So, what would we consider to be "standard" fonts

bit off the wall here, but bear with me...

[TallTroll]

So, I'm wondering what fonts we would collectively expect to find in the default install set for the "lowest common denominator" surfer?

Theres some obvious ones, Arial, Helvetica, TNR, Courier New, Verdana, but what about the rest? What about Mac users, do they have an extended basic set, or more or less the same as PC users?

[Nick_W]

I'm afraid I don't usually take any chances and just go with boring old:

arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif

and

verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif

Nick

[TallTroll]

That's the "classic" list. Are there any more that you can reasonably rely on to be present on a user machine?

[bateman_ap]

As far as macs go, these are the standard fonts installed: (OS9)

Avant Garde
Bookman
Charcoal
Chicago
Courier
Helvetica
Helvetica Narrow
Monaco
New Century Schoolbook
Palatino
Symbol
Times
Zapf Chancery
Zapf Dingbats

Then if they install IE (pretty much guaranteed) they also get Georgia, Comic Sans MS, Courier New, Arial, Impact, Verdana, Wingdings, Trebuchet MS, and Times New Roman

Then for windows

Arial
Arial Bold
Arial Bold Italic
Arial Italic
Courier 10,12,15
Courier New
Courier New Bold
Courier New Bold Italic
Courier New Italic
Lucida Console
Modern
MS Sans Serif
MS Serif
Roman
Script
Small Fonts
Symbol
Symbol
Times New Roman
Times New Roman Bold
Times New Roman Bold Italic
Times New Roman Italic
WingDings

[antizwerg]

This is a helpful survey on available font for all platforms

[codestyle.org...]

Although somewhat unreliable since it is based on self assesment and I fail to believe that Arial Black beats Arial on Windows.

[korkus2000]

What fonts come with linux?

[TallTroll]

Marvellous stuff, thanks guys

>> What fonts come with linux?

Does that fall under "unix" in the CodeStyle list for the purposes of this discussion?

[hartlandcat]

Linux fonts...

Adobe Helvetica = Arial
Adobe Times = Times New Roman
Arabic Newspaper = Verdana