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Is that font Web safe? Code Style font survey results show the most common fonts on Windows, Mac and Linux so you build a Web safe font stack.
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The most common font on Windows is the sans serif Lucida Sans at 100% frequency. The system interface font Tahoma is next in line, closely followed by sans serif font Arial, Mathew Carter's Verdana and Microsoft Sans Serif, the fifth most common Windows fonts at practically 100% frequency.
| Font name | Installed (%) | Stack | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucida Sans | 100.00% |  | Stack | Image |
| Tahoma | 100.00% | | Stack | Image |
| Arial | 99.90% | | Stack | Image |
| Verdana | 99.90% | | Stack | Image |
| Microsoft Sans Serif | 99.85% | | Stack | Image |
| Times New Roman | 99.81% | | Stack | Image |
| Trebuchet MS | 99.81% | | Stack | Image |
| Courier New | 99.76% | | Stack | Image |
| Comic Sans MS | 99.56% | | Stack | Image |
| Georgia | 99.51% | | Stack | Image |
| Lucida Sans Unicode | 99.51% | | Stack | Image |
| Palatino Linotype | 99.51% | | Stack | Image |
| Lucida Console | 99.42% | | Stack | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Medium | 99.37% | | Stack | Image |
| Impact | 99.22% | | Stack | Image |
| Sylfaen | 98.20% | | Stack | Image |
| MV Boli | 98.15% | | Stack | None |
| Tunga | 97.61% | | Stack | None |
| Estrangelo Edessa | 97.57% | | Stack | None |
| Gautami | 97.52% | | Stack | None |
| Arial Black | 97.47% | | Stack | Image |
| Mangal | 97.47% | | Stack | None |
| Raavi | 97.42% | | Stack | None |
| Latha | 97.37% | | Stack | None |
| Shruti | 97.32% | | Stack | None |
| Kartika | 94.26% | | Stack | Image |
| Vrinda | 94.06% | | Stack | Image |
| Calibri | 89.09% | | Stack | Image |
| Cambria | 88.95% | | Stack | Image |
| Candara | 88.70% | | Stack | Image |
| Cambria Math | 88.66% | | Stack | None |
| Corbel | 88.61% | | Stack | Image |
| Consolas | 88.56% | | Stack | Image |
| Constantia | 88.46% | | Stack | Image |
| Arial Narrow | 87.59% | | Stack | Image |
| Century Gothic | 86.95% | | Stack | Image |
| Garamond | 85.49% | | Stack | Image |
| Book Antiqua | 85.44% | | Stack | Image |
| Bookman Old Style | 85.35% | | Stack | Image |
| Segoe UI | 83.69% | | Stack | Image |
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