal5, sans-serif |
| Lucida Console, Monaco4, monospace |
Lucida Console, Monaco4, monospace |
| Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif |
Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif |
| Times New Roman, Times, serif |
Times New Roman, Times, serif |
| Trebuchet MS1, Helvetica, sans-serif |
Trebuchet MS1, Helvetica, 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 Serif3, Geneva, sans-serif |
MS Sans Serif3, Geneva, sans-serif |
| MS Serif3, New York5, sans-serif |
MS Serif3, New York5, sans-serif |
1 Georgia and Trebuchet MS are bundled with Windows 2000/XP and they are
also included in the IE font pack (and bundled with other MS applications), so they
are quite common in Windows 98 systems.
2 Symbolic fonts are only displayed in Internet Explorer, in other browsers a
font substitute is used instead (although the Symbol font does work in Opera and the Webdings
works in Safari).
3 These fonts are not TrueType fonts but bitmap fonts, so they won't
look well when using some font sizes (they are designed for 8, 10, 12, 14, 18 and 24 point
sizes at 96 DPI).
4 These fonts work in Safari but only when using the normal font style,
and not with bold or italic styles. Comic Sans MS works in bold but not in italic. Other Mac
browsers seems to emulate properly the styles not provided by the font (thanks to Christian Fecteau for the tip).
5 These fonts are present in Mac OS X only if
Classic is installed.
How the fonts look in different systems and browsers
Please note: these will take you off Wildwood's website. Thanks to Alberto Martinez Perez for this great information!
- Mac OS X 10.4, Safari 1.2, ClearType enabled (thanks to Juan Ignacio Fernandez for the screen shot)
- Windows XP, Internet Explorer 6, ClearType enabled
- Windows XP, Firefox 1.0.6, ClearType enabled
- Windows XP, Internet Explorer 6, Basic font smoothing enabled
- Windows XP, Firefox 1.0.6, Basic font smoothing enabled
- Windows 2000, Internet Explorer 6, Basic font smoothing enabled
- Windows 2000, Firefox 1.0.6, Basic font smoothing enabled
Note that while the ClearType smoothing is applied always, the basic font smoothing of
Windows 98/2000/XP is applied only to certain font sizes. That sizes can be specified by the
font designer, but usually they are in the range of 0-6 and 14+ points (pt).
The Mac font list was obtained from the Browser Safe Fonts
PDF of webbedEnvironments
and from the List
of fonts in Mac OS X of the Wikipedia.
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