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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".
| Font name | Installed (%) | Sample | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comic Sans MS | 97.48% |  |
Text | Image |
| Monotype Corsiva | 82.55% | |
Text | Image |
| Bradley Hand ITC | 61.72% | |
Text | Image |
| French Script MT | 60.90% | |
Text | Image |
| Tempus Sans ITC | 60.28% | |
Text | Image |
| Edwardian Script ITC | 59.21% | |
Text | Image |
| Maiandra GD | 58.90% | |
Text | Image |
| Mistral | 58.58% | |
Text | Image |
| Kristen ITC | 58.46% | |
Text | Image |
| Blackadder ITC | 58.27% | |
Text | Image |
| Vivaldi | 56.14% | |
Text | Image |
| Pristina | 55.51% | |
Text | |
| Freestyle Script | 52.63% | |
Text | |
| Script MT Bold | 52.38% | |
Text | |
| Palace Script MT | 51.32% | |
Text | |
| Rage Italic | 50.56% | |
Text | |
| Forte | 50.19% | |
Text | |
| Gigi | 50.19% | |
Text | |
| Lucida Handwriting | 50.06% | |
Text | Image |
| Lucida Calligraphy | 49.12% | |
Text | |
| Viner Hand ITC | 49.12% | |
Text | |
| Brush Script MT | 48.37% | |
Text | Image |
| Vladimir Script | 47.62% | |
Text | |
| Informal Roman | 47.49% | |
Text | |
| Kunstler Script | 47.37% | |
Text | |
| Staccato222 BT | 14.07% | |
Text | |
| Calligraph421 BT | 9.93% | |
Text | |
| ParkAvenue BT | 9.42% | |
Text | |
| Cataneo BT | 9.29% | |
Text | |
| GlooGun | 8.83% | |
Text | |
| Jenkins v2.0 | 8.83% | |
Text | |
| Fat | 8.77% | |
Text | |
| John Handy LET | 7.96% | |
Text | |
| Rage Italic LET | 7.83% | |
Text | |
| Ruach LET | 7.83% | |
Text | |
| La Bamba LET | 7.64% | |
Text | |
| One Stroke Script LET | 7.38% | |
Text | |
| Tiranti Solid LET | 7.32% | |
Text | |
| Smudger LET | 7.26% | |
Text | |
| Pepita MT | 3.50% | |
Text | |
| Andy | 3.25% | |
Text | |
| DomBold BT | 2.80% | |
Text | |
| Bickley Script | 2.74% | |
Text | |
| Fine Hand | 2.48% | |
Text | |
| A Charming Font | 1.78% | |
Text | |
| Apple Chancery | 1.75% | |
Text | |
| BudHand | 1.53% | |
Text | |
| Mercurius Script MT Bold | 1.53% | |
Text | |
| Mead Bold | 0.95% | |
Text | |
| Champignon | 0.45% | |
Text | |
| Font name | Installed (%) | Sample | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comic Sans MS | 91.43% | |
Text | Image |
| Apple Chancery | 90.04% | |
Text | Image |
| Brush Script MT | 86.45% | |
Text | Image |
| Zapfino | 85.99% | |
Text | Image |
| Lucida Handwriting | 28.57% | |
Text | |
| Monotype Corsiva | 16.13% | |
Text | |
| Textile | 15.67% | |
Text | Image |
| Sand | 13.82% | |
Text | Image |
| Zapf Chancery | 1.38% | |
Text | Image |
| Font name | Installed (%) | Sample | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| URW Chancery L | 95.73% | |
Text | Image |
| Comic Sans MS | 55.56% | |
Text | |
Web font classification
Other CSS font family resources
- New: Build better CSS font stacks, a quick start gallery of core Web font family declarations for the font stack builder
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Windows font survey and survey results
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Mac font survey and survey results
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Linux font survey and survey results
- Combined survey results for all platforms
- Font family glossary
- Anchor Points: Font foundries & sources
- Sampler font code: Sampler.css
