CSS font-family list with a generic fonts names - Examples
Web fonts can be are pre-installed on operating systems (these are called "safe fonts") or import from web server (these are called "web fonts").
If, for some reason, the first specified font-family cannot be loaded, it is necessary to specify, as a backup, another similar font-family or generic family name.
Generic family names are keywords for templates from which font families of similar appearance and characteristics are generated.
Also, generic family names are very important for formatting the appearance of text on mobile phones because many standard fonts do not work on them.
EXAMPLE:
font-family: Arial, "Arial Black", sans-serif;
In this example, Arial is the first default font name, "Arial Black" is a similar fallback font if the first font fails to load, and SANS-SERIF is the name of the generic family name.
A generic font family should be the last item in the list of font-family names and and are not placed under quotation marks.
If a font's name is more than one word, it must be in quotation marks.
There are several generic CSS family names, the most dominant of which are:
- serif
- sans-serif
- cursive
- fantasy
- monospace
font-family: serif;
Serif fonts have small lines or decorative strokes that extend from the ends of each letter. This strokes, which are called serif, can look like caps, feet, tails, dots or flags.
font-family: Times, serif; Example CSS font name Times from SERIF generic family
font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; Example CSS font name "Times New Roman" from SERIF generic family
font-family: Constantia, serif; Example CSS font name Constantia from SERIF generic family
font-family: Georgia, serif; Example CSS font name Georgia from SERIF generic family
font-family: "Small Fonts", serif; Example CSS font name "Small Fonts" from SERIF generic family
font-family: "Microsoft Himalaya", serif; Example CSS font name "Microsoft Himalaya" from SERIF generic family
font-family: Gabriola, serif; Example CSS font name Gabriola from SERIF generic family
font-family: "Mongolian Baliti", serif; Example CSS font name "Mongolian Baliti" from SERIF generic family
font-family: "Bahnschrift Condendsed", serif; Example CSS font name "Bahnschrift Condendsed" from SERIF generic family
font-family: NSimSu, serif; Example CSS font name NSimSu from SERIF generic family
font-family: System, serif; Example CSS font name System from SERIF generic family
font-family: Garamond, serif; Example CSS font name Garamond from SERIF generic family
font-family: Marlett, serif; Example CSS font name Marlett from SERIF generic family
font-family: sans-serif;
Sans-serif fonts do not have serifs stroke at the edges of each letter("sans" is French word for "without").
These fonts are simple, straightforward and best choice for attaining easy to read look, so they are most common in websits.
font-family: Arial, sans-serif; Example CSS font name Arial from SANS-SERIF generic family
font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif", sans-serif; Example CSS font name "Microsoft Sans Serif" from SANS-SERIF generic family
font-family: "Arial Black", sans-serif; Example CSS font name "Arial Black" from SANS-SERIF generic family
font-family: "Lucida Sans", sans-serif; Example CSS font name "Lucida Sans" from SANS-SERIF generic family
font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; Example CSS font name Verdana from SANS-SERIF generic family
font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; Example CSS font name Helvetica from SANS-SERIF generic family
font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; Example CSS font name "Trebuchet MS" from SANS-SERIF generic family
font-family: "MS Gothic", sans-serif; Example CSS font name "MS Gothic" from SANS-SERIF generic family
font-family: Bahnschrift, sans-serif; Example CSS font name Bahnschrift from SANS-SERIF generic family
font-family: Ebrima, sans-serif; Example CSS font name Ebrima from SANS-SERIF generic family
font-family: "Gill Sans", sans-serif; Example CSS font name "Gill Sans" from SANS-SERIF generic family
font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; Example CSS font name "Noto Sans" from SANS-SERIF generic family
font-family: "Avant Garde", sans-serif; Example CSS font name "Avant Garde" from SANS-SERIF generic family
font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; Example CSS font name Tahoma from SANS-SERIF generic family
font-family: "Franklin Ghotics", sans-serif; Example CSS font name "Franklin Ghotics" from SANS-SERIF generic family
font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; Example CSS font name "Segoe UI" from SANS-SERIF generic family
font-family: cursive;
This generic family is characterized by font glyphs that resemble handwriting, letters are partially or completely connected, the result is text looks more like pen or brush writing than print letter.
font-family: "Comic Sans MS", cursive; Example CSS font name "Comic Sans MS" from CURSIVE generic family
font-family: "Ink Free"; Example CSS font name "Ink Free" from CURSIVE generic family
font-family: "Lucida Handwriting", cursive; Example CSS font name "Lucida Handwriting" from CURSIVE generic family
font-family: "Brush Script MT", cursive; Example CSS font name "Brush Script MT" from CURSIVE generic family
font-family: "Segoe Print", cursive; Example CSS font name "Segoe Print" from CURSIVE generic family
font-family: Magneto, cursive; Example CSS font name Magneto from CURSIVE generic family
font-family: "MV Boli", cursive; Example CSS font name "MV Boli" from CURSIVE generic family
font-family: fanatsy;
Fantasy fonts are decorative fonts, they might be suitable for headings, subheadings and short striking sections of text.
font-family: Copperplate, fantasy; Example CSS font name Copperplate from FANTASY generic family
font-family: Papyrus, fantasy; Example CSS font name Papyrus from FANTASY generic family
font-family: Impact, fantasy; Example CSS font name Impact from FANTASY generic family
font-family: Luminari, fantasy; Example CSS font name Luminari from FANTASY generic family
font-family: monospace;
In monospace fonts all the characters have the same fixed width. They have a mechanical look which looks like pieces of code.
font-family: Courier, monospace; Example CSS font name Courier from MONOSPACE generic family
font-family: "Courier New", monospace; Example CSS font name "Courier New" from MONOSPACE generic family
font-family: Consolas, monospace; Example CSS font name Consolas from MONOSPACE generic family
font-family: Menlo, monospace; Example CSS font name Menlo from MONOSPACE generic family
font-family: Monaco, monospace; Example CSS font name Monaco from MONOSPACE generic family
font-family: "Lucida Console", monospace; Example CSS font name "Lucida Console" from MONOSPACE generic family
font-family: "Andale Mono", monospace; Example CSS font name "Andale Mono" from MONOSPACE generic family
More examples CSS generic family names
font-family: emoji; example "emoji" generic family name
font-family: math; example "math" generic family name
font-family: fangsong; example "fangsong" generic family name
font-family: system-ui; example "system-ui" generic family name
font-family: ui-rounded; example "ui-rounded" generic family name
font-family: ui-serif; example "ui-serif" generic family name
font-family: ui-sans-serif; example "ui-sans-serif" generic family name
font-family: ui-monospace; example "ui-monospace" generic family name
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