{"id":191,"date":"2009-02-15T17:21:32","date_gmt":"2009-02-15T15:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/?p=191"},"modified":"2009-02-15T17:21:32","modified_gmt":"2009-02-15T15:21:32","slug":"most-widespread-fonts-on-windows-mac-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/2009\/02\/15\/most-widespread-fonts-on-windows-mac-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Most popular fonts on Windows, MacOS and Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are a Web designer and often write (X)HTML\/CSS code, then the following list might be useful for you. In it, I have combined the most popular fonts on Windows, MacOS and Linux systems. The data is drawn from here<\/a> and the stats are valid as of January 17th, 2009:<\/p>\n

Windows:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Microsoft Sans Serif: 99.61%
\nArial Black: 97.82%<\/strong>
\nFranklin Gothic Medium: 97.58%
\nPalatino Linotype: 97.54%
\nVerdana: 97.54%<\/strong>
\nArial: 97.13%<\/strong>
\nCourier New: 96.96%<\/strong>
\nComic Sans MS: 96.83%<\/strong>
\nTahoma: 96.79%
\nLucida Console: 96.76%
\nImpact: 96.49%
\nTrebuchet MS: 95.97%<\/strong>
\nSylfaen: 95.00%
\nLucida Sans Unicode: 94.34%
\nGeorgia: 92.97%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mac:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monaco: 96.91%
\nArial: 96.62%<\/strong>
\nCourier: 96.48%
\nHelvetica: 96.48%
\nArial Black: 95.78%<\/strong>
\nVerdana: 94.37%<\/strong>
\nGeorgia: 93.53%<\/strong>
\nHelvetica Neue: 93.07%
\nTrebuchet MS: 92.69%<\/strong>
\nGeneva: 92.41%
\nCourier New: 92.12%<\/strong>
\nGill Sans: 91.58%
\nComic Sans MS: 91.42%<\/strong>
\nTimes New Roman: 90.58%
\nArial Narrow: 90.44%
\nApple Chancery: 90.15%
\nSkia: 90.15%
\nLucida Grande: 90.01%
\nFutura: 89.73%
\nHoefler Text: 88.47%<\/p>\n

*nix:<\/strong><\/p>\n

DejaVu Sans Mono: 92.31%
\nBitstream Charter: 90.77%
\nURW Chancery L: 89.87%
\nNimbus Mono L: 89.35%
\nCentury Schoolbook L: 89.09%<\/p>\n

In bold<\/strong> above I have marked 7 font families in total. They are those fonts, which are found often on Windows and Mac (simultaneously), and these are (in mixed order):<\/p>\n

1. Verdana<\/strong> (sans-serif font family)<\/em>
\n2. Georgia<\/strong> (serif font family)<\/em>
\n3. Courier New<\/strong> (monotype font family)<\/em>
\n4. Arial<\/strong> (sans-serif font family)<\/em>
\n5. Arial Black<\/strong> (sans-serif font family)<\/em>
\n6. Trebuchet MS<\/strong> (sans-serif font family)<\/em>
\n7. Comic Sans MS<\/strong> (sans-serif font family)<\/em><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, none of these 7 fonts can be found among the most widespread fonts on Linux\/Unix. Looks like I was wrong, when I assumed, that Verdana, for example, is one of the most popular fonts on Windows\/Mac\/Linux — the full stats<\/a> show that Verdana is available on more than 90% of Windows\/MacOS systems, but only on ~ 50% of the Linux systems…<\/p>\n

More interesting conclusions can be made from the two available lists (short and long), for me it is enough to know that there are at least a few font families, which can be found on Windows and Mac systems at the same time.<\/p>\n

Or, at least, your chances are quite high that one of these 7 fonts will be available… :-)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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