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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 Mac font survey and should give you greater confidence in selecting a font.
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The most common Mac fonts
The most common fonts reported for the Mac platform is the monospace font Monaco at 97% frequency. This is followed by the Microsoft sans serif font Arial and heavy sans serif Arial Black. The typewriter style Courier and classic sans serif font Helvetica complete the 5 most common Mac fonts at 96%.
Font survey statistics
These figures are the cumulative total of about 2 Mac survey submissions per week since January 2004, 652 total. The Mac font survey applet was introduced on 12 May 2007 and is currently recording the frequency of 97 of the most common Mac fonts.
| Font name | Installed (%) | Sample | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monaco | 96.78% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Arial | 96.47% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Arial Black | 96.32% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Courier | 96.32% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Helvetica | 96.17% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Verdana | 94.33% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Georgia | 93.71% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Helvetica Neue | 93.01% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Trebuchet MS | 92.94% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Courier New | 92.48% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Gill Sans | 92.31% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Comic Sans MS | 92.02% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Geneva | 91.87% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Arial Narrow | 91.26% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Skia | 90.49% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Apple Chancery | 90.34% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Times New Roman | 90.34% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Baskerville | 90.21% |
|
Sample | Image |
| American Typewriter | 90.14% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Futura | 89.72% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Hoefler Text | 89.26% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Lucida Grande | 89.11% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Didot | 88.81% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Impact | 88.50% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Arial Rounded MT Bold | 88.34% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Marker Felt | 88.11% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Optima | 88.04% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Times | 87.73% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Zapfino | 87.41% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Papyrus | 87.38% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Andale Mono | 85.89% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Copperplate | 85.89% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Brush Script MT | 85.74% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Big Caslon | 82.52% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Herculanum | 82.52% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Palatino | 79.14% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Tahoma | 72.70% |
|
Sample | |
| New York | 61.20% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Charcoal | 59.51% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Chicago | 59.05% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Gadget | 56.29% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Capitals | 42.72% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Century Gothic | 40.78% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Handwriting | 33.01% |
|
Sample | |
| Copperplate Gothic Bold | 31.07% |
|
Sample | |
| Bitstream Vera Sans Mono | 24.27% |
|
Sample | |
| Bitstream Vera Sans | 22.33% |
|
Sample | |
| Bitstream Vera Serif | 22.33% |
|
Sample | |
| Textile | 20.39% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Century Schoolbook | 19.42% |
|
Sample | |
| Techno | 18.45% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Sand | 17.48% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bookman Old Style | 14.56% |
|
Sample | |
| Univers | 13.38% |
|
Sample | |
| Book Antiqua | 12.62% |
|
Sample | |
| Garamond | 11.65% |
|
Sample | |
| Calisto MT | 10.68% |
|
Sample | |
| Footlight MT Light | 10.68% |
|
Sample | |
| Monotype Corsiva | 10.68% |
|
Sample | |
| News Gothic MT | 10.68% |
|
Sample | |
| Britannic Bold | 9.71% |
|
Sample | |
| Colonna MT | 9.71% |
|
Sample | |
| Goudy Old Style | 9.71% |
|
Sample | |
| Playbill | 9.71% |
|
Sample | |
| Abadi MT Condensed Light | 8.74% |
|
Sample | |
| Consolas | 8.74% |
|
Sample | |
| Haettenschweiler | 8.74% |
|
Sample | |
| Braggadocio | 7.77% |
|
Sample | |
| Wide Latin | 7.77% |
|
Sample | |
| Calibri | 6.80% |
|
Sample | |
| Cambria | 6.80% |
|
Sample | |
| Candara | 6.80% |
|
Sample | |
| Constantia | 6.80% |
|
Sample | |
| Corbel | 6.80% |
|
Sample | |
| Desdemona | 6.80% |
|
Sample | |
| Kino MT | 6.80% |
|
Sample | |
| Matura MT Script Capitals | 6.80% |
|
Sample | |
| Avant Garde | 3.88% |
|
Sample | |
| Bookman | 3.88% |
|
Sample | Image |
| New Century Schoolbook | 3.88% |
|
Sample | |
| Minion Web | 2.91% |
|
Sample | |
| Monotype.com | 1.94% |
|
Sample | |
| Algerian | 0.97% |
|
Sample | |
| Caslon | 0.97% |
|
Sample | |
| Utopia | 0.97% |
|
Sample | |
| Zapf Chancery | 0.97% |
|
Sample | Image |
CSS font family resources
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Windows font survey and font survey results
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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:
- CSS font family glossary
- Anchor Points: Font foundries & sources
- Sampler font code: Sampler.css
