CSS: Common Web Fonts

By Xah Lee. Date: 2007-10-30. Last updated: 2025-08-13.

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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Standard Sans-Serif Font

Arial
ABCDEFG HIJKLMN OPQRST UVWXYZ
abcdefg hijklmn opqrst uvwxyz.
I love you. Questions & Answers, mn Ool10 1+2=3.

Standard Monospace Font

Courier New
ABCDEFG HIJKLMN OPQRST UVWXYZ
abcdefg hijklmn opqrst uvwxyz.
I love you. Questions & Answers, mn Ool10 1+2=3.

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

😃 😄 😅 🥲 😆 😊 😎 😇 😈 😏 🥹 🤣 🤩 🤪 🥳 🫠 😁 😀 😂 🤠 🤡 🤑 🤓 🥸 🤖

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

〔see Emoji: Smilies 😄〕

Standard Unicode Symbol Fonts

√ ∛ ∜ × ÷ ± ∓ ≈ ≠ ∑ ∫ ∮ ∂ ′ ″ ⊕ ⊗ ⊙

Microsoft: Segoe UI Symbol
Apple: Apple Symbols
Google: Noto Sans Symbols

〔see Unicode: Math Symbols π² ∞ ∫〕