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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 are on other systems. Think of it this way: More Mac systems have the Monaco font than Windows systems have Trebuchet MS.

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Most common fonts on all systems to 29 June 2008
Platform and font name Installed (%) Sample Image
Windows Microsoft Sans Serif 99.55% 99.55% Sample Image
Windows Arial Black 97.88% 97.88% Sample Image
Windows Palatino Linotype 97.49% 97.49% Sample Image
Windows Verdana 97.33% 97.33% Sample Image
Windows Franklin Gothic Medium 97.22% 97.22% Sample Image
Windows Arial 96.82% 96.82% Sample Image
Mac Monaco 96.74% 96.74% Sample Image
Windows Comic Sans MS 96.59% 96.59% Sample Image
Windows Courier New 96.55% 96.55% Sample Image
Mac Arial 96.43% 96.43% Sample Image
Windows Lucida Console 96.39% 96.39% Sample Image
Windows Tahoma 96.35% 96.35% Sample Image
Mac Arial Black 96.28% 96.28% Sample Image
Mac Courier 96.28% 96.28% Sample Image
Mac Helvetica 96.12% 96.12% Sample Image
Windows Impact 96.08% 96.08% Sample Image
Windows Trebuchet MS 95.61% 95.61% Sample Image
Windows Sylfaen 95.21% 95.21% Sample  
Mac Verdana 94.26% 94.26% Sample Image
Windows Lucida Sans Unicode 93.80% 93.80% Sample Image
Mac Georgia 93.64% 93.64% Sample Image
Mac Trebuchet MS 92.87% 92.87% Sample Image
Mac Helvetica Neue 92.65% 92.65% Sample Image
Mac Courier New 92.40% 92.40% Sample Image
Windows Georgia 92.15% 92.15% Sample Image
Mac Comic Sans MS 92.09% 92.09% Sample Image
Mac Gill Sans 91.91% 91.91% Sample Image
Mac Geneva 91.78% 91.78% Sample Image
Mac Lucida Bright 91.67% 91.67% Sample  
Mac Arial Narrow 91.16% 91.16% Sample Image
Mac Lucida Sans 90.63% 90.63% Sample  
Mac Lucida Sans Typewriter 90.63% 90.63% Sample  
Mac Skia 90.39% 90.39% Sample Image
Mac Apple Chancery 90.23% 90.23% Sample Image
Mac Times New Roman 90.23% 90.23% Sample Image
Mac Baskerville 89.71% 89.71% Sample Image
Mac American Typewriter 89.63% 89.63% Sample Image
Mac Futura 89.61% 89.61% Sample Image
Unix Bitstream Charter 89.47% 89.47% Sample  
Mac Hoefler Text 89.15% 89.15% Sample Image
Mac Lucida Grande 88.99% 88.99% Sample Image
Unix Nimbus Mono L 88.79% 88.79% Sample Image
Unix URW Chancery L 88.79% 88.79% Sample Image
Mac Impact 88.37% 88.37% Sample Image
Mac Didot 88.24% 88.24% Sample Image
Mac Arial Rounded MT Bold 88.22% 88.22% Sample Image
Unix Century Schoolbook L 88.20% 88.20% Sample Image
Mac Optima 87.91% 87.91% Sample Image
Mac Times 87.60% 87.60% Sample Image
Mac Marker Felt 87.50% 87.50% Sample Image
Windows Arial Narrow 87.49% 87.49% Sample Image
Mac Zapfino 86.76% 86.76% Sample Image
Mac Papyrus 86.46% 86.46% Sample Image
Unix URW Gothic L 86.43% 86.43% Sample Image
Windows Times New Roman 86.23% 86.23% Sample Image
Windows Century Gothic 85.76% 85.76% Sample Image
Mac Andale Mono 85.74% 85.74% Sample Image
Mac Copperplate 85.74% 85.74% Sample Image
Mac Brush Script MT 85.58% 85.58% Sample Image
Windows Bookman Old Style 84.58% 84.58% Sample Image
Unix DejaVu Sans Mono 84.21% 84.21% Sample  
Windows Book Antiqua 83.92% 83.92% Sample Image
Unix URW Bookman L 82.89% 82.89% Sample Image
Windows Monotype Corsiva 82.77% 82.77% Sample Image
Windows Kartika 82.18% 82.18% Sample  
Windows Vrinda 82.18% 82.18% Sample  
Unix URW Palladio L 81.42% 81.42% Sample Image
Mac Big Caslon 81.25% 81.25% Sample Image
Mac Herculanum 81.25% 81.25% Sample Image
Unix Bitstream Vera Sans Mono 80.71% 80.71% Sample Image
Windows Lucida Sans 79.93% 79.93% Sample Image
Windows Garamond 79.09% 79.09% Sample Image
Mac Palatino 78.91% 78.91% Sample Image
Unix Bitstream Vera Sans 78.64% 78.64% Sample Image
Unix Nimbus Roman No9 L 76.70% 76.70% Sample  
Unix Courier 74.04% 74.04% Sample Image
Unix Nimbus Sans L 72.41% 72.41% Sample  
Mac Tahoma 72.40% 72.40% Sample  
Windows Haettenschweiler 70.03% 70.03% Sample Image
Unix Bitstream Vera Serif 68.55% 68.55% Sample Image
Unix DejaVu Sans Condensed 68.42% 68.42% Sample  
Windows MS Reference Sans Serif 67.82% 67.82% Sample  
Unix DejaVu Serif Condensed 63.16% 63.16% Sample  
Unix Arial 62.24% 62.24% Sample Image
Unix DejaVu Sans 62.07% 62.07% Sample  
Unix Courier New 61.95% 61.95% Sample  
Unix Utopia 61.95% 61.95% Sample Image
Mac New York 61.55% 61.55% Sample Image
Mac Charcoal 60.00% 60.00% Sample Image
Windows Bradley Hand ITC 59.80% 59.80% Sample Image
Windows Papyrus 59.58% 59.58% Sample Image
Windows Tempus Sans ITC 59.58% 59.58% Sample Image
Mac Chicago 59.53% 59.53% Sample Image
Windows French Script MT 59.13% 59.13% Sample Image
Unix FreeSerif 58.62% 58.62% Sample  
Windows Copperplate Gothic Light 58.24% 58.24% Sample Image
Windows Franklin Gothic Book 57.91% 57.91% Sample Image
Windows Perpetua 57.91% 57.91% Sample Image
Windows Edwardian Script ITC 57.80% 57.80% Sample Image
Windows Curlz MT 57.57% 57.57% Sample Image
Windows Franklin Gothic Medium Cond 57.57% 57.57% Sample Image
Windows Kristen ITC 57.57% 57.57% Sample Image
Unix Helvetica 57.52% 57.52% Sample Image
Windows Felix Titling 57.46% 57.46% Sample Image
Windows Franklin Gothic Demi 57.35% 57.35% Sample Image
Windows Mistral 57.35% 57.35% Sample Image
Windows Rockwell Extra Bold 57.35% 57.35% Sample Image
Windows Engravers MT 57.24% 57.24% Sample Image
Windows Eras Demi ITC 57.24% 57.24% Sample Image
Windows Eras Light ITC 57.24% 57.24% Sample Image
Windows Maiandra GD 57.02% 57.02% Sample Image
Windows Blackadder ITC 56.90% 56.90% Sample Image
Mac Gadget 56.74% 56.74% Sample Image
Windows Lucida Bright 56.46% 56.46% Sample  
Unix Times New Roman 56.05% 56.05% Sample  
Windows Juice ITC 55.90% 55.90% Sample  
Windows Rockwell 55.79% 55.79% Sample Image
Windows Vivaldi 55.23% 55.23% Sample Image
Unix FreeMono 55.17% 55.17% Sample  
Unix FreeSans 55.17% 55.17% Sample  
Windows Franklin Gothic Demi Cond 55.01% 55.01% Sample Image
Windows Franklin Gothic Heavy 54.90% 54.90% Sample Image
Windows Copperplate Gothic Bold 54.34% 54.34% Sample Image
Unix Verdana 53.98% 53.98% Sample  
Unix Arial Black 53.39% 53.39% Sample  
Unix Impact 53.10% 53.10% Sample  
Windows Jokerman 53.01% 53.01% Sample  
Unix MgOpen Canonica 52.63% 52.63% Sample  
Unix MgOpen Cosmetica 52.63% 52.63% Sample  
Unix MgOpen Modata 52.63% 52.63% Sample  
Unix MgOpen Moderna 52.63% 52.63% Sample  
Windows Pristina 52.23% 52.23% Sample  
Unix Georgia 52.21% 52.21% Sample  
Unix Comic Sans MS 51.33% 51.33% Sample  
Windows Freestyle Script 50.56% 50.56% Sample  
Unix Fixed 50.44% 50.44% Sample Image
Windows Arial Unicode MS 50.37% 50.37% Sample Image
Windows Calisto MT 50.33% 50.33% Sample Image
Windows Script MT Bold 50.11% 50.11% Sample  
Unix Trebuchet MS 49.85% 49.85% Sample  
Windows Lucida Sans Typewriter 49.60% 49.60% Sample Image
Windows Imprint MT Shadow 49.55% 49.55% Sample  
Windows Palace Script MT 49.11% 49.11% Sample  
Windows Gill Sans Ultra Bold 48.78% 48.78% Sample  
Unix Andale Mono 48.67% 48.67% Sample  
Windows Castellar 48.66% 48.66% Sample  
Windows Goudy Stout 48.66% 48.66% Sample  
Windows Gill Sans MT 48.44% 48.44% Sample  
Windows Goudy Old Style 48.40% 48.40% Sample Image
Windows Rage Italic 48.22% 48.22% Sample  
Unix Times 48.08% 48.08% Sample  
Windows Agency FB 48.00% 48.00% Sample  
Windows Gill Sans MT Condensed 48.00% 48.00% Sample  
Windows Perpetua Titling MT 48.00% 48.00% Sample  
Windows Forte 47.88% 47.88% Sample  
Windows Eras Bold ITC 47.77% 47.77% Sample  
Windows Eras Medium ITC 47.66% 47.66% Sample  
Windows Gigi 47.66% 47.66% Sample  
Windows Viner Hand ITC 47.55% 47.55% Sample  
Windows OCR A Extended 47.47% 47.47% Sample Image
Windows Gill Sans MT Ext Condensed Bold 47.44% 47.44% Sample  
Windows Gill Sans Ultra Bold Condensed 47.10% 47.10% Sample  
Windows Rockwell Condensed 47.10% 47.10% Sample  
Windows Tw Cen MT 47.10% 47.10% Sample  
Windows Tw Cen MT Condensed 47.10% 47.10% Sample  
Windows Broadway 46.99% 46.99% Sample  
Windows Lucida Calligraphy 46.99% 46.99% Sample  
Windows Gloucester MT Extra Condensed 46.88% 46.88% Sample  
Windows Tw Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold 46.88% 46.88% Sample  
Windows Arial Rounded MT Bold 46.80% 46.80% Sample Image
Windows Brush Script MT 46.77% 46.77% Sample Image
Windows Snap ITC 46.77% 46.77% Sample  
Windows Wide Latin 46.77% 46.77% Sample Image
Windows Century Schoolbook 46.72% 46.72% Sample Image
Windows Algerian 46.66% 46.66% Sample Image
Windows Cooper Black 46.66% 46.66% Sample  
Windows Bauhaus 93 46.44% 46.44% Sample  
Windows Britannic Bold 46.44% 46.44% Sample Image
Windows Harrington 46.33% 46.33% Sample  
Windows Playbill 46.33% 46.33% Sample Image
Windows Bernard MT Condensed 46.21% 46.21% Sample  
Windows Matura MT Script Capitals 46.21% 46.21% Sample Image
Windows Onyx 46.21% 46.21% Sample  
Windows Chiller 46.10% 46.10% Sample  
Windows Old English Text MT 46.10% 46.10% Sample  
Windows Baskerville Old Face 45.99% 45.99% Sample  
Windows Vladimir Script 45.88% 45.88% Sample  
Windows Lucida Handwriting 45.86% 45.86% Sample Image
Windows Harlow Solid Italic 45.77% 45.77% Sample  
Windows Informal Roman 45.66% 45.66% Sample  
Windows Kunstler Script 45.66% 45.66% Sample  
Unix New Century Schoolbook 45.43% 45.43% Sample  
Windows Stencil 44.99% 44.99% Sample  
Unix DejaVu Serif 44.83% 44.83% Sample  
Windows Bell MT 44.65% 44.65% Sample  
Windows Footlight MT Light 44.54% 44.54% Sample Image
Windows Bodoni MT 44.32% 44.32% Sample  
Windows Bodoni MT Black 44.32% 44.32% Sample  
Windows Bodoni MT Condensed 44.32% 44.32% Sample  
Windows Centaur 44.21% 44.21% Sample  
Windows Colonna MT 44.10% 44.10% Sample Image
Windows High Tower Text 43.88% 43.88% Sample  
Windows Showcard Gothic 43.88% 43.88% Sample  
Windows Berlin Sans FB 43.76% 43.76% Sample  
Windows Californian FB 43.76% 43.76% Sample  
Windows Ravie 43.54% 43.54% Sample  
Windows Niagara Engraved 43.43% 43.43% Sample  
Windows Niagara Solid 43.32% 43.32% Sample  
Windows Berlin Sans FB Demi 43.10% 43.10% Sample  
Windows Magneto 42.98% 42.98% Sample  
Windows Lucida Fax 42.76% 42.76% Sample  
Unix Liberation Mono 42.11% 42.11% Sample  
Unix Liberation Sans 42.11% 42.11% Sample  
Unix Liberation Serif 42.11% 42.11% Sample  
Mac Capitals 41.67% 41.67% Sample Image
Windows Bodoni MT Poster Compressed 41.43% 41.43% Sample  
Windows Calibri 40.08% 40.08% Sample Image
Mac Century Gothic 39.58% 39.58% Sample  
Windows Consolas 39.38% 39.38% Sample Image
Windows Candara 39.18% 39.18% Sample Image
Windows Cambria 39.08% 39.08% Sample Image
Windows Corbel 39.08% 39.08% Sample Image
Windows Constantia 38.58%