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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 Windows font survey and should give you greater confidence in selecting a font.
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The most common reported fonts on the Windows platform are changing rank as the more comprehensive results of the font survey applet begin to affect the average frequency. The Windows system font Microsoft Sans Serif is reported in practically 100% of recent submissions, with the heavy sans serif Arial Black in second place at 98% frequency. These are followed by the sans serif Verdana, serif Palatino Linotype and Franklin Gothic Medium completes the top 5 Windows fonts.
These figures are the cumulative total of about 7 Windows survey submissions per week since January 2004, 2377 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 | 99.45% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Arial Black | 97.73% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Verdana | 97.14% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Palatino Linotype | 97.09% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Medium | 96.83% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Arial | 96.59% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Comic Sans MS | 96.42% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Courier New | 96.30% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Lucida Console | 96.17% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Tahoma | 96.09% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Impact | 95.84% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Trebuchet MS | 95.29% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Sylfaen | 95.18% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Sans Unicode | 93.48% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Georgia | 91.59% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Arial Narrow | 87.08% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Century Gothic | 85.44% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Times New Roman | 85.23% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bookman Old Style | 84.06% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Book Antiqua | 83.55% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Kartika | 82.78% |
|
Sample | |
| Vrinda | 82.78% |
|
Sample | |
| Monotype Corsiva | 81.96% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Lucida Sans | 78.29% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Garamond | 78.21% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Haettenschweiler | 70.05% |
|
Sample | Image |
| MS Reference Sans Serif | 67.49% |
|
Sample | |
| Bradley Hand ITC | 60.06% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Papyrus | 59.50% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Tempus Sans ITC | 59.37% |
|
Sample | Image |
| French Script MT | 59.23% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Copperplate Gothic Light | 58.13% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Book | 58.13% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Edwardian Script ITC | 57.85% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Medium Cond | 57.85% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Perpetua | 57.85% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Curlz MT | 57.71% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Engravers MT | 57.44% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Eras Demi ITC | 57.44% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Eras Light ITC | 57.44% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Felix Titling | 57.44% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Demi | 57.44% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Rockwell Extra Bold | 57.44% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Kristen ITC | 57.16% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Maiandra GD | 57.02% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Blackadder ITC | 56.89% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Mistral | 56.89% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Rockwell | 56.75% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Lucida Bright | 56.47% |
|
Sample | |
| Juice ITC | 56.34% |
|
Sample | |
| Franklin Gothic Demi Cond | 55.51% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Franklin Gothic Heavy | 55.51% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Vivaldi | 54.68% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Copperplate Gothic Bold | 53.98% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Jokerman | 53.17% |
|
Sample | |
| Pristina | 51.93% |
|
Sample | |
| Calisto MT | 50.28% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Script MT Bold | 50.28% |
|
Sample | |
| Freestyle Script | 49.86% |
|
Sample | |
| Imprint MT Shadow | 49.72% |
|
Sample | |
| Arial Unicode MS | 49.60% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Palace Script MT | 49.17% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Sans Typewriter | 49.05% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Gill Sans Ultra Bold | 48.90% |
|
Sample | |
| Goudy Stout | 48.76% |
|
Sample | |
| Castellar | 48.62% |
|
Sample | |
| Goudy Old Style | 48.43% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Gill Sans MT | 48.35% |
|
Sample | |
| Gill Sans MT Condensed | 48.07% |
|
Sample | |
| Rage Italic | 48.07% |
|
Sample | |
| Eras Bold ITC | 47.93% |
|
Sample | |
| Forte | 47.93% |
|
Sample | |
| Perpetua Titling MT | 47.93% |
|
Sample | |
| Agency FB | 47.80% |
|
Sample | |
| Eras Medium ITC | 47.80% |
|
Sample | |
| Gigi | 47.52% |
|
Sample | |
| Gill Sans MT Ext Condensed Bold | 47.52% |
|
Sample | |
| Viner Hand ITC | 47.25% |
|
Sample | |
| Gill Sans Ultra Bold Condensed | 47.11% |
|
Sample | |
| Rockwell Condensed | 47.11% |
|
Sample | |
| Tw Cen MT | 47.11% |
|
Sample | |
| Tw Cen MT Condensed | 47.11% |
|
Sample | |
| OCR A Extended | 47.08% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Gloucester MT Extra Condensed | 46.83% |
|
Sample | |
| Tw Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold | 46.83% |
|
Sample | |
| Century Schoolbook | 46.66% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Lucida Calligraphy | 46.56% |
|
Sample | |
| Arial Rounded MT Bold | 46.49% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Broadway | 46.28% |
|
Sample | |
| Snap ITC | 46.14% |
|
Sample | |
| Wide Latin | 46.14% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Algerian | 46.01% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Cooper Black | 46.01% |
|
Sample | |
| Brush Script MT | 45.87% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bauhaus 93 | 45.73% |
|
Sample | |
| Britannic Bold | 45.73% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Harrington | 45.73% |
|
Sample | |
| Onyx | 45.59% |
|
Sample | |
| Playbill | 45.59% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Chiller | 45.45% |
|
Sample | |
| Bernard MT Condensed | 45.32% |
|
Sample | |
| Matura MT Script Capitals | 45.32% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Old English Text MT | 45.32% |
|
Sample | |
| Baskerville Old Face | 45.18% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Handwriting | 45.18% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Vladimir Script | 45.18% |
|
Sample | |
| Harlow Solid Italic | 45.04% |
|
Sample | |
| Informal Roman | 44.90% |
|
Sample | |
| Kunstler Script | 44.90% |
|
Sample | |
| Bodoni MT | 44.35% |
|
Sample | |
| Bodoni MT Black | 44.35% |
|
Sample | |
| Bodoni MT Condensed | 44.35% |
|
Sample | |
| Stencil | 44.35% |
|
Sample | |
| Footlight MT Light | 43.94% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bell MT | 43.80% |
|
Sample | |
| Centaur | 43.53% |
|
Sample | |
| Colonna MT | 43.39% |
|
Sample | Image |
| High Tower Text | 43.11% |
|
Sample | |
| Showcard Gothic | 43.11% |
|
Sample | |
| Californian FB | 42.84% |
|
Sample | |
| Berlin Sans FB | 42.70% |
|
Sample | |
| Ravie | 42.70% |
|
Sample | |
| Niagara Engraved | 42.56% |
|
Sample | |
| Niagara Solid | 42.42% |
|
Sample | |
| Berlin Sans FB Demi | 42.01% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Fax | 42.01% |
|
Sample | |
| Magneto | 42.01% |
|
Sample | |
| Bodoni MT Poster Compressed | 40.50% |
|
Sample | |
| Calibri | 37.41% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Consolas | 36.68% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Candara | 36.56% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Cambria | 36.44% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Corbel | 36.44% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Constantia | 36.08% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Terminal | 35.97% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Segoe UI | 30.63% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bitstream Vera Sans Mono | 30.30% |
|
Sample | |
| Bitstream Vera Sans | 27.27% |
|
Sample | |
| Bitstream Vera Serif | 27.13% |
|
Sample | |
| Eurostile | 22.45% |
|
Sample | |
| Matisse ITC | 21.35% |
|
Sample | |
| Abadi MT Condensed Light | 14.64% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Staccato222 BT | 13.12% |
|
Sample | |
| Braggadocio | 11.99% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Baby Kruffy | 11.98% |
|
Sample | |
| Alba Super | 11.71% |
|
Sample | |
| Alba | 11.43% |
|
Sample | |
| Alba Matter | 11.29% |
|
Sample | |
| Frosty | 10.61% |
|
Sample | |
| Chick | 10.47% |
|
Sample | |
| Weltron Urban | 10.47% |
|
Sample | |
| Croobie | 9.92% |
|
Sample | |
| Freshbot | 9.92% |
|
Sample | |
| Jenkins v2.0 | 9.92% |
|
Sample | |
| Pussycat | 9.92% |
|
Sample | |
| Fat | 9.78% |
|
Sample | |
| GlooGun | 9.78% |
|
Sample | |
| Jokewood | 9.78% |
|
Sample | |
| Poornut | 9.50% |
|
Sample | |
| Square721 BT | 9.42% |
|
Sample | |
| Broadway BT | 9.27% |
|
Sample | |
| Calligraph421 BT | 9.13% |
|
Sample | |
| Blackletter686 BT | 8.70% |
|
Sample | |
| Cataneo BT | 8.56% |
|
Sample | |
| MisterEarl BT | 8.40% |
|
Sample | |
| Desdemona | 8.25% |
|
Sample | Image |
| ParkAvenue BT | 8.13% |
|
Sample | |
| John Handy LET | 7.70% |
|
Sample | |
| Rage Italic LET | 7.56% |
|
Sample | |
| Helvetica | 7.44% |
|
Sample | |
| Scruff LET | 7.42% |
|
Sample | |
| La Bamba LET | 7.28% |
|
Sample | |
| One Stroke Script LET | 7.28% |
|
Sample | |
| Westwood LET | 7.28% |
|
Sample | |
| Mekanik LET | 7.13% |
|
Sample | |
| OldDreadfulNo7 BT | 7.13% |
|
Sample | |
| Ruach LET | 7.13% |
|
Sample | |
| Milano LET | 6.99% |
|
Sample | |
| Tiranti Solid LET | 6.99% |
|
Sample | |
| University Roman LET | 6.85% |
|
Sample | |
| Victorian LET | 6.85% |
|
Sample | |
| Highlight LET | 6.70% |
|
Sample | |
| Jokerman LET | 6.70% |
|
Sample | |
| Orange LET | 6.70% |
|
Sample | |
| Pump Demi Bold LET | 6.70% |
|
Sample | |
| Smudger LET | 6.70% |
|
Sample | |
| Academy Engraved LET | 6.56% |
|
Sample | |
| Odessa LET | 6.56% |
|
Sample | |
| Quixley LET | 6.56% |
|
Sample | |
| Univers | 5.92% |
|
Sample | |
| Kabel Ult BT | 5.85% |
|
Sample | |
| Verdana Ref | 5.85% |
|
Sample | |
| Beesknees ITC | 5.42% |
|
Sample | |
| Georgia Ref | 4.85% |
|
Sample | |
| Kino MT | 4.82% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Andale Mono IPA | 4.56% |
|
Sample | |
| Helvetica Narrow | 4.55% |
|
Sample | |
| Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold | 4.42% |
|
Sample | |
| MS Reference Serif | 4.42% |
|
Sample | |
| Times | 4.27% |
|
Sample | |
| Palatino | 4.13% |
|
Sample | |
| Abadi MT Condensed | 3.99% |
|
Sample | |
| News Gothic MT | 3.99% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Andy | 3.71% |
|
Sample | |
| OCRB | 3.71% |
|
Sample | |
| Pepita MT | 3.71% |
|
Sample | |
| New Century Schoolbook | 3.58% |
|
Sample | |
| Optima | 3.58% |
|
Sample | |
| Placard Condensed | 3.57% |
|
Sample | |
| Andale Mono | 3.31% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bickley Script | 3.00% |
|
Sample | |
| Runic MT Condensed | 2.85% |
|
Sample | |
| Fine Hand | 2.71% |
|
Sample | |
| GENUINE | 2.71% |
|
Sample | |
| Gill Sans | 2.48% |
|
Sample | |
| DomBold BT | 2.00% |
|
Sample | |
| Mercurius Script MT Bold | 2.00% |
|
Sample | |
| Chicago | 1.93% |
|
Sample | |
| Base 02 | 1.85% |
|
Sample | |
| Monaco | 1.79% |
|
Sample | |
| A Charming Font | 1.71% |
|
Sample | |
| Geneva | 1.65% |
|
Sample | |
| BudHand | 1.57% |
|
Sample | |
| Helvetica Neue | 1.52% |
|
Sample | |
| New York | 1.52% |
|
Sample | |
| CAMPBELL | 1.43% |
|
Sample | |
| Apple Chancery | 1.38% |
|
Sample | |
| Futura | 1.38% |
|
Sample | |
| MARKETPRO | 1.28% |
|
Sample | |
| Mead Bold | 1.14% |
|
Sample | |
| Hoefler Text | 1.10% |
|
Sample | |
| Monotype.com | 1.10% |
|
Sample | Image |
| 04b_21 | 0.86% |
|
Sample | |
| FIRSTHOME | 0.57% |
|
Sample | |
| Minion Web | 0.28% |
|
Sample | |
| Champignon | 0.14% |
|
Sample | |
| Gadget | 0.14% |
|
Sample | |