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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 classic sans serif font Helvetica at 99% frequency. This is followed by the monospace font Monaco, typewriter style Courier. Sans serif fonts Lucida Grande and Geneva complete the 5 most common Mac fonts at 97% frequency.

The new Web safe fonts

Sans serif fonts Helvetica Neue, Gill Sans and Futura are reported with greater frequency on Mac systems than Microsoft Web safe fonts Impact and Courier New.

Most common fonts on Mac systems to 7 November 2009
Font name Installed (%) Sample Image
Helvetica 99.16% 99.16% Sample Image
Monaco 98.61% 98.61% Sample Image
Courier 98.05% 98.05% Sample Image
Geneva 97.21% 97.21% Sample Image
Lucida Grande 97.21% 97.21% Sample Image
Arial 96.38% 96.38% Sample Image
Verdana 95.26% 95.26% Sample Image
Helvetica Neue 94.43% 94.43% Sample Image
Times 94.43% 94.43% Sample Image
Arial Black 93.04% 93.04% Sample Image
Georgia 93.04% 93.04% Sample Image
Trebuchet MS 93.04% 93.04% Sample Image
Times New Roman 91.64% 91.64% Sample Image
Gill Sans 91.33% 91.33% Sample Image
Comic Sans MS 89.97% 89.97% Sample Image
Futura 89.97% 89.97% Sample Image
Courier New 89.69% 89.69% Sample Image
Impact 89.42% 89.42% Sample Image
Optima 89.42% 89.42% Sample Image
Apple Chancery 89.14% 89.14% Sample Image
Arial Rounded MT Bold 89.14% 89.14% Sample Image
Skia 89.14% 89.14% Sample Image
Arial Narrow 88.58% 88.58% Sample Image
Andale Mono 88.30% 88.30% Sample Image
Baskerville 88.24% 88.24% Sample Image
American Typewriter 88.20% 88.20% Sample Image
Copperplate 88.02% 88.02% Sample Image
Hoefler Text 87.74% 87.74% Sample Image
Didot 87.31% 87.31% Sample Image
Papyrus 87.28% 87.28% Sample Image
Zapfino 87.00% 87.00% Sample Image
Marker Felt 86.69% 86.69% Sample Image
Brush Script MT 86.35% 86.35% Sample Image
Big Caslon 84.45% 84.45% Sample Image
Herculanum 83.39% 83.39% Sample Image
Palatino 79.67% 79.67% Sample Image
Tahoma 74.93% 74.93% Sample Image
Lucida Bright 62.54% 62.54% Sample  
Lucida Sans 62.54% 62.54% Sample  
Lucida Sans Typewriter 62.54% 62.54% Sample  
Capitals 40.64% 40.64% Sample Image
Century Gothic 39.58% 39.58% Sample Image
Casual 38.46% 38.46% Sample  
Lucida Handwriting 31.45% 31.45% Sample Image
Copperplate Gothic Bold 30.39% 30.39% Sample Image
Century Schoolbook 24.38% 24.38% Sample  
Garamond 23.67% 23.67% Sample  
Bookman Old Style 22.26% 22.26% Sample  
Book Antiqua 21.55% 21.55% Sample  
Charcoal 21.45% 21.45% Sample Image
Monotype Corsiva 21.20% 21.20% Sample  
Chicago 20.61% 20.61% Sample Image
Goudy Old Style 20.14% 20.14% Sample  
Britannic Bold 19.79% 19.79% Sample  
Haettenschweiler 19.79% 19.79% Sample  
Colonna MT 19.43% 19.43% Sample  
Footlight MT Light 19.43% 19.43% Sample  
New York 19.22% 19.22% Sample Image
Gadget 18.94% 18.94% Sample Image
Playbill 18.73% 18.73% Sample  
Braggadocio 18.37% 18.37% Sample  
Desdemona 18.37% 18.37% Sample  
Matura MT Script Capitals 18.37% 18.37% Sample  
Wide Latin 18.37% 18.37% Sample  
Abadi MT Condensed Light 18.02% 18.02% Sample  
Calisto MT 18.02% 18.02% Sample  
News Gothic MT 18.02% 18.02% Sample  
Kino MT 17.31% 17.31% Sample  
Bitstream Vera Sans Mono 16.25% 16.25% Sample  
Bitstream Vera Serif 15.55% 15.55% Sample  
Bitstream Vera Sans 15.19% 15.19% Sample  
Textile 14.49% 14.49% Sample Image
Univers 14.29% 14.29% Sample  
Techno 13.43% 13.43% Sample Image
Sand 13.07% 13.07% Sample Image
Calibri 10.95% 10.95% Sample  
Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk BE 10.77% 10.77% Sample  
Cambria 10.60% 10.60% Sample  
Consolas 10.60% 10.60% Sample  
Corbel 10.60% 10.60% Sample  
Constantia 9.89% 9.89% Sample  
Candara 9.54% 9.54% Sample  
Interstate 9.23% 9.23% Sample  
Adobe Garamond 7.69% 7.69% Sample  
Bembo 7.69% 7.69% Sample  
TradeGothic 7.69% 7.69% Sample  
ITC Franklin Gothic 6.15% 6.15% Sample  
Apple Casual 4.62% 4.62% Sample  
Avenir 4.62% 4.62% Sample  
HelveticaNeue 4.62% 4.62% Sample  
New Century Schoolbook 3.89% 3.89% Sample  
Avant Garde 3.18% 3.18% Sample  
Bernhard Modern Std 3.08% 3.08% Sample  
Minion Std 3.08% 3.08% Sample  
RotisSemiSans 3.08% 3.08% Sample  
Shelley 3.08% 3.08% Sample  
Bookman 2.83% 2.83% Sample Image
Belwe 1.54% 1.54% Sample  
Caflisch Script Pro 1.54% 1.54% Sample  
ITC Century 1.54% 1.54% Sample  
Porcelain 1.54% 1.54% Sample  
Minion Web 1.41% 1.41% Sample  
Utopia 1.41% 1.41% Sample  
Zapf Chancery 1.41% 1.41% Sample Image
Algerian 1.06% 1.06% Sample  
Caslon 1.06% 1.06% Sample  
Monotype.com 0.71% 0.71% Sample  
URW Antiqua T 0.71% 0.71% Sample  
Helvetica Narrow 0.35% 0.35% Sample  

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