Full Linux and Unix font survey results

Is that font Web safe? Code Style font survey results show the most common fonts on Linux, Windows and Mac computers to help you build a Web safe font stack.

The most common Linux fonts

The most common fonts reported on Linux systems is the cursive font URW Chancery L at practically 100% frequency. Serif font Century Schoolbook L, geometric sans serif URW Gothic L are joint second place. Serif fonts URW Bookman L and URW Palladio L complete the five most common fonts on Linux at 98% frequency.

Most common fonts on Linux systems to 5 February 2012

Font name	Installed (%)		Stack	Image
URW Chancery L	99.57%		Stack	Image
Century Schoolbook L	99.36%		Stack	Image
URW Gothic L	99.36%		Stack	Image
URW Bookman L	98.93%		Stack	Image
Nimbus Sans L	98.72%		Stack	Image
URW Palladio L	98.72%		Stack	Image
Nimbus Mono L	98.50%		Stack	Image
Nimbus Roman No9 L	98.50%		Stack	Image
DejaVu Sans	97.65%		Stack	Image
DejaVu Sans Mono	97.65%		Stack	Image
DejaVu Serif	97.65%		Stack	Image
DejaVu Sans Light	95.42%		Stack	None
DejaVu Sans Condensed	92.52%		Stack	None
DejaVu Serif Condensed	92.52%		Stack	None
Bitstream Charter	91.88%		Stack	Image
Liberation Mono	87.82%		Stack	None
Liberation Serif	87.82%		Stack	None
Liberation Sans	87.39%		Stack	None
Courier 10 Pitch	85.24%		Stack	None
FreeSans	84.19%		Stack	Image
FreeMono	83.55%		Stack	Image
FreeSerif	83.55%		Stack	Image
Verdana	69.66%		Stack	None
UnDotum	69.36%		Stack	None
Georgia	69.02%		Stack	None
Arial	68.80%		Stack	Image
Times New Roman	68.59%		Stack	None
Courier New	68.38%		Stack	None
Impact	68.16%		Stack	None
Lohit Bengali	68.09%		Stack	None
Lohit Gujarati	68.09%		Stack	None
Lohit Tamil	68.09%		Stack	None
Arial Black	67.95%		Stack	None
Trebuchet MS	67.95%		Stack	None
Lohit Punjabi	67.66%		Stack	None
Waree	67.66%		Stack	None
Comic Sans MS	67.52%		Stack	None
Andale Mono	66.45%		Stack	None
Ubuntu	64.43%		Stack	None
UnBatang	63.83%		Stack	None
Lohit Hindi	62.98%		Stack	None
Purisa	62.98%		Stack	None
Mukti Narrow	62.55%		Stack	None
Sawasdee	62.55%		Stack	None
Garuda	62.13%		Stack	None
Loma	62.13%		Stack	None
Norasi	62.13%		Stack	None
Tlwg Typist	62.13%		Stack	None
TlwgMono	62.13%		Stack	None
TlwgTypewriter	62.13%		Stack	None
utkal	62.13%		Stack	None
KacstOne	61.86%		Stack	None
Kinnari	61.70%		Stack	None
Mallige	61.70%		Stack	None
Umpush	61.70%		Stack	None
Vemana2000	61.70%		Stack	None
Phetsarath OT	61.28%		Stack	None
Tlwg Typo	61.28%		Stack	None
Rachana	59.79%		Stack	None
Lucida Sans	55.38%		Stack	Image
Lucida Bright	54.71%		Stack	Image
Lucida Sans Typewriter	54.48%		Stack	Image
Ubuntu Light	49.48%		Stack	None
Bitstream Vera Sans	42.52%		Stack	Image
Bitstream Vera Sans Mono	42.52%		Stack	Image
Bitstream Vera Serif	40.81%		Stack	Image
Gentium	33.72%		Stack	None
Utopia	25.43%		Stack	Image
Metal	22.39%		Stack	None
Electron	21.12%		Stack	None
Nice	21.12%		Stack	None
Luxi Sans	20.09%		Stack	Image
Luxi Mono	19.87%		Stack	Image
Luxi Serif	19.87%		Stack	Image
MgOpen Modata	14.53%		Stack	None
MgOpen Moderna	14.53%		Stack	None
MgOpen Canonica	14.32%		Stack	None
MgOpen Cosmetica	14.32%		Stack	None
Domestic Manners	14.25%		Stack	None
Courier	14.10%		Stack	Image
Dustismo	13.49%		Stack	None
AR PL UMing CN	12.34%		Stack	None
AR PL UMing HK	12.34%		Stack	None
AR PL UMing TW	12.34%		Stack	None
AR PL UMing TW MBE	12.34%		Stack	None
Penguin Attack	11.45%		Stack	None
Balker	10.94%		Stack	None
Marked Fool	10.94%		Stack	None
Linux Libertine O	10.47%		Stack	None
Junkyard	10.43%		Stack	None
Linux Biolinum O	9.88%		Stack	None
AlArabiya	8.51%		Stack	None
Linux Libertine	8.40%		Stack	None
Isabella	8.14%		Stack	None
DejaVu LGC Sans Mono	7.63%		Stack	None
AlBattar	7.22%		Stack	None
AlHor	7.22%		Stack	None
AlManzomah	7.22%		Stack	None
Arab	7.22%		Stack	None
Cortoba	7.22%		Stack	None
Dimnah	7.22%		Stack	None
Furat	7.22%		Stack	None
Granada	7.22%		Stack	None
Graph	7.22%		Stack	None
Hani	7.22%		Stack	None
Hor	7.22%		Stack	None
Japan	7.22%		Stack	None
Jet	7.22%		Stack	None
Khalid	7.22%		Stack	None
Mashq	7.22%		Stack	None
Mashq-Bold	7.22%		Stack	None
Nada	7.22%		Stack	None
Nagham	7.22%		Stack	None
Ostorah	7.22%		Stack	None
Ouhod-Bold	7.22%		Stack	None
Petra	7.22%		Stack	None
Rasheeq-Bold	7.22%		Stack	None
Rehan	7.22%		Stack	None
Salem	7.22%		Stack	None
Shado	7.22%		Stack	None
Sharjah	7.22%		Stack	None
Tarablus	7.22%		Stack	None
Tholoth	7.22%		Stack	None
DejaVu LGC Sans	7.12%		Stack	None
DejaVu LGC Sans Condensed	7.12%		Stack	None
DejaVu LGC Sans Light	7.12%		Stack	None
DejaVu LGC Serif	7.12%		Stack	None
DejaVu LGC Serif Condensed	7.12%		Stack	None
Linux Libertine C	6.87%		Stack	None
Nimbus Sans L Condensed	6.62%		Stack	None
Garamond	5.16%		Stack	None
AlMateen-Bold	4.64%		Stack	None
AlMohanad	4.64%		Stack	None
AlMothnna-Bold	4.64%		Stack	None
Caslon	4.26%		Stack	None
Arial Narrow	2.24%		Stack	None
Monaco	2.24%		Stack	None
Ubuntu-Title	2.06%		Stack	None
Helvetica	1.07%		Stack	Image
Imprint MT Shadow	0.67%		Stack	None
Palatino	0.45%		Stack	None
Bookman	0.22%		Stack	None
Helvetica Narrow	0.22%		Stack	None
Fixed	0.21%		Stack	Image
Times	0.21%		Stack	Image

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