CSS: Common Web Fonts

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

Here is a list of fonts that are available across Microsoft Windows, Mac, linux, or a Metrically Compatible Font is available and automatically substituted on these operating systems.

Standard Serif Font

Times New Roman
ABCDEFG HIJKLMN OPQRST UVWXYZ
abcdefg hijklmn opqrst uvwxyz.
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Times New Roman
Year 1932. On Mac/Windows since 1990s.
Liberation Serif
Linux. 2007
Tinos
Google. 2013

Standard Sans-Serif Font

Arial
ABCDEFG HIJKLMN OPQRST UVWXYZ
abcdefg hijklmn opqrst uvwxyz.
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Helvetica
Year 1957. On Mac since 1980s.
Arial
Year 1992. Microsoft clone, since Windows 3.1.
Liberation Sans
2007. Linux.
Arimo
Google, ~2013

Standard Monospace Font

Courier New
ABCDEFG HIJKLMN OPQRST UVWXYZ
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Courier New
1992. Windows 3.1.
Liberation Mono
Linux. 2007
Cousine
Google, 2013

Default Monospace Font

Microsoft
  • Lucida Console from year 2000 to 2011.
  • Consolas from 2007.
  • Cascadia Mono from 2019. Open Source.
Apple

Menlo since 2009

SF Mono (since 2015. but for Apple Inc use only.)

Standard Emoji Fonts

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Microsoft
Segoe UI Emoji
Apple
Apple Color Emoji
Google
Noto Color Emoji

Standard Unicode Symbol Fonts

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Microsoft
Segoe UI Symbol
Apple
Apple Symbols
Google
Noto Sans Symbols

Font screenshot

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CSS Font

Monospaced Font for Coders