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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 Windows fonts

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.

Survey statistics

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.

Common fonts on Windows systems to 12 April 2008
Font name Installed (%) Sample Image
Microsoft Sans Serif 99.45% 99.45% Sample Image
Arial Black 97.73% 97.73% Sample Image
Verdana 97.14% 97.14% Sample Image
Palatino Linotype 97.09% 97.09% Sample Image
Franklin Gothic Medium 96.83% 96.83% Sample Image
Arial 96.59% 96.59% Sample Image
Comic Sans MS 96.42% 96.42% Sample Image
Courier New 96.30% 96.30% Sample Image
Lucida Console 96.17% 96.17% Sample Image
Tahoma 96.09% 96.09% Sample Image
Impact 95.84% 95.84% Sample Image
Trebuchet MS 95.29% 95.29% Sample Image
Sylfaen 95.18% 95.18% Sample  
Lucida Sans Unicode 93.48% 93.48% Sample Image
Georgia 91.59% 91.59% Sample Image
Arial Narrow 87.08% 87.08% Sample Image
Century Gothic 85.44% 85.44% Sample Image
Times New Roman 85.23% 85.23% Sample Image
Bookman Old Style 84.06% 84.06% Sample Image
Book Antiqua 83.55% 83.55% Sample Image
Kartika 82.78% 82.78% Sample  
Vrinda 82.78% 82.78% Sample  
Monotype Corsiva 81.96% 81.96% Sample Image
Lucida Sans 78.29% 78.29% Sample Image
Garamond 78.21% 78.21% Sample Image
Haettenschweiler 70.05% 70.05% Sample Image
MS Reference Sans Serif 67.49% 67.49% Sample  
Bradley Hand ITC 60.06% 60.06% Sample Image
Papyrus 59.50% 59.50% Sample Image
Tempus Sans ITC 59.37% 59.37% Sample Image
French Script MT 59.23% 59.23% Sample Image
Copperplate Gothic Light 58.13% 58.13% Sample Image
Franklin Gothic Book 58.13% 58.13% Sample Image
Edwardian Script ITC 57.85% 57.85% Sample Image
Franklin Gothic Medium Cond 57.85% 57.85% Sample Image
Perpetua 57.85% 57.85% Sample Image
Curlz MT 57.71% 57.71% Sample Image
Engravers MT 57.44% 57.44% Sample Image
Eras Demi ITC 57.44% 57.44% Sample Image
Eras Light ITC 57.44% 57.44% Sample Image
Felix Titling 57.44% 57.44% Sample Image
Franklin Gothic Demi 57.44% 57.44% Sample Image
Rockwell Extra Bold 57.44% 57.44% Sample Image
Kristen ITC 57.16% 57.16% Sample Image
Maiandra GD 57.02% 57.02% Sample Image
Blackadder ITC 56.89% 56.89% Sample Image
Mistral 56.89% 56.89% Sample Image
Rockwell 56.75% 56.75% Sample Image
Lucida Bright 56.47% 56.47% Sample  
Juice ITC 56.34% 56.34% Sample  
Franklin Gothic Demi Cond 55.51% 55.51% Sample Image
Franklin Gothic Heavy 55.51% 55.51% Sample Image
Vivaldi 54.68% 54.68% Sample Image
Copperplate Gothic Bold 53.98% 53.98% Sample Image
Jokerman 53.17% 53.17% Sample  
Pristina 51.93% 51.93% Sample  
Calisto MT 50.28% 50.28% Sample Image
Script MT Bold 50.28% 50.28% Sample  
Freestyle Script 49.86% 49.86% Sample  
Imprint MT Shadow 49.72% 49.72% Sample  
Arial Unicode MS 49.60% 49.60% Sample Image
Palace Script MT 49.17% 49.17% Sample  
Lucida Sans Typewriter 49.05% 49.05% Sample Image
Gill Sans Ultra Bold 48.90% 48.90% Sample  
Goudy Stout 48.76% 48.76% Sample  
Castellar 48.62% 48.62% Sample  
Goudy Old Style 48.43% 48.43% Sample Image
Gill Sans MT 48.35% 48.35% Sample  
Gill Sans MT Condensed 48.07% 48.07% Sample  
Rage Italic 48.07% 48.07% Sample  
Eras Bold ITC 47.93% 47.93% Sample  
Forte 47.93% 47.93% Sample  
Perpetua Titling MT 47.93% 47.93% Sample  
Agency FB 47.80% 47.80% Sample  
Eras Medium ITC 47.80% 47.80% Sample  
Gigi 47.52% 47.52% Sample  
Gill Sans MT Ext Condensed Bold 47.52% 47.52% Sample  
Viner Hand ITC 47.25% 47.25% Sample  
Gill Sans Ultra Bold Condensed 47.11% 47.11% Sample  
Rockwell Condensed 47.11% 47.11% Sample  
Tw Cen MT 47.11% 47.11% Sample  
Tw Cen MT Condensed 47.11% 47.11% Sample  
OCR A Extended 47.08% 47.08% Sample Image
Gloucester MT Extra Condensed 46.83% 46.83% Sample  
Tw Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold 46.83% 46.83% Sample  
Century Schoolbook 46.66% 46.66% Sample Image
Lucida Calligraphy 46.56% 46.56% Sample  
Arial Rounded MT Bold 46.49% 46.49% Sample Image
Broadway 46.28% 46.28% Sample  
Snap ITC 46.14% 46.14% Sample  
Wide Latin 46.14% 46.14% Sample Image
Algerian 46.01% 46.01% Sample Image
Cooper Black 46.01% 46.01% Sample  
Brush Script MT 45.87% 45.87% Sample Image
Bauhaus 93 45.73% 45.73% Sample  
Britannic Bold 45.73% 45.73% Sample Image
Harrington 45.73% 45.73% Sample  
Onyx 45.59% 45.59% Sample  
Playbill 45.59% 45.59% Sample Image
Chiller 45.45% 45.45% Sample  
Bernard MT Condensed 45.32% 45.32% Sample  
Matura MT Script Capitals 45.32% 45.32% Sample Image
Old English Text MT 45.32% 45.32% Sample  
Baskerville Old Face 45.18% 45.18% Sample  
Lucida Handwriting 45.18% 45.18% Sample Image
Vladimir Script 45.18% 45.18% Sample  
Harlow Solid Italic 45.04% 45.04% Sample  
Informal Roman 44.90% 44.90% Sample  
Kunstler Script 44.90% 44.90% Sample  
Bodoni MT 44.35% 44.35% Sample  
Bodoni MT Black 44.35% 44.35% Sample  
Bodoni MT Condensed 44.35% 44.35% Sample  
Stencil 44.35% 44.35% Sample  
Footlight MT Light 43.94% 43.94% Sample Image
Bell MT 43.80% 43.80% Sample  
Centaur 43.53% 43.53% Sample  
Colonna MT 43.39% 43.39% Sample Image
High Tower Text 43.11% 43.11% Sample  
Showcard Gothic 43.11% 43.11% Sample  
Californian FB 42.84% 42.84% Sample  
Berlin Sans FB 42.70% 42.70% Sample  
Ravie 42.70% 42.70% Sample  
Niagara Engraved 42.56% 42.56% Sample  
Niagara Solid 42.42% 42.42% Sample  
Berlin Sans FB Demi 42.01% 42.01% Sample  
Lucida Fax 42.01% 42.01% Sample  
Magneto 42.01% 42.01% Sample  
Bodoni MT Poster Compressed 40.50% 40.50% Sample  
Calibri 37.41% 37.41% Sample Image
Consolas 36.68% 36.68% Sample Image
Candara 36.56% 36.56% Sample Image
Cambria 36.44% 36.44% Sample Image
Corbel 36.44% 36.44% Sample Image
Constantia 36.08% 36.08% Sample Image
Terminal 35.97% 35.97% Sample Image
Segoe UI 30.63% 30.63% Sample Image
Bitstream Vera Sans Mono 30.30% 30.30% Sample  
Bitstream Vera Sans 27.27% 27.27% Sample  
Bitstream Vera Serif 27.13% 27.13% Sample  
Eurostile 22.45% 22.45% Sample  
Matisse ITC 21.35% 21.35% Sample  
Abadi MT Condensed Light 14.64% 14.64% Sample Image
Staccato222 BT 13.12% 13.12% Sample  
Braggadocio 11.99% 11.99% Sample Image
Baby Kruffy 11.98% 11.98% Sample  
Alba Super 11.71% 11.71% Sample  
Alba 11.43% 11.43% Sample  
Alba Matter 11.29% 11.29% Sample  
Frosty 10.61% 10.61% Sample  
Chick 10.47% 10.47% Sample  
Weltron Urban 10.47% 10.47% Sample  
Croobie 9.92% 9.92% Sample  
Freshbot 9.92% 9.92% Sample  
Jenkins v2.0 9.92% 9.92% Sample  
Pussycat 9.92% 9.92% Sample  
Fat 9.78% 9.78% Sample  
GlooGun 9.78% 9.78% Sample  
Jokewood 9.78% 9.78% Sample  
Poornut 9.50% 9.50% Sample  
Square721 BT 9.42% 9.42% Sample  
Broadway BT 9.27% 9.27% Sample  
Calligraph421 BT 9.13% 9.13% Sample  
Blackletter686 BT 8.70% 8.70% Sample  
Cataneo BT 8.56% 8.56% Sample  
MisterEarl BT 8.40% 8.40% Sample  
Desdemona 8.25% 8.25% Sample Image
ParkAvenue BT 8.13% 8.13% Sample  
John Handy LET 7.70% 7.70% Sample  
Rage Italic LET 7.56% 7.56% Sample  
Helvetica 7.44% 7.44% Sample  
Scruff LET 7.42% 7.42% Sample  
La Bamba LET 7.28% 7.28% Sample  
One Stroke Script LET 7.28% 7.28% Sample  
Westwood LET 7.28% 7.28% Sample  
Mekanik LET 7.13% 7.13% Sample  
OldDreadfulNo7 BT 7.13% 7.13% Sample  
Ruach LET 7.13% 7.13% Sample  
Milano LET 6.99% 6.99% Sample  
Tiranti Solid LET 6.99% 6.99% Sample  
University Roman LET 6.85% 6.85% Sample  
Victorian LET 6.85% 6.85% Sample  
Highlight LET 6.70% 6.70% Sample  
Jokerman LET 6.70% 6.70% Sample  
Orange LET 6.70% 6.70% Sample  
Pump Demi Bold LET 6.70% 6.70% Sample  
Smudger LET 6.70% 6.70% Sample  
Academy Engraved LET 6.56% 6.56% Sample  
Odessa LET 6.56% 6.56% Sample  
Quixley LET 6.56% 6.56% Sample  
Univers 5.92% 5.92% Sample  
Kabel Ult BT 5.85% 5.85% Sample  
Verdana Ref 5.85% 5.85% Sample  
Beesknees ITC 5.42% 5.42% Sample  
Georgia Ref 4.85% 4.85% Sample  
Kino MT 4.82% 4.82% Sample Image
Andale Mono IPA 4.56% 4.56% Sample  
Helvetica Narrow 4.55% 4.55% Sample  
Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold 4.42% 4.42% Sample  
MS Reference Serif 4.42% 4.42% Sample  
Times 4.27% 4.27% Sample  
Palatino 4.13% 4.13% Sample  
Abadi MT Condensed 3.99% 3.99% Sample  
News Gothic MT 3.99% 3.99% Sample Image
Andy 3.71% 3.71% Sample  
OCRB 3.71% 3.71% Sample  
Pepita MT 3.71% 3.71% Sample  
New Century Schoolbook 3.58% 3.58% Sample  
Optima 3.58% 3.58% Sample  
Placard Condensed 3.57% 3.57% Sample  
Andale Mono 3.31% 3.31% Sample Image
Bickley Script 3.00% 3.00% Sample  
Runic MT Condensed 2.85% 2.85% Sample  
Fine Hand 2.71% 2.71% Sample  
GENUINE 2.71% 2.71% Sample  
Gill Sans 2.48% 2.48% Sample  
DomBold BT 2.00% 2.00% Sample  
Mercurius Script MT Bold 2.00% 2.00% Sample  
Chicago 1.93% 1.93% Sample  
Base 02 1.85% 1.85% Sample  
Monaco 1.79% 1.79% Sample  
A Charming Font 1.71% 1.71% Sample  
Geneva 1.65% 1.65% Sample  
BudHand 1.57% 1.57% Sample  
Helvetica Neue 1.52% 1.52% Sample  
New York 1.52% 1.52% Sample  
CAMPBELL 1.43% 1.43% Sample  
Apple Chancery 1.38% 1.38% Sample  
Futura 1.38% 1.38% Sample  
MARKETPRO 1.28% 1.28% Sample  
Mead Bold 1.14% 1.14% Sample  
Hoefler Text 1.10% 1.10% Sample  
Monotype.com 1.10% 1.10% Sample Image
04b_21 0.86% 0.86% Sample  
FIRSTHOME 0.57% 0.57% Sample  
Minion Web 0.28% 0.28% Sample  
Champignon 0.14% 0.14% Sample  
Gadget 0.14% 0.14% Sample  

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