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How sure can you be that the font you specify will be present on the end user's machine? This is the latest snapshot of the Code Style Mac font survey and should give you greater confidence in selecting a font.
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The most common Mac fonts
The most common font for Mac systems is the monospace font Monaco at 97% frequency. This is followed by the Microsoft sans serif font Arial, typewriter style Courier and classic sans serif font Helvetica at 96% frequency. The heavy sans serif Arial Black completes the 5 most common Mac fonts.
Font survey statistics
These figures are the cumulative total of about 2 Mac survey submissions per week since January 2004, 692 total. The Mac font survey applet was introduced on 12 May 2007 and is currently recording the frequency of 97 of the most common Mac fonts.
| Font name | Installed (%) | Sample | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monaco | 96.82% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Arial | 96.53% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Courier | 96.39% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Helvetica | 96.39% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Arial Black | 95.81% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Verdana | 94.22% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Georgia | 93.64% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Helvetica Neue | 92.90% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Trebuchet MS | 92.49% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Geneva | 92.20% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Courier New | 91.91% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Comic Sans MS | 91.33% |
|
Sample | Image |
| 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% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Lucida Grande | 89.74% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Futura | 89.45% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Hoefler Text | 88.44% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Times | 88.15% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Impact | 88.01% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Optima | 87.72% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Arial Rounded MT Bold | 87.57% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Baskerville | 86.89% |
|
Sample | Image |
| American Typewriter | 86.81% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Didot | 85.79% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Zapfino | 85.79% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Copperplate | 85.55% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Andale Mono | 85.26% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Marker Felt | 85.25% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Brush Script MT | 84.97% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Papyrus | 84.62% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Herculanum | 79.72% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Big Caslon | 79.02% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Palatino | 78.90% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Tahoma | 72.54% |
|
Sample | |
| New York | 58.38% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Charcoal | 56.79% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Chicago | 56.50% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Gadget | 53.61% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Capitals | 41.26% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Century Gothic | 38.46% |
|
Sample | |
| Copperplate Gothic Bold | 27.97% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Handwriting | 27.97% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Bright | 26.57% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Sans | 26.57% |
|
Sample | |
| Lucida Sans Typewriter | 26.57% |
|
Sample | |
| Bitstream Vera Sans Mono | 21.68% |
|
Sample | |
| Bitstream Vera Sans | 20.28% |
|
Sample | |
| Bitstream Vera Serif | 20.28% |
|
Sample | |
| Textile | 18.18% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Century Schoolbook | 16.78% |
|
Sample | |
| Sand | 15.38% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Techno | 15.38% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Univers | 15.38% |
|
Sample | |
| Garamond | 13.29% |
|
Sample | |
| Bookman Old Style | 12.59% |
|
Sample | |
| Book Antiqua | 10.49% |
|
Sample | |
| Footlight MT Light | 9.79% |
|
Sample | |
| Goudy Old Style | 9.79% |
|
Sample | |
| Monotype Corsiva | 9.79% |
|
Sample | |
| Haettenschweiler | 9.09% |
|
Sample | |
| News Gothic MT | 9.09% |
|
Sample | |
| Britannic Bold | 8.39% |
|
Sample | |
| Calisto MT | 8.39% |
|
Sample | |
| Colonna MT | 8.39% |
|
Sample | |
| Consolas | 8.39% |
|
Sample | |
| Playbill | 8.39% |
|
Sample | |
| Abadi MT Condensed Light | 7.69% |
|
Sample | |
| Corbel | 7.69% |
|
Sample | |
| Matura MT Script Capitals | 7.69% |
|
Sample | |
| Calibri | 6.99% |
|
Sample | |
| Cambria | 6.99% |
|
Sample | |
| Constantia | 6.99% |
|
Sample | |
| Desdemona | 6.99% |
|
Sample | |
| Wide Latin | 6.99% |
|
Sample | |
| Braggadocio | 6.29% |
|
Sample | |
| Candara | 6.29% |
|
Sample | |
| Kino MT | 5.59% |
|
Sample | |
| Avant Garde | 4.20% |
|
Sample | |
| Bookman | 3.50% |
|
Sample | Image |
| New Century Schoolbook | 3.50% |
|
Sample | |
| Utopia | 2.80% |
|
Sample | |
| Minion Web | 2.10% |
|
Sample | |
| Caslon | 1.40% |
|
Sample | |
| Monotype.com | 1.40% |
|
Sample | |
| Zapf Chancery | 1.40% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Algerian | 0.70% |
|
Sample | |
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