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Quick Reference
The following are lists of good, web-safe font families for HTML/CSS (there are others less reliable). The browser will try each member of the family in order until reaching the generic, which will always work.
In the example below, we’d prefer the site page use Times New Roman, but if that’s not available to the browser, then the browser should use Times, and finally the default serif font if the others cannot be found.
p {
font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
}
Font Families
Serif Fonts
| font-family | Example Text |
|---|---|
| Garamond, serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph. |
| Georgia, serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| "Times New Roman", Times, serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
Sans-Serif Fonts
| font-family | Example Text |
|---|---|
| Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| "Arial Black", Gadget, sans-serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| "Comic Sans MS", cursive, sans-serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
Monospace Fonts
| font-family | Example Text |
|---|---|
| "Courier New", Courier, monospace | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| "Lucida Console", Monaco, monospace | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
Cursive Fonts
| font-family | Example Text |
|---|---|
| "Brush Script MT", cursive | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
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