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HTML /XHTML Standard Fonts
Fonts are specific to platform. If you are using different OS then you will have different look and feel of any web page. Here we are giving a list of fonts which are available to various operating systems.
HTML <FONT> tag is deprecated in version 4.0 onwards and now all fonts are set by using CSS. Here is the simple syntax of setting font of a body of web page.
body { font-family: "new century schoolbook"; }
or
<body style = "font-family:new century schoolbook;" >
Fonts for Microsoft OS and Browsers −
| Font | Font | Font |
|---|---|---|
| Andale Mono | Arial | Arial Bold |
| Arial Italic | Arial Bold Italic | Arial Black |
| Comic Sans MS | Comic Sans MS Bold | Courier New |
| Courier New Bold | Courier New Italic | Courier New Bold Italic |
| Georgia | Georgia Bold | Georgia Italic |
| Georgia Bold Italic | Impact | Lucida Console |
| Lucida Sans Unicode | Marlett | Minion Web |
| Symbol | Times New Roman | Times New Roman Bold |
| Times New Roman Italic | Times New Roman Bold Italic | Tahoma |
| Trebuchet MS | Trebuchet MS Bold | Trebuchet MS Italic |
| Trebuchet MS Bold Italic | Verdana | Verdana Bold |
| Verdana Italic | Verdana Bold Italic | Webdings |
You can have more information on Microsoft Fonts at http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts.
You can check example fonts here − Microsoft Fonts Examples
Fonts for Macintosh Systems −
Following is the list of fonts supported by Macintosh System 7 and higher versions
| Font | Font | Font |
|---|---|---|
| American Typewriter | Andale Mono | Apple Chancery |
| Arial | Arial Black | Brush Script |
| Baskerville | Big Caslon | Comic Sans MS |
| Copperplate | Courier New | Gill Sans |
| Futura | Herculanum | Impact |
| Lucida Grande | Marker Felt | Optima |
| Trebuchet MS | Verdana | Webdings |
| Palatino | Symbol | Times |
| Osaka | Papyrus | Times New Roman |
| Textile | Zapf Dingbats | Zapfino |
| Techno | Hoefler Text | Skia |
| Hoefler Text Ornaments | Capitals | Charcoal |
| Gadget | Sand |
You can check example fonts here − Mac Fonts Examples
Fonts for Unix Systems −
Following is the list of fonts supported by most Unix System variants
| Font | Font | Font |
|---|---|---|
| Charter | Clean | Courier |
| Fixed | Helvetica | Lucida |
| Lucida bright | Lucida Typewriter | New Century Schoolbook |
| Symbol | Terminal | Times |
| Utopia |
You can check example fonts here −Unix Fonts Examples