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CSS fonts should be based on a generic font family to ensure an appropriate style font is rendered in any circumstances. Preferred font names should be declared in order of preference in a comma separated font family list tailored for specific platforms.

CSS font family: cursive

Cursive fonts have a hand written style, are usually inclined and sometimes have strokes that extend into swashes. Cursive font faces have a wide variety of font styles, so are best used cautiously on the Web, with the CSS font family name cursive.

The most common cursive fonts

The only cursive font that is likely to be present on all systems is Microsoft Comic Sans MS, but its frequency on Unix family systems is quite low. Monotype Corsiva on Windows and URW Chancery on Unix and Linux systems are very similar to Apple Chancery on Mac. Brush Script MT is available on Mac OSX systems and Windows, but it is not common on either platform overall.

Cursive font names may indicate the style of lettering, with suffixes "hand", "handwriting", "script", "calligraphy" and "chancery".

Most common cursive fonts on Windows systems to 20 June 2009
Font name Installed (%) Sample Image
Comic Sans MS 97.48% 97.48% Text Image
Monotype Corsiva 82.55% 82.55% Text Image
Bradley Hand ITC 61.72% 61.72% Text Image
French Script MT 60.90% 60.90% Text Image
Tempus Sans ITC 60.28% 60.28% Text Image
Edwardian Script ITC 59.21% 59.21% Text Image
Maiandra GD 58.90% 58.90% Text Image
Mistral 58.58% 58.58% Text Image
Kristen ITC 58.46% 58.46% Text Image
Blackadder ITC 58.27% 58.27% Text Image
Vivaldi 56.14% 56.14% Text Image
Pristina 55.51% 55.51% Text
Freestyle Script 52.63% 52.63% Text
Script MT Bold 52.38% 52.38% Text
Palace Script MT 51.32% 51.32% Text
Rage Italic 50.56% 50.56% Text
Forte 50.19% 50.19% Text
Gigi 50.19% 50.19% Text
Lucida Handwriting 50.06% 50.06% Text Image
Lucida Calligraphy 49.12% 49.12% Text
Viner Hand ITC 49.12% 49.12% Text
Brush Script MT 48.37% 48.37% Text Image
Vladimir Script 47.62% 47.62% Text
Informal Roman 47.49% 47.49% Text
Kunstler Script 47.37% 47.37% Text
Staccato222 BT 14.07% 14.07% Text
Calligraph421 BT 9.93% 9.93% Text
ParkAvenue BT 9.42% 9.42% Text
Cataneo BT 9.29% 9.29% Text
GlooGun 8.83% 8.83% Text
Jenkins v2.0 8.83% 8.83% Text
Fat 8.77% 8.77% Text
John Handy LET 7.96% 7.96% Text
Rage Italic LET 7.83% 7.83% Text
Ruach LET 7.83% 7.83% Text
La Bamba LET 7.64% 7.64% Text
One Stroke Script LET 7.38% 7.38% Text
Tiranti Solid LET 7.32% 7.32% Text
Smudger LET 7.26% 7.26% Text
Pepita MT 3.50% 3.50% Text
Andy 3.25% 3.25% Text
DomBold BT 2.80% 2.80% Text
Bickley Script 2.74% 2.74% Text
Fine Hand 2.48% 2.48% Text
A Charming Font 1.78% 1.78% Text
Apple Chancery 1.75% 1.75% Text
BudHand 1.53% 1.53% Text
Mercurius Script MT Bold 1.53% 1.53% Text
Mead Bold 0.95% 0.95% Text
Champignon 0.45% 0.45% Text
Most common cursive fonts on Mac systems to 20 June 2009
Font name Installed (%) Sample Image
Comic Sans MS 91.43% 91.43% Text Image
Apple Chancery 90.04% 90.04% Text Image
Brush Script MT 86.45% 86.45% Text Image
Zapfino 85.99% 85.99% Text Image
Lucida Handwriting 28.57% 28.57% Text
Monotype Corsiva 16.13% 16.13% Text
Textile 15.67% 15.67% Text Image
Sand 13.82% 13.82% Text Image
Zapf Chancery 1.38% 1.38% Text Image
Most common cursive fonts on Unix systems to 20 June 2009
Font name Installed (%) Sample Image
URW Chancery L 95.73% 95.73% Text Image
Comic Sans MS 55.56% 55.56% Text

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