CSS:font
lastmod 2023-07-06created 2014-03-1710 edits
Font style & weight preview
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Modern Font Stacks
Font stacks using system fonts
- Provides font stack CSS using the 'system fonts' of modern OSes
- Since they are built-in fonts, no web font download is needed, so web pages can be rendered quickly
15 typeface categories:
- System UI - the OS's default UI fonts
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font-family: system-ui, sans-serif; - Uses San Francisco on Mac/iOS, Segoe UI on Windows, Roboto on Android, Ubuntu on Linux, etc.
- Transitional - a blend of new and old
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font-family: Charter, 'Bitstream Charter', 'Sitka Text', Cambria, serif;
- Old Style - Renaissance-era fonts characterized by rounded serifs
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font-family: 'Iowan Old Style', 'Palatino Linotype', 'URW Palladio L', P052, serif;
- Humanist - organic calligraphic forms, inspired by Renaissance handwriting. Easier to read than other sans-serifs
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font-family: Seravek, 'Gill Sans Nova', Ubuntu, Calibri, 'DejaVu Sans', source-sans-pro, sans-serif;
- Geometric Humanist - characterized by uniform stroke width, often used for headlines
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font-family: Avenir, 'Avenir Next LT Pro', Montserrat, Corbel, 'URW Gothic', source-sans-pro, sans-serif;
- Classical Humanist - strokes widen subtly at the ends instead of ending in serifs
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font-family: Optima, Candara, 'Noto Sans', source-sans-pro, sans-serif;
- Neo-Grotesque - sans-serif style developed in the late 19th to early 20th century
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font-family: Inter, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Arial Nova', 'Nimbus Sans', Arial, sans-serif;
- Monospace Slab Serif - fixed-width characters. Simple. Emulates typewriter output in reports, tables, and technical documents
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font-family: 'Nimbus Mono PS', 'Courier New', 'Cutive Mono', monospace;
- Monospace Code - for programming. Fixed-width and easy to read
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font-family: ui-monospace, 'Cascadia Code', 'Source Code Pro', Menlo, Consolas, 'DejaVu Sans Mono', monospace;
- Industrial - started in the late 19th century. Bold sans-serif with simple, straightforward shapes
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font-family: Bahnschrift, 'DIN Alternate', 'Franklin Gothic Medium', 'Nimbus Sans Narrow', sans-serif-condensed, sans-serif;
- Rounded Sans - rounded curves for a softer, friendlier feel. Child-friendly
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font-family: ui-rounded, 'Hiragino Maru Gothic ProN', Quicksand, Comfortaa, Manjari, 'Arial Rounded MT Bold', Calibri, source-sans-pro, sans-serif;
- Slab Serif - thick, block-shaped serifs at the ends of strokes
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font-family: Rockwell, 'Rockwell Nova', 'Roboto Slab', 'DejaVu Serif', 'Sitka Small', serif;
- Antique - popular in the 19th century. Characterized by block-like serifs and thick, uniform stroke weight
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font-family: Superclarendon, 'Bookman Old Style', 'URW Bookman', 'URW Bookman L', 'Georgia Pro', Georgia, serif;
- Didone - modern typeface. Bold strokes. Hairline serifs without bracketing
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font-family: Didot, 'Bodoni MT', 'Noto Serif Display', 'URW Palladio L', P052, Sylfaen, serif;
- Handwritten - handwriting
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font-family: 'Segoe Print', 'Bradley Hand', Chilanka, TSCu_Comic, casual, cursive;
See also
- Font
- Font Awesome
- CSS:@font-face
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CSS:font-family- links to this page - Web Font
- Web typography#Performance Tunning
- fonttools (python - include pyftsubset)
- Web Font Loader gives you added control when using linked fonts via @font-face.