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The most common Mac fonts

The most common fonts on Mac systems are the classic sans serif font Helvetica and Lucida Grande at 100% frequency. The monospace font Monaco, classic typewriter font Courier and sans serif font Geneva complete the five most common fonts on Mac OS, all at practically 100% frequency.

Most common fonts on Mac systems to 17 December 2011
Font nameInstalled (%)StackImage
Helvetica100.00%100.00%StackImage
Lucida Grande100.00%100.00%StackImage
Geneva99.84%99.84%StackImage
Monaco99.84%99.84%StackImage
Courier99.68%99.68%StackImage
Lucida Bright99.68%99.68%StackNone
Lucida Sans99.68%99.68%StackNone
Lucida Sans Typewriter99.68%99.68%StackNone
Times99.37%99.37%StackImage
Verdana99.05%99.05%StackImage
Arial98.73%98.73%StackImage
Helvetica Neue98.58%98.58%StackImage
Georgia97.63%97.63%StackImage
Times New Roman97.63%97.63%StackImage
Trebuchet MS97.31%97.31%StackImage
Arial Black96.36%96.36%StackImage
Gill Sans96.04%96.04%StackImage
Arial Rounded MT Bold95.89%95.89%StackImage
Courier New95.89%95.89%StackImage
Impact95.89%95.89%StackImage
Arial Narrow95.73%95.73%StackImage
Andale Mono95.41%95.41%StackImage
Futura95.41%95.41%StackImage
Comic Sans MS94.78%94.78%StackImage
Skia94.62%94.62%StackImage
Baskerville94.46%94.46%StackImage
Apple Chancery94.30%94.30%StackImage
American Typewriter94.15%94.15%StackImage
Didot94.15%94.15%StackImage
Marker Felt94.15%94.15%StackImage
Optima93.99%93.99%StackImage
Tahoma93.67%93.67%StackImage
Big Caslon93.51%93.51%StackImage
Hoefler Text93.51%93.51%StackImage
Zapfino93.51%93.51%StackImage
Papyrus93.35%93.35%StackImage
Copperplate93.20%93.20%StackImage
Brush Script MT92.56%92.56%StackImage
Herculanum92.09%92.09%StackImage
Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN91.40%91.40%StackNone
Hiragino Mincho ProN91.40%91.40%StackNone
Palatino86.23%86.23%StackImage
Hiragino Kaku Gothic StdN85.29%85.29%StackNone
Hiragino Maru Gothic ProN85.29%85.29%StackNone
Kokonor79.64%79.64%StackNone
Kailasa79.19%79.19%StackNone
Hiragino Sans GB74.12%74.12%StackNone
PCMyungjo73.24%73.24%StackNone
PilGi73.24%73.24%StackNone
HeadLineA72.65%72.65%StackNone
Heiti SC72.40%72.40%StackNone
Heiti TC72.40%72.40%StackNone
Menlo72.17%72.17%StackNone
Chalkduster68.55%68.55%StackNone
MS Gothic66.34%66.34%StackNone
MS Mincho66.34%66.34%StackNone
MS PGothic66.34%66.34%StackNone
MS PMincho66.34%66.34%StackNone
GungSeo65.61%65.61%StackNone
Casual64.31%64.31%StackNone
Century Gothic57.12%57.12%StackImage
Adobe Ming Std56.11%56.11%StackNone
Adobe Myungjo Std56.11%56.11%StackNone
Adobe Song Std55.88%55.88%StackNone
Adobe Fangsong Std55.43%55.43%StackNone
Adobe Heiti Std55.43%55.43%StackNone
Adobe Kaiti Std55.20%55.20%StackNone
Garamond54.91%54.91%StackNone
MS Reference Sans Serif54.46%54.46%StackNone
Book Antiqua53.96%53.96%StackNone
Century Schoolbook53.96%53.96%StackNone
Lucida Handwriting53.96%53.96%StackImage
Bookman Old Style53.80%53.80%StackNone
Copperplate Gothic Bold53.16%53.16%StackImage
Monotype Corsiva53.01%53.01%StackNone
Haettenschweiler52.69%52.69%StackNone
Braggadocio52.53%52.53%StackNone
Goudy Old Style52.53%52.53%StackNone
Playbill52.22%52.22%StackNone
Desdemona52.06%52.06%StackNone
News Gothic MT52.06%52.06%StackNone
Britannic Bold51.90%51.90%StackNone
Colonna MT51.90%51.90%StackNone
Calisto MT51.74%51.74%StackNone
Footlight MT Light51.74%51.74%StackNone
Matura MT Script Capitals51.74%51.74%StackNone
Abadi MT Condensed Light51.42%51.42%StackNone
Kino MT51.42%51.42%StackNone
Wide Latin51.27%51.27%StackNone
Capitals46.84%46.84%StackImage
Calibri44.46%44.46%StackNone
Adobe Fan Heiti Std44.17%44.17%StackNone
Adobe Arabic44.12%44.12%StackNone
Adobe Hebrew43.82%43.82%StackNone
Kozuka Gothic Pr6N43.82%43.82%StackNone
Kozuka Mincho Pr6N43.82%43.82%StackNone
Adobe Gothic Std43.75%43.75%StackNone
Cambria40.82%40.82%StackNone
Consolas40.66%40.66%StackNone
Corbel40.19%40.19%StackNone
Candara40.03%40.03%StackNone
Constantia39.87%39.87%StackNone
Gabriola27.92%27.92%StackNone
Univers10.28%10.28%StackNone
Inconsolata7.35%7.35%StackNone
Chicago6.80%6.80%StackImage
Textile6.80%6.80%StackImage
Gotham6.76%6.76%StackNone
Bitstream Vera Sans Mono6.49%6.49%StackNone
News Gothic Std6.47%6.47%StackNone
Interstate6.36%6.36%StackNone
Gadget6.33%6.33%StackImage
Hypatia Sans Pro6.18%6.18%StackNone
Charcoal6.17%6.17%StackImage
Techno6.17%6.17%StackImage
Bitstream Vera Serif6.01%6.01%StackNone
Delicious5.88%5.88%StackNone
Bitstream Vera Sans5.85%5.85%StackNone
TradeGothic5.83%5.83%StackNone
ITC Franklin Gothic5.65%5.65%StackNone
Sand5.54%5.54%StackImage
Avenir5.48%5.48%StackNone
Ubuntu5.42%5.42%StackNone
Frutiger LT Std5.29%5.29%StackNone
New York5.22%5.22%StackImage
DINSchrift5.00%5.00%StackNone
Myriad Std5.00%5.00%StackNone
Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk BE4.59%4.59%StackNone
Bembo4.24%4.24%StackNone
Adobe Garamond4.06%4.06%StackNone
Caflisch Script Pro3.53%3.53%StackNone
Formata3.53%3.53%StackNone
HelveticaNeue3.36%3.36%StackNone
ITC Franklin Gothic Std3.24%3.24%StackNone
Bernhard Modern Std3.18%3.18%StackNone
Minion Std3.00%3.00%StackNone
RotisSemiSans3.00%3.00%StackNone
Gentium2.97%2.97%StackNone
Courier Std2.65%2.65%StackNone
ITC Century2.47%2.47%StackNone
Shelley2.47%2.47%StackNone
AkzidenzGrotesk2.35%2.35%StackNone
Cronos Pro2.35%2.35%StackNone
Sabon2.35%2.35%StackNone
New Century Schoolbook2.22%2.22%StackNone
Kaufmann2.12%2.12%StackNone
Adobe Sans MM2.06%2.06%StackNone
Berkeley2.06%2.06%StackNone
Franklin Gothic2.06%2.06%StackNone
Times CY2.06%2.06%StackNone
Bookman1.90%1.90%StackImage
Aachen1.76%1.76%StackNone
Archer1.76%1.76%StackNone
BauerBodoni1.76%1.76%StackNone
Porcelain1.59%1.59%StackNone
Utopia1.58%1.58%StackNone
Ryo Display Std1.47%1.47%StackNone
Minion Web1.42%1.42%StackNone
Ubuntu-Title1.25%1.25%StackNone
Apple Casual1.24%1.24%StackNone
Belwe1.24%1.24%StackNone
The Sans-1.18%1.18%StackNone
Zapf Chancery1.11%1.11%StackImage
Caslon0.95%0.95%StackNone
Algerian0.79%0.79%StackNone
Avant Garde0.79%0.79%StackNone
URW Antiqua T0.63%0.63%StackNone
Monotype.com0.47%0.47%StackNone
URW Grotesk T0.47%0.47%StackNone
Helvetica Narrow0.16%0.16%StackNone

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