Better font stacks
Font survey results
Font questions?
- Web fonts FAQ
- Font survey FAQ
- Linux font survey FAQ
- Mac fonts FAQ
- Windows fonts FAQ
- Font family glossary
Find a font?
Fonts & foundry links
Get noticed
Place your text ad here.
WestNIC provides reliable web hosting services
Free software downloads and drivers download resources
25% off cpanel web hosting and reseller hosting deals. Promo: codestyle25off
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 Windows font survey and should give you greater confidence in selecting a font.
Subscribe to the news feed for these survey results: 
The most common Windows fonts
The most common reported font on the Windows platform is the system font Microsoft Sans Serif, reported in practically 100% of submissions. Mathew Carter's sans serif Verdana is in second position, followed by the heavy sans serif font Arial Black and regular sans serif Arial. The classic typewriter font Courier New and serif font Palatino Linotype are in joint fifth place amongst the most common Windows fonts at 98% frequency.
Font survey statistics
These figures are the cumulative total of about 11 Windows survey submissions per week since June 2005, 2381 total. The Windows applet-based survey was introduced on 21 April 2007 and is currently recording the frequency of 281 of the most common Windows fonts.
| Font name | Installed (%) | Sample | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Sans Serif | 99.62% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Verdana | 98.28% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Arial Black | 98.07% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Arial | 97.98% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Courier New | 97.82% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Palatino Linotype | 97.82% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Tahoma | 97.82% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Medium | 97.68% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Lucida Console | 97.65% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Impact | 97.56% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Comic Sans MS | 97.48% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Trebuchet MS | 97.44% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Lucida Sans Unicode | 96.14% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Georgia | 95.88% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Sylfaen | 95.49% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Times New Roman | 92.82% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Arial Narrow | 87.74% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Century Gothic | 86.64% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Vrinda | 85.40% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Kartika | 85.28% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Book Antiqua | 85.22% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bookman Old Style | 85.09% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Monotype Corsiva | 82.55% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Garamond | 82.49% |
|
Sample | Image |
| MS Reference Sans Serif | 69.61% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Haettenschweiler | 68.08% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bradley Hand ITC | 61.72% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Papyrus | 61.59% |
|
Sample | Image |
| French Script MT | 60.90% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Tempus Sans ITC | 60.28% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Copperplate Gothic Light | 60.03% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Perpetua | 59.65% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Book | 59.46% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Curlz MT | 59.21% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Edwardian Script ITC | 59.21% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Medium Cond | 59.15% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Felix Titling | 58.96% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Maiandra GD | 58.90% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Engravers MT | 58.77% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Demi | 58.77% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Rockwell Extra Bold | 58.77% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Eras Demi ITC | 58.71% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Eras Light ITC | 58.65% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Mistral | 58.58% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Kristen ITC | 58.46% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Copperplate Gothic Bold | 58.38% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Blackadder ITC | 58.27% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Rockwell | 57.89% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Demi Cond | 57.14% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Heavy | 57.08% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Juice ITC | 57.08% |
|
Sample | |
| Arial Unicode MS | 56.66% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Vivaldi | 56.14% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Pristina | 55.51% |
|
Sample | |
| Jokerman | 54.76% |
|
Sample | |
| OCR A Extended | 54.14% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Freestyle Script | 52.63% |
|
Sample | |
| Calisto MT | 52.44% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Script MT Bold | 52.38% |
|
Sample | |
| Imprint MT Shadow | 51.57% |
|
Sample | |
| Gill Sans Ultra Bold | 51.50% |
|
Sample | |
| Palace Script MT | 51.32% |
|
Sample | |
| Arial Rounded MT Bold | 51.28% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Gill Sans MT | 51.07% |
|
Sample | |
| Goudy Stout | 51.00% |
|
Sample | |
| Castellar | 50.88% |
|
Sample | |
| Goudy Old Style | 50.83% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Gill Sans MT Condensed | 50.75% |
|
Sample | |
| Rage Italic | 50.56% |
|
Sample | |
| Perpetua Titling MT | 50.38% |
|
Sample | |
| Agency FB | 50.31% |
|
Sample | |
| Forte | 50.19% |
|
Sample | |
| Gigi | 50.19% |
|
Sample | |
| Eras Medium ITC | 50.13% |
|
Sample | |
| Calibri | 50.12% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Century Schoolbook | 50.06% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Gill Sans MT Ext Condensed Bold | 50.06% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Handwriting | 50.06% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Eras Bold ITC | 49.94% |
|
Sample | |
| Gill Sans Ultra Bold Condensed | 49.94% |
|
Sample | |
| Cambria | 49.82% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Rockwell Condensed | 49.81% |
|
Sample | |
| Consolas | 49.76% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Tw Cen MT | 49.62% |
|
Sample | |
| Tw Cen MT Condensed | 49.62% |
|
Sample | |
| Candara | 49.59% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Corbel | 49.59% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Gloucester MT Extra Condensed | 49.37% |
|
Sample | |
| Tw Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold | 49.37% |
|
Sample | |
| Constantia | 49.12% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Lucida Calligraphy | 49.12% |
|
Sample | |
| Viner Hand ITC | 49.12% |
|
Sample | |
| Cooper Black | 48.87% |
|
Sample | |
| Broadway | 48.62% |
|
Sample | |
| Wide Latin | 48.62% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Britannic Bold | 48.37% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Brush Script MT | 48.37% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Snap ITC | 48.18% |
|
Sample | |
| Harrington | 48.12% |
|
Sample | |
| Algerian | 48.06% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Playbill | 48.06% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Onyx | 47.99% |
|
Sample | |
| Baskerville Old Face | 47.93% |
|
Sample | |
| Bauhaus 93 | 47.93% |
|
Sample | |
| Chiller | 47.93% |
|
Sample | |
| Old English Text MT | 47.93% |
|
Sample | |
| Matura MT Script Capitals | 47.87% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bernard MT Condensed | 47.81% |
|
Sample | |
| Vladimir Script | 47.62% |
|
Sample | |
| Harlow Solid Italic | 47.56% |
|
Sample | |
| Informal Roman | 47.49% |
|
Sample | |
| Kunstler Script | 47.37% |
|
Sample | |
| Footlight MT Light | 47.18% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Stencil | 47.18% |
|
Sample | |
| Bodoni MT Condensed | 47.12% |
|
Sample | |
| Bodoni MT | 47.06% |
|
Sample | |
| Bodoni MT Black | 47.06% |
|
Sample | |
| Bell MT | 46.80% |
|
Sample | |
| Colonna MT | 46.49% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Centaur | 46.43% |
|
Sample | |
| Californian FB | 46.18% |
|
Sample | |
| High Tower Text | 46.18% |
|
Sample | |
| Showcard Gothic | 46.18% |
|
Sample | |
| Ravie | 45.93% |
|
Sample | |
| Berlin Sans FB | 45.86% |
|
Sample | |
| Niagara Engraved | 45.68% |
|
Sample | |
| Niagara Solid | 45.61% |
|
Sample | |
| Berlin Sans FB Demi | 45.11% |
|
Sample | |
| Magneto | 44.99% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Fax | 44.61% |
|
Sample | |
| Bodoni MT Poster Compressed | 43.48% |
|
Sample | |
| Segoe UI | 40.39% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Lucida Sans | 28.22% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bitstream Vera Sans Mono | 27.07% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Bright | 25.75% |
|
Sample | |
| Bitstream Vera Sans | 22.99% |
|
Sample | |
| Bitstream Vera Serif | 22.74% |
|
Sample | |
| Eurostile | 21.30% |
|
Sample | |
| Matisse ITC | 20.18% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Sans Typewriter | 18.02% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Terminal | 15.41% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Staccato222 BT | 14.07% |
|
Sample | |
| Baby Kruffy | 11.22% |
|
Sample | |
| Broadway BT | 10.69% |
|
Sample | |
| Alba Super | 10.28% |
|
Sample | |
| Alba | 10.15% |
|
Sample | |
| Alba Matter | 9.96% |
|
Sample | |
| Abadi MT Condensed Light | 9.95% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Calligraph421 BT | 9.93% |
|
Sample | |
| Frosty | 9.59% |
|
Sample | |
| Square721 BT | 9.48% |
|
Sample | |
| ParkAvenue BT | 9.42% |
|
Sample | |
| Chick | 9.40% |
|
Sample | |
| MisterEarl BT | 9.40% |
|
Sample | |
| Weltron Urban | 9.34% |
|
Sample | |
| Cataneo BT | 9.29% |
|
Sample | |
| Croobie | 9.09% |
|
Sample | |
| Blackletter686 BT | 8.98% |
|
Sample | |
| Freshbot | 8.90% |
|
Sample | |
| Pussycat | 8.90% |
|
Sample | |
| GlooGun | 8.83% |
|
Sample | |
| Jenkins v2.0 | 8.83% |
|
Sample | |
| Fat | 8.77% |
|
Sample | |
| Jokewood | 8.58% |
|
Sample | |
| Poornut | 8.46% |
|
Sample | |
| Braggadocio | 7.98% |
|
Sample | Image |
| John Handy LET | 7.96% |
|
Sample | |
| Westwood LET | 7.89% |
|
Sample | |
| Rage Italic LET | 7.83% |
|
Sample | |
| Ruach LET | 7.83% |
|
Sample | |
| Scruff LET | 7.83% |
|
Sample | |
| Helvetica | 7.64% |
|
Sample | |
| La Bamba LET | 7.64% |
|
Sample | |
| Milano LET | 7.64% |
|
Sample | |
| OldDreadfulNo7 BT | 7.51% |
|
Sample | |
| Mekanik LET | 7.45% |
|
Sample | |
| Highlight LET | 7.38% |
|
Sample | |
| One Stroke Script LET | 7.38% |
|
Sample | |
| Tiranti Solid LET | 7.32% |
|
Sample | |
| Pump Demi Bold LET | 7.26% |
|
Sample | |
| Smudger LET | 7.26% |
|
Sample | |
| Orange LET | 7.19% |
|
Sample | |
| University Roman LET | 7.19% |
|
Sample | |
| Academy Engraved LET | 7.13% |
|
Sample | |
| Jokerman LET | 7.13% |
|
Sample | |
| Quixley LET | 7.07% |
|
Sample | |
| Victorian LET | 7.07% |
|
Sample | |
| Odessa LET | 6.94% |
|
Sample | |
| Univers | 6.77% |
|
Sample | |
| Kabel Ult BT | 6.24% |
|
Sample | |
| Verdana Ref | 6.17% |
|
Sample | |
| Desdemona | 5.71% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Helvetica Narrow | 5.26% |
|
Sample | |
| Times | 5.01% |
|
Sample | |
| Palatino | 4.70% |
|
Sample | |
| Beesknees ITC | 4.52% |
|
Sample | |
| Andale Mono IPA | 4.39% |
|
Sample | |
| New Century Schoolbook | 4.39% |
|
Sample | |
| Georgia Ref | 4.33% |
|
Sample | |
| MS Reference Serif | 4.26% |
|
Sample | |
| Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold | 4.14% |
|
Sample | |
| Kino MT | 4.14% |
|
Sample | Image |
| News Gothic MT | 3.95% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Andale Mono | 3.51% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Pepita MT | 3.50% |
|
Sample | |
| Abadi MT Condensed | 3.31% |
|
Sample | |
| Andy | 3.25% |
|
Sample | |
| Placard Condensed | 3.18% |
|
Sample | |
| OCRB | 3.12% |
|
Sample | |
| GENUINE | 3.06% |
|
Sample | |
| Optima | 3.01% |
|
Sample | |
| DomBold BT | 2.80% |
|
Sample | |
| Monaco | 2.76% |
|
Sample | |
| Bickley Script | 2.74% |
|
Sample | |
| Runic MT Condensed | 2.55% |
|
Sample | |
| Gill Sans | 2.51% |
|
Sample | |
| Fine Hand | 2.48% |
|
Sample | |
| Chicago | 2.13% |
|
Sample | |
| Geneva | 2.13% |
|
Sample | |
| Base 02 | 2.04% |
|
Sample | |
| A Charming Font | 1.78% |
|
Sample | |
| CAMPBELL | 1.78% |
|
Sample | |
| Apple Chancery | 1.75% |
|
Sample | |
| New York | 1.75% |
|
Sample | |
| MARKETPRO | 1.59% |
|
Sample | |
| BudHand | 1.53% |
|
Sample | |
| Mercurius Script MT Bold | 1.53% |
|
Sample | |
| Futura | 1.38% |
|
Sample | |
| Helvetica Neue | 1.38% |
|
Sample | |
| Hoefler Text | 1.25% |
|
Sample | |
| Mead Bold | 0.95% |
|
Sample | |
| Monotype.com | 0.94% |
|
Sample | Image |
| FIRSTHOME | 0.89% |
|
Sample | |
| 04b_21 | 0.57% |
|
Sample | |
| Champignon | 0.45% |
|
Sample | |
| Minion Web | 0.38% |
|
Sample | |
| Gadget | 0.13% |
|
Sample | |
CSS font family resources
- New: Build better CSS font stacks, a quick start gallery of core Web font family declarations for the font stack builder
-
Windows font survey and font survey results
-
Mac font survey and font survey results
-
Linux font survey and font survey results
- Combined survey results for all platforms
- Classification of the most common fonts by generic font family:
- CSS font family glossary
- Anchor Points: Font foundries & sources
- Sampler font code: Sampler.css
