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Font Comparisons

Screen capture images are used in the font comparison table to show how fonts look that may not be installed on your computer. There is also a text-only version of the table available but fonts that aren't installed on your computer will be shown as the default font that you've set for your computer.

Note:  All fonts in the table are the same font-weight setting and proportional font-size (96%).

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See http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-family/sampler-CombinedResults.shtml for the likelihood of a specific font being installed on a user's Macintosh, Windows, or Unix operating system.

Other Examples

Two more examples of how various fonts look on your Web site are provided at the following sites. These pages show how your fonts will look on your computer and on other's computers if all the fonts used on the page are installed. If a font is not installed, this site's font defaults to the Courier New font. The first items shows the fonts that are most likely installed on everyone's computer. The second item show popular fonts called for in some sites but if you don't have a particular font installed, your users may not also and you'll see the default font for the page.

Reference

There are several typefaces that designers have developed: serif, sans serif, script, blackletter, ornamental, monospace, and symbol typefaces. Serif fonts are often classified into three subcategories: Old Style, Transitional, and Modern. Wikipedia has an excellent entry about the different types of typefaces. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typeface#Types_of_typefaces.

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