list of safe fonts for use on a html webpage

list of fonts

the reason that it is difficult to find a font reference or a complete guide to fonts on the web is that the names of fonts are different from mac to pc, the matter is further complicated because certain browsers have limited font support
Not all of the fonts listed here are considered 'safe', and any fonts used on a webpage which are not installed on a users computer will be rendered as the users default font, so it is always a good idea to have 'back up fonts' in your font tags.

<font face="helvetica, georgia, courier, arial"> what you are reading now will be rendered in the helvetica, georgia, courier or arial font. Your computer will search for each of the fonts and render this text in the first one it finds installed on your computer. If non of the fonts are installed, your computer will render this text with whatever you have installed as your default font </font>

the following 12 fonts are installed on both pc and mac and are considered as 'safe'

arial, arial black, comic sans ms, courier, courier new, georgia,
helvetica, impact, palatino, times new roman, trebuchet ms, verdana

 

lower case
UPPER CASE

1. academy engraved let
2. algerian
3. amaze
4. arial
5. arial black
6. balthazar
7. bankgothic lt bt
8. bart
9. bimini
10. comic sans ms
11. book antiqua
12. bookman old style
13. braggadocio
14. britannic bold
15. brush script mt
16. century gothic
17. century schoolbook
18. chasm
19. chicago
20. colonna mt
21. comic sans ms
22. commercialscript bt
23. coolsville
24. courier
25. courier new
26. cursive
27. dayton
28. desdemona
29. fantasy
30. flat brush
31. footlight mt light
32. futurablack bt
33. futuralight bt
34. garamond
35. gaze
36. geneva
37. georgia
38. geotype tt
39. (*above: Geotype TT)
40. helterskelter
41. helvetica
42. herman
43. highlight let
44. impact
45. jester
46. joan
47. john handy let
48. jokerman let
49. kelt
50. kids
51. kino mt
52. la bamba let
53. lithograph
54. lucida console
55. map symbols
56. marlett
57. (*above: Marlett)
58. matteroffact
59. matisse itc
60. matura mt script capitals
61. mekanik let
62. (*above: mekanik let)
63. monaco
64. monospace
65. monotype sorts
66. ms linedraw
67. new york
68. olddreadfulno7 bt
69. (*above: OldDreadfulNo7 BT)
70. orange let
71. palatino
72. playbill
73. pump demi bold let
74. puppylike
75. roland
76. sans-serif
77. scripts
78. scruff let
79. serif
80. short hand
81. signs normal
82. (*above: Signs Normal)
83. simplex
84. simpson
85. stylus bt
86. superfrench
87. surfer
88. swis721 bt
89. swis721 blkoul bt
90. symap
91. (*above: Symap)
92. symbol
93. (*above: symbol)
94. tahoma
95. technic
96. tempus sans itc
97. terk
98. times
99. times new roman
100. trebuchet ms
101. trendy
102. txt
103. verdana
104. victorian let
105. vineta bt
106. vivian
107. webdings
108. (*above: Webdings)
109. wingdings
110. (*above: Wingdings)
111. western
112. westminster
113. westwood let
114. (*above: Westwood LET)
115. wide latin
116. zapfellipt bt

1. ACADEMY ENGRAVED LET
2. ALGERIAN
3. AMAZE
4. ARIAL
5. ARIAL BLACK
6. BALTHAZAR
7. BANKGOTHIC LT BT
8. BART
9. BIMINI
10. COMIC SANS MS
11. BOOK ANTIQUA
12. BOOKMAN OLD STYLE
13. BRAGGADOCIO
14. BRITANNIC BOLD
15. BRUSH SCRIPT MT
16. CENTURY GOTHIC
17. CENTURY SCHOOLBOOK
18. CHASM
19. CHICAGO
20. COLONNA MT
21. COMIC SANS MS
22. COMMERCIALSCRIPT BT
23. COOLSVILLE
24. COURIER
25. COURIER NEW
26. CURSIVE
27. DAYTON
28. DESDEMONA
29. FANTASY
30. FLAT BRUSH
31. FOOTLIGHT MT LIGHT
32. FUTURABLACK BT
33. FUTURALIGHT BT
34. GARAMOND
35. GAZE
36. GENEVA
37. GEORGIA
38. GEOTYPE TT
39. (*above: Geotype TT)
40. HELTERSKELTER
41. HELVETICA
42. HERMAN
43. HIGHLIGHT LET
44. IMPACT
45. JESTER
46. JOAN
47. JOHN HANDY LET
48. JOKERMAN LET
49. KELT
50. KIDS
51. KINO MT
52. LA BAMBA LET
53. LITHOGRAPH
54. LUCIDA CONSOLE
55. MAP SYMBOLS
56. MARLETT
57. (*above: Marlett)
58. MATTEROFFACT
59. MATISSE ITC
60. MATURA MT
61. MEKANIK LET
62. (*above: mekanik let)
63. MONACO
64. MONOSPACE
65. MONOTYPE SORTS
66. MS LINEDRAW
67. NEW YORK
68. OLDDREADFULNO7 BT
69. (*above: OldDreadfulNo7 BT)
70. ORANGE LET
71. PALATINO
72. PLAYBILL
73. PUMP DEMI BOLD LET
74. PUPPYLIKE
75. ROLAND
76. SANS-SERIF
77. SCRIPTS
78. SCRUFF LET
79. SERIF
80. SHORT HAND
81. SIGNS NORMAL
82. (*above: Signs Normal)
83. SIMPLEX
84. SIMPSON
85. STYLUS BT
86. SUPERFRENCH
87. SURFER
88. SWIS721 BT
89. SWIS721 BLKOUL BT
90. SYMAP
91. (*above: Symap)
92. SYMBOL
93. (*above: symbol)
94. TAHOMA
95. TECHNIC
96. TEMPUS SANS ITC
97. TERK
98. TIMES
99. TIMES NEW ROMAN
100. TREBUCHET MS
101. TRENDY
102. TXT
103. VERDANA
104. VICTORIAN LET
105. VINETA BT
106. VIVIAN
107. WEBDINGS
108. (*above: Webdings)
109. WINGDINGS
110. (*above: Wingdings)
111. WESTERN
112. WESTMINSTER
113. WESTWOOD LET
114. (*above: Westwood LET)
115. WIDE LATIN
116. ZAPFELLIPT BT