Browser "Safe" Fonts By Shruti GuptaFonts make a big difference to look and experience of website. Usage of fonts requires sense of aesthetics and discretion. We have liberty to use any font we want in an image but when we specify fonts for text on a web page, we need to ensure that we use only 'browser safe" fonts.
Browsers support TrueType fonts and all operating systems come with sets of standard TrueType fonts that have been preinstalled. These preinstalled TrueType fonts are what we can say are "browser safe" fonts.
My recommendation is to specify at least three fonts from following list in stylesheet. Out of three fonts specified, make sure that at least one of them is available in Macintosh and one for Windows. Also, please remember that multi-word font names should be in quotes (example "Times New Roman").
So, here is a list of fonts that are preinstalled in Windows and Macintosh computers as they come out of box.
Windows OS •Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) •Arial Black •Comic Sans (Bold) •Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) •Franklin Gothic Medium (Italic) – as of Windows XP •Georgia (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) •Impact •Lucida Console •Lucida Sans Unicode •Marlett •MS Sans Serif – as of Windows XP •Palatino Linotype (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) •Symbol •Tahoma (Bold) •Times New Roman (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) •Trebuchet (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) •Verdana (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic) •Webdings
Mac OS •American Typewriter (Bold) •Andale Mono – Only installed in OS X if Classic is installed •Apple Chancery