The most common fonts
The table below is a periodically updated listing of font survey results for all platforms, the cumulative total of all valid font survey submissions since January 2004.
These figures are calculated per platform and do not show how common the fonts are on other systems. Think of it this way: More Mac systems have the Monaco font than Windows systems have Trebuchet MS.
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| Most common fonts on all systems to 13 December 2008 | |||||
| Platform and font name | Installed (%) | Sample | Image | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Sans Serif | 99.59% | Sample | Image | ||
| Arial Black | 97.82% | Sample | Image | ||
| Palatino Linotype | 97.60% | Sample | Image | ||
| Franklin Gothic Medium | 97.57% | Sample | Image | ||
| Verdana | 97.50%Â | Sample | Image | ||
| Arial | 97.09%Â | Sample | Image | ||
| Courier New | 96.91% | Sample | Image | ||
| Monaco | 96.82%Â | Sample | Image | ||
| Comic Sans MS | 96.81% | Sample | Image | ||
| Lucida Console | 96.78% | Sample | Image | ||
| Tahoma | 96.74%Â | Sample | Image | ||
| Arial | 96.53%Â | Sample | Image | ||
| Impact | 96.46%Â | Sample | Image | ||
| Courier | 96.39%Â | Sample | Image | ||
| Helvetica | 96.39%Â | Sample | Image | ||
| Trebuchet MS | 95.94% | Sample | Image | ||
| Arial Black | 95.81% | Sample | Image | ||
| Sylfaen | 95.13%Â | Sample | Â | ||
| Lucida Sans Unicode | 94.31% | Sample | Image | ||
| Verdana | 94.22%Â | Sample | Image | ||
| Georgia | 93.64%Â | Sample | Image | ||
| Helvetica Neue | 92.90% | Sample | Image | ||
| Georgia | 92.89%Â | Sample | Image | ||
| Trebuchet MS | 92.49% | Sample | Image | ||
| DejaVu Sans Mono | 92.31% | Sample |  | ||
| Geneva | 92.20%Â | Sample | Image | ||
| Courier New | 91.91% | Sample | Image | ||
| Comic Sans MS | 91.33% | Sample | Image | ||
| Bitstream Charter | 90.77% | Sample |  | ||
| Gill Sans | 90.71% | Sample | Image | ||
| Arial Narrow | 90.61% | Sample | Image | ||
| Times New Roman | 90.46% | Sample | Image | ||
| Apple Chancery | 90.03% | Sample | Image | ||
| Skia | 89.88%Â | Sample | Image | ||
| URW Chancery L | 89.87% | Sample | Image | ||
| Lucida Grande | 89.74% | Sample | Image | ||
| Futura | 89.45%Â | Sample | Image | ||
| Nimbus Mono L | 89.35% | Sample | Image | ||
| Century Schoolbook L | 89.09% | Sample | Image | ||
| Hoefler Text | 88.44% | Sample | Image | ||