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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 cross-platform snapshot of the Code Style font survey and should give you greater confidence in selecting a font.

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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 April 2005.

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 6 June 2009
Platform and font name Installed (%) Sample Image
Windows Microsoft Sans Serif 99.62% 99.62% Sample Image
Windows Verdana 98.28% 98.28% Sample Image
Windows Arial Black 98.07% 98.07% Sample Image
Windows Arial 97.98% 97.98% Sample Image
Windows Courier New 97.82% 97.82% Sample Image
Windows Palatino Linotype 97.82% 97.82% Sample Image
Windows Tahoma 97.82% 97.82% Sample Image
Windows Franklin Gothic Medium 97.68% 97.68% Sample Image
Windows Lucida Console 97.65% 97.65% Sample Image
Mac Monaco 97.61% 97.61% Sample Image
Windows Impact 97.56% 97.56% Sample Image
Windows Comic Sans MS 97.48% 97.48% Sample Image
Windows Trebuchet MS 97.44% 97.44% Sample Image
Mac Courier 97.21% 97.21% Sample Image
Mac Helvetica 96.81% 96.81% Sample Image
Mac Arial 96.61% 96.61% Sample Image
Windows Lucida Sans Unicode 96.14% 96.14% Sample Image
Windows Georgia 95.88% 95.88% Sample Image
Unix URW Chancery L 95.73% 95.73% Sample Image
Windows Sylfaen 95.49% 95.49% Sample Image
Mac Verdana 95.22% 95.22% Sample Image
Mac Arial Black 94.82% 94.82% Sample Image
Unix URW Gothic L 94.59% 94.59% Sample Image
Unix Century Schoolbook L 94.02% 94.02% Sample Image
Mac Geneva 94.02% 94.02% Sample Image
Unix Nimbus Mono L 94.02% 94.02% Sample Image
Mac Georgia 93.82% 93.82% Sample Image
Mac Lucida Grande 93.82% 93.82% Sample Image
Mac Helvetica Neue 93.77% 93.77% Sample Image
Mac Trebuchet MS 93.43% 93.43% Sample Image
Windows Times New Roman 92.82% 92.82% Sample Image
Unix URW Bookman L 92.59% 92.59% Sample Image
Mac Times New Roman 92.23% 92.23% Sample Image
Unix DejaVu Sans Mono 92.09% 92.09% Sample  
Unix URW Palladio L 91.45% 91.45% Sample Image
Mac Gill Sans 91.44% 91.44% Sample Image
Mac Comic Sans MS 91.43% 91.43% Sample Image
Mac Courier New 91.43% 91.43% Sample Image
Mac Futura 91.04% 91.04% Sample Image
Mac Times 90.64% 90.64% Sample Image
Mac Skia 90.24% 90.24% Sample Image
Mac Apple Chancery 90.04% 90.04% Sample Image
Mac Arial Narrow 90.04% 90.04% Sample Image
Unix Nimbus Sans L 89.93% 89.93% Sample  
Mac Impact 89.44% 89.44% Sample Image
Unix Bitstream Charter 89.21% 89.21% Sample  
Mac Arial Rounded MT Bold 88.84% 88.84% Sample Image
Mac Optima 88.65% 88.65% Sample Image
Mac Andale Mono 88.45% 88.45% Sample Image
Mac Hoefler Text 88.25% 88.25% Sample Image
Windows Arial Narrow 87.74% 87.74% Sample Image
Mac Copperplate 87.65% 87.65% Sample Image
Mac Baskerville 87.55% 87.55% Sample Image
Unix DejaVu Sans 87.25% 87.25% Sample  
Mac American Typewriter 87.11% 87.11% Sample Image
Mac Didot 86.77% 86.77% Sample Image
Windows Century Gothic 86.64% 86.64% Sample Image
Mac Brush Script MT 86.45% 86.45% Sample Image
Unix Nimbus Roman No9 L 86.04% 86.04% Sample  
Mac Zapfino 85.99% 85.99% Sample Image
Unix Bitstream Vera Sans Mono 85.75% 85.75% Sample Image
Mac Papyrus 85.71% 85.71% Sample Image
Windows Vrinda 85.40% 85.40% Sample Image
Windows Kartika 85.28% 85.28% Sample Image
Windows Book Antiqua 85.22% 85.22% Sample Image
Mac Marker Felt 85.21% 85.21% Sample Image
Windows Bookman Old Style 85.09% 85.09% Sample Image
Mac Big Caslon 82.95% 82.95% Sample Image
Unix Bitstream Vera Sans 82.91% 82.91% Sample Image
Windows Monotype Corsiva 82.55% 82.55% Sample Image
Windows Garamond 82.49% 82.49% Sample Image
Mac Herculanum 81.57% 81.57% Sample Image
Unix Lucida Bright 80.00% 80.00% Sample  
Unix Lucida Sans 80.00% 80.00% Sample  
Unix Lucida Sans Typewriter 80.00% 80.00% Sample  
Unix DejaVu Serif 79.19% 79.19% Sample  
Unix DejaVu Sans Condensed 79.14% 79.14% Sample  
Mac Palatino 78.88% 78.88% Sample Image
Unix DejaVu Serif Condensed 78.42% 78.42% Sample  
Mac Tahoma 74.50% 74.50% Sample  
Unix Bitstream Vera Serif 73.50% 73.50% Sample Image
Windows MS Reference Sans Serif 69.61% 69.61% Sample Image
Unix Andale Mono 68.57% 68.57% Sample  
Unix FreeMono 68.46% 68.46% Sample  
Unix FreeSerif 68.46% 68.46% Sample  
Windows Haettenschweiler 68.08% 68.08% Sample Image
Unix Liberation Mono 67.63% 67.63% Sample  
Unix Liberation Serif 67.63% 67.63% Sample  
Unix Arial 66.95% 66.95% Sample Image
Unix FreeSans 66.44% 66.44% Sample  
Unix Liberation Sans 66.19% 66.19% Sample  
Unix Courier New 64.39% 64.39% Sample  
Windows Bradley Hand ITC 61.72% 61.72% Sample Image
Windows Papyrus 61.59% 61.59% Sample Image
Unix Times New Roman 60.97% 60.97% Sample  
Windows French Script MT 60.90% 60.90% Sample Image
Windows Tempus Sans ITC 60.28% 60.28% Sample Image
Windows Copperplate Gothic Light 60.03% 60.03% Sample Image
Unix Courier 59.83% 59.83% Sample Image
Windows Perpetua 59.65% 59.65% Sample Image
Windows Franklin Gothic Book 59.46% 59.46% Sample Image
Windows Curlz MT 59.21% 59.21% Sample Image
Windows Edwardian Script ITC 59.21% 59.21% Sample Image
Windows Franklin Gothic Medium Cond 59.15% 59.15% Sample Image
Windows Felix Titling 58.96% 58.96% Sample Image
Windows Maiandra GD 58.90% 58.90% Sample Image
Windows Engravers MT 58.77% 58.77% Sample Image
Windows Franklin Gothic Demi 58.77% 58.77% Sample Image
Windows Rockwell Extra Bold 58.77% 58.77% Sample Image
Windows Eras Demi ITC 58.71% 58.71% Sample Image
Windows Eras Light ITC 58.65% 58.65% Sample Image
Windows Mistral 58.58% 58.58% Sample Image
Windows Kristen ITC 58.46% 58.46% Sample Image
Unix Arial Black 58.40% 58.40% Sample  
Unix Verdana 58.40% 58.40% Sample  
Windows Copperplate Gothic Bold 58.38% 58.38% Sample Image
Windows Blackadder ITC 58.27% 58.27% Sample Image
Windows Rockwell 57.89% 57.89% Sample Image
Windows Franklin Gothic Demi Cond 57.14% 57.14% Sample Image
Windows Franklin Gothic Heavy 57.08% 57.08% Sample Image
Windows Juice ITC 57.08% 57.08% Sample  
Unix Georgia 56.98% 56.98% Sample  
Unix Impact 56.70% 56.70% Sample  
Windows Arial Unicode MS 56.66% 56.66% Sample Image
Windows Vivaldi 56.14% 56.14% Sample Image
Unix Trebuchet MS 56.13% 56.13% Sample  
Unix Comic Sans MS 55.56% 55.56% Sample  
Windows Pristina 55.51% 55.51% Sample  
Unix Andale Mono 54.99% 54.99% Sample  
Windows Jokerman 54.76% 54.76% Sample  
Windows OCR A Extended 54.14% 54.14% Sample Image
Windows Freestyle Script 52.63% 52.63% Sample  
Windows Calisto MT 52.44% 52.44% Sample Image
Windows Script MT Bold 52.38% 52.38% Sample  
Mac Lucida Bright 51.61% 51.61% Sample  
Mac Lucida Sans 51.61% 51.61% Sample  
Mac Lucida Sans Typewriter 51.61% 51.61% Sample  
Windows Imprint MT Shadow 51.57% 51.57% Sample  
Windows Gill Sans Ultra Bold 51.50% 51.50% Sample  
Windows Palace Script MT 51.32% 51.32% Sample  
Windows Arial Rounded MT Bold 51.28% 51.28% Sample Image
Unix Utopia 51.28% 51.28% Sample Image
Windows Gill Sans MT 51.07% 51.07% Sample  
Windows Goudy Stout 51.00% 51.00% Sample  
Windows Castellar 50.88% 50.88% Sample  
Windows Goudy Old Style 50.83% 50.83% Sample Image
Windows Gill Sans MT Condensed 50.75% 50.75% Sample  
Windows Rage Italic 50.56% 50.56% Sample  
Windows Perpetua Titling MT 50.38% 50.38% Sample  
Windows Agency FB 50.31% 50.31% Sample  
Windows Forte 50.19% 50.19% Sample  
Windows Gigi 50.19% 50.19% Sample  
Windows Eras Medium ITC 50.13% 50.13% Sample  
Windows Calibri 50.12% 50.12% Sample Image
Windows Century Schoolbook 50.06% 50.06% Sample Image
Windows Gill Sans MT Ext Condensed Bold 50.06% 50.06% Sample  
Windows Lucida Handwriting 50.06% 50.06% Sample Image
Windows Eras Bold ITC 49.94% 49.94% Sample  
Windows Gill Sans Ultra Bold Condensed 49.94% 49.94% Sample  
Windows Cambria 49.82% 49.82% Sample Image
Windows Rockwell Condensed 49.81% 49.81% Sample  
Windows Consolas 49.76% 49.76% Sample Image
Windows Tw Cen MT 49.62% 49.62% Sample  
Windows Tw Cen MT Condensed 49.62% 49.62% Sample  
Windows Candara 49.59% 49.59% Sample Image
Windows Corbel 49.59% 49.59% Sample Image
Windows Gloucester MT Extra Condensed 49.37% 49.37% Sample  
Windows Tw Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold 49.37% 49.37% Sample  
Windows Constantia 49.12% 49.12% Sample Image
Windows Lucida Calligraphy 49.12% 49.12% Sample  
Windows Viner Hand ITC 49.12% 49.12% Sample  
Windows Cooper Black 48.87% 48.87% Sample  
Windows Broadway 48.62% 48.62% Sample  
Windows Wide Latin 48.62% 48.62% Sample Image
Windows Britannic Bold 48.37% 48.37% Sample Image
Windows Brush Script MT 48.37% 48.37% Sample Image
Windows Snap ITC 48.18% 48.18% Sample  
Windows Harrington 48.12% 48.12% Sample  
Windows Algerian 48.06% 48.06% Sample Image
Windows Playbill 48.06% 48.06% Sample Image
Windows Onyx 47.99% 47.99% Sample  
Windows Baskerville Old Face 47.93% 47.93% Sample  
Windows Bauhaus 93 47.93% 47.93% Sample  
Windows Chiller 47.93% 47.93% Sample  
Windows Old English Text MT 47.93% 47.93% Sample  
Windows Matura MT Script Capitals 47.87% 47.87% Sample Image
Windows Bernard MT Condensed 47.81% 47.81% Sample  
Windows Vladimir Script 47.62% 47.62% Sample  
Windows Harlow Solid Italic 47.56% 47.56% Sample  
Windows Informal Roman 47.49% 47.49% Sample  
Windows Kunstler Script 47.37% 47.37% Sample  
Windows Footlight MT Light 47.18% 47.18% Sample Image
Windows Stencil 47.18% 47.18% Sample  
Windows Bodoni MT Condensed 47.12% 47.12% Sample  
Windows Bodoni MT 47.06% 47.06% Sample  
Windows Bodoni MT Black 47.06% 47.06% Sample  
Windows Bell MT 46.80% 46.80% Sample  
Unix Helvetica 46.72% 46.72% Sample Image
Windows Colonna MT 46.49% 46.49% Sample Image
Windows Centaur 46.43% 46.43% Sample  
Windows Californian FB 46.18% 46.18% Sample  
Windows High Tower Text 46.18% 46.18% Sample  
Windows Showcard Gothic 46.18% 46.18% Sample  
Windows Ravie 45.93% 45.93% Sample  
Windows Berlin Sans FB 45.86% 45.86% Sample  
Windows Niagara Engraved 45.68% 45.68% Sample  
Windows Niagara Solid 45.61% 45.61% Sample  
Windows Berlin Sans FB Demi 45.11% 45.11% Sample  
Windows Magneto 44.99% 44.99% Sample  
Windows Lucida Fax 44.61% 44.61% Sample  
Windows Bodoni MT Poster Compressed 43.48% 43.48% Sample  
Unix MgOpen Modata 42.45% 42.45% Sample  
Unix MgOpen Canonica 41.73% 41.73% Sample  
Unix MgOpen Cosmetica 41.73% 41.73% Sample  
Unix MgOpen Moderna 41.73% 41.73% Sample  
Mac New York 40.64% 40.64% Sample Image
Windows Segoe UI 40.39% 40.39% Sample Image
Mac Charcoal 40.04% 40.04% Sample Image
Unix Times 39.32%