Web safe fonts
Posted in DesignI am working on a presentation and wanted to compile a list of fonts that work well on both Mac & PC. Keep in mind that different browsers and operating systems will display these fonts differently. Mac is known to have better font handling that Windows so make sure to test the list below on different computers before deciding on a font for your next project.
For the Mac fonts I have included acceptable substitutes as well. The fonts are listed below in order of the most common to both operating systems to less common based on a variety of sources.
|
Windows Font |
Mac Font |
|---|---|
| Arial | Arial, Helvetica |
| Times New Roman | Times |
| Arial Black | Arial Black |
| Verdana | Verdana, Geneva |
| Courier New | Courier New, Courier |
| Trebuchet MS | Trebuchet MS, Helvetica |
| Tahoma | Tahoma, Geneva |
| Georgia | Georgia |
| Impact | Impact |
| Lucida Console | Monaco |
| Lucida Sans Unicode | Lucida Grande |