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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 font for Mac systems is the monospace font Monaco at 98% frequency. This is followed by the typewriter style Courier, classic sans serif font Helvetica and Microsoft sans serif font Arial at 97% frequency. Matthew Carter's sans serif Verdana completes the 5 most common Mac fonts.

Font survey statistics

These figures are the cumulative total of about 5 Mac survey submissions per fortnight since June 2005, 502 total. The Mac font survey applet was introduced on 12 May 2007 and is currently recording the frequency of 117 of the most common Mac fonts.

Most common fonts on Mac systems to 4 July 2009
Font name Installed (%) Sample Image
Monaco 97.62% 97.62% Sample Image
Courier 97.23% 97.23% Sample Image
Helvetica 97.03% 97.03% Sample Image
Arial 96.83% 96.83% Sample Image
Verdana 95.45% 95.45% Sample Image
Arial Black 94.85% 94.85% Sample Image
Lucida Grande 94.46% 94.46% Sample Image
Geneva 94.26% 94.26% Sample Image
Georgia 94.06% 94.06% Sample Image
Trebuchet MS 93.66% 93.66% Sample Image
Helvetica Neue 93.33% 93.33% Sample Image
Times New Roman 92.28% 92.28% Sample Image
Courier New 91.88% 91.88% Sample Image
Comic Sans MS 91.49% 91.49% Sample Image
Gill Sans 91.11% 91.11% Sample Image
Times 90.89% 90.89% Sample Image
Futura 90.50% 90.50% Sample Image
Skia 90.50% 90.50% Sample Image
Apple Chancery 90.30% 90.30% Sample Image
Arial Narrow 90.30% 90.30% Sample Image
Impact 89.70% 89.70% Sample Image
Arial Rounded MT Bold 89.31% 89.31% Sample Image
Andale Mono 88.91% 88.91% Sample Image
Optima 88.51% 88.51% Sample Image
Hoefler Text 88.32% 88.32% Sample Image
Copperplate 88.12% 88.12% Sample Image
Baskerville 87.41% 87.41% Sample Image
Brush Script MT 87.13% 87.13% Sample Image
American Typewriter 86.99% 86.99% Sample Image
Didot 86.67% 86.67% Sample Image
Papyrus 86.09% 86.09% Sample Image
Zapfino 85.93% 85.93% Sample Image
Marker Felt 85.19% 85.19% Sample Image
Big Caslon 83.04% 83.04% Sample Image
Herculanum 81.74% 81.74% Sample Image
Palatino 78.81% 78.81% Sample Image
Tahoma 74.65% 74.65% Sample  
Lucida Bright 54.35% 54.35% Sample  
Lucida Sans 54.35% 54.35% Sample  
Lucida Sans Typewriter 54.35% 54.35% Sample  
New York 39.41% 39.41% Sample Image
Century Gothic 38.70% 38.70% Sample  
Charcoal 38.61% 38.61% Sample Image
Capitals 37.83% 37.83% Sample Image
Chicago 37.23% 37.23% Sample Image
Gadget 35.64% 35.64% Sample Image
Copperplate Gothic Bold 29.57% 29.57% Sample  
Lucida Handwriting 29.57% 29.57% Sample  
Century Schoolbook 22.17% 22.17% Sample  
Bookman Old Style 19.57% 19.57% Sample  
Garamond 19.57% 19.57% Sample  
Book Antiqua 18.70% 18.70% Sample  
Bitstream Vera Sans Mono 18.26% 18.26% Sample  
Monotype Corsiva 17.83% 17.83% Sample  
Bitstream Vera Sans 17.39% 17.39% Sample  
Bitstream Vera Serif 17.39% 17.39% Sample  
Goudy Old Style 17.39% 17.39% Sample  
Footlight MT Light 16.96% 16.96% Sample  
Casual 16.67% 16.67% Sample  
Britannic Bold 16.52% 16.52% Sample  
Colonna MT 16.09% 16.09% Sample  
Haettenschweiler 16.09% 16.09% Sample  
Calisto MT 15.65% 15.65% Sample  
Matura MT Script Capitals 15.65% 15.65% Sample  
News Gothic MT 15.65% 15.65% Sample  
Playbill 15.65% 15.65% Sample  
Textile 15.65% 15.65% Sample Image
Abadi MT Condensed Light 15.22% 15.22% Sample  
Desdemona 15.22% 15.22% Sample  
Braggadocio 14.78% 14.78% Sample  
Wide Latin 14.78% 14.78% Sample  
Kino MT 13.91% 13.91% Sample  
Sand 13.91% 13.91% Sample Image
Univers 13.75% 13.75% Sample  
Techno 13.48% 13.48% Sample Image
Corbel 10.00% 10.00% Sample  
Consolas 9.57% 9.57% Sample  
Calibri 9.13% 9.13% Sample  
Constantia 9.13% 9.13% Sample  
Cambria 8.70% 8.70% Sample  
Candara 8.70% 8.70% Sample  
Adobe Garamond 8.33% 8.33% Sample  
Bembo 8.33% 8.33% Sample  
Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk BE 8.33% 8.33% Sample  
HelveticaNeue 8.33% 8.33% Sample  
Shelley 8.33% 8.33% Sample  
New Century Schoolbook 4.35% 4.35% Sample  
Avant Garde 3.04% 3.04% Sample  
Bookman 3.04% 3.04% Sample Image
Utopia 1.74% 1.74% Sample  
Caslon 1.30% 1.30% Sample  
Minion Web 1.30% 1.30% Sample  
Zapf Chancery 1.30% 1.30% Sample Image
Monotype.com 0.87% 0.87% Sample  
URW Antiqua T 0.87% 0.87% Sample  
Algerian 0.43% 0.43% Sample  
Helvetica Narrow 0.43% 0.43% Sample  

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