I'm considering using a system font stack for a project so that I can display beautiful typography without the performance hit of webfonts. I'm having difficulties finding a conclusive list of fonts for current and recent operating systems.
Does anyone know of any resources they could point me to?
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Most unfortunately you'll have serious trouble finding anything conclusive!
http://www.cssfontstack.com/ is a great resource that shows fonts at a glance along with the support on OS and Mac (not every platform of course, but that truly would be a labour of love).
Unfortunately, truly "web-safe" fonts are probably a myth, but Mailchimp probably have the resources to draw up a decent list and they suggest:
(Contain your excitement)
With:
...as backups. For serifs:
...plus...
...faced with that list of inspirational typefaces I'd frankly start thinking hard about the performance hit (on modern connections) of a less tedious typeface!
The plus side is that you've reminded me to code some truly outrageous font stacks purely for fun with other designers! I might try:
body {font-family: 'http://www.dafont.com/action-jackson.font', arial) haha
