Guide to Fonts included with each version of Windows
Shown here are the lists of the Default Fonts included with each version of Windows (we have only included western versions). You can use these as your reference when you are deciding what Fonts to use in your web site. If you don’t have the font installed on your own computer, the font will default to Times New Roman.
If you are looking for a set of fonts that you can safely include in your web pages for all viewers to see, check the list of Fonts Common to all versions of Windows, PLUS the Mac equivalents.
(Those listed below are only True-Type & Open-Type fonts, but take into account that there are also some bitmap fonts bundled with Windows.)
| Font name | Font Example |
|---|---|
| Agatha | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Arial | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Arial Black | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Comic Sans MS | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Courier New | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Estrangelo Edessa | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Franklin Gothic Medium | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Gautami | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Georgia | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Impact | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Latha | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Lucida Console | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Lucida Sans Unicode | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Mangal | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Marlett | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Microsoft Sans Serif | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| MV Boli | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Palatino Linotype | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Raavi | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Shruti | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Sylfaen | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Symbol | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Tahoma | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Times New Roman | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Trebuchet MS | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Tunga | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Verdana | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Webdings | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Wingdings | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Font name | Font Example |
|---|---|
| Arial | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Arial Black | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Comic Sans MS | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Courier New | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Georgia | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Impact | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Lucida Console | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Lucida Sans Unicode | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Marlett | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Microsoft Sans Serif | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Palatino | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Symbol | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Tahoma | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Times New Roman | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Trebuchet MS | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Verdana | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Webdings | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Wingdings | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Font name | Font Example |
|---|---|
| Abadi MT Condensed Light | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Arial | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Arial Black | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Book Antiqua | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Calisto MT | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Century Gothic | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Comic Sans MS | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Copperplate Gothic Bold | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Copperplate Gothic Light | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Courier New | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Georgia1 | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Impact | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Lucida Console | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Lucida Handwriting | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Lucida Sans | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Lucida Sans Unicode | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Marlett | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Matisse ITC | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| News Gothic MT | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| OCR A Extended | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Symbol | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Tahoma | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Tempus Sans ITC | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Times New Roman | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Trebuchet MS1 | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Verdana | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Webdings | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Westminster | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
| Wingdings | The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog |
1 Georgia and Trebuchet MS are included in the Internet Explorer
font pack (and they are also bundled with other MS applications), so they are quite
common in Windows 98 systems.
Windows Vista Fonts
Core Fonts
- Arial
- Courier New
- Times New Roman
- Symbol
- Wingdings
Core UI Fonts
- Microsoft Sans Serif
- Segoe UI
- Tahoma
Clear Type Collection Fonts
- Calibri
- Cambria
- Candara
- Consolas
- Constantias
- Corbel
Other Western Fonts
- Arial Black
- Franklin Gothic Medium
- Georgia
- Impact
- Lucida Console
- Lucida Sans Console
- Marlett
- Palatino Linotype
- Segoe Print
- Segoe Script
- Trebuchet MS
- Verdana
- Webdings
Core fonts for the Web was a project begun by Microsoft in 1996 to make a standard pack of fonts for the Internet. The fonts were designed to:
* Be highly legible on screen;
* Offer a wide range of typographic “timbres” within a small number of typefaces; and
* Support extensive internationalisation.
These design goals and the fonts’ broad availability have made them extremely popular with web designers.
While the program has formally ended, the benefits of using broadly available fonts remain; hence, in addition to the original core fonts, newer fonts packaged with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office increasingly form a new canon of core fonts. Broader web browser adoption of the web fonts specification may ultimately render the notion of core fonts obsolete by allowing the real-time downloading and display of specific fonts.
This Core Set of fonts has been widely distributed and most Web Designers often feel that they are restricted to this basic set of web fonts, just to be on the safe side. However, when you look at the fonts available on the three most widely used operating systems (Linux, Mac, and Windows), you can see that this really isn’t necessary.
All three operating systems come with a variety of fonts, many of which can be reasonably substituted for each other without affecting the design. You can also choose fonts that have the same look and feel that you want, but may not be exact matches. This allows for much more flexibility in design while still ensuring compatibility across operating systems.
Stacking fonts in your CSS allows you to cover all your bases by specifying back-up fonts for users who don’t have your preferred typeface.
Here is an example font stack:
font-family: "Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Eras Medium ITC",
"DejaVu Sans",Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif
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