System Fonts For Mac



Apple has a page detailing System Fonts for macOS & iOS. The following fonts have served as the default system fonts on macOS: The number of typefaces & fonts Apple includes with. So, you see, you should have some fonts installed in the system. There are some additional options like integration with Google Fonts, but that comes only with a Pro account. Wordmark.it is free to use for the most part, but additional features come at $2 per month. Tips for Picking A Font Manager. So, you have seen the best font managers for Mac. Looking for Mac fonts? Click to find the best 66 free fonts in the Mac style. Every font is free to download! Custom fonts preview. Vtcorona font for Mac. Kingxmas font for Mac. Corinthian font for Mac. SuitCase Fusion integrates system fonts, purchased fonts, fonts synced from Adobe Typekit, Google Fonts, and other installed fonts on your Mac and offers you a full vault of fonts. This software offers the best way to organize, search, view, and use fonts within your existing workflow without any disruptions.

Mac

Install fonts

Double-click the font in the Finder, then click Install Font in the font preview window that opens. After your Mac validates the font and opens the Font Book app, the font is installed and available for use.

You can use Font Book preferences to set the default install location, which determines whether the fonts you add are available to other user accounts on your Mac.

Fonts that appear dimmed in Font Book are either disabled ('Off'), or are additional fonts available for download from Apple. To download the font, select it and choose Edit > Download.

Disable fonts

You can disable any font that isn't required by your Mac. Select the font in Font Book, then choose Edit > Disable. The font remains installed, but no longer appears in the font menus of your apps. Fonts that are disabled show ”Off” next to the font name in Font Book.

Remove fonts

You can remove any font that isn't required by your Mac. Select the font in Font Book, then choose File > Remove. Font Book moves the font to the Trash.

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macOS supports TrueType (.ttf), Variable TrueType (.ttf), TrueType Collection (.ttc), OpenType (.otf), and OpenType Collection (.ttc) fonts. macOS Mojave adds support for OpenType-SVG fonts.

Legacy suitcase TrueType fonts and PostScript Type 1 LWFN fonts might work but aren't recommended.

What fonts can you assume Windows users will have? Mac users? And how about (gulp!) Linux & other UNIX users? Oh, & don't forget mobile users: iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch), Android, & Windows Phone 7!

One answer can be found at Code Style Font Sampler, which asks visitors to fill out a survey asking them about the fonts they have on their computers. You should take the results with a grain of salt, as the results are biased in favor of users who:

  1. visit the site,
  2. agree to take the survey, &
  3. are able to correctly determine the fonts on their computers

Still, it provides some useful results. Go take a look & it'll give you some numbers you can work with.

Various resources also exist that give web developers some hard numbers & lists they can use when determining the fonts available on various operating systems.

Windows

The following fonts have served as the default system fonts on Windows:

System Fonts For Mac
VersionDefault System Font
10Segoe UI1
8.1Segoe UI1
8Segoe UI1
7Segoe UI1
VistaSegoe UI1
XPTahoma2
Me (Millennium Edition)MS Sans Serif3
2000Tahoma2
98 Second EditionMS Sans Serif3
98MS Sans Serif3
NT 4MS Sans Serif3
95MS Sans Serif3
NT 3.5MS Sans Serif3
NT 3.1MS Sans Serif3
3.1MS Sans Serif3
3Helv3
2Helv3
1Helv3

The number of typefaces & fonts Microsoft includes with Windows has been steadily increasing. First a table:

System Fonts Folder Mac

Typefaces (New)Fonts (New)
XP29136
Vista90191
7111 (15)257 (49)
8118 (6)279 (17)
8.1124 (10)322 (45)
1093 (10)171 (45)
10 (FoD)84 (3)269 (9)

And now a detailed breakdown:

  • Windows XP: 31 typefaces4 & 136 fonts5
  • Windows Vista: 90 typefaces6 & 191 fonts
  • Windows 7: 111 typefaces & 257 fonts7; 15 are new typefaces & 49 are new fonts8
  • Windows 8: 118 typefaces & 279 fonts; 6 are new typefaces & 17 are new fonts9
  • Windows 8.1: 125 typefaces, 322 fonts; 10 are new typefaces & 45 are new fonts10
  • Windows 10: 177 typefaces, 440 fonts
    • In the base install, there are 9311 typefaces & 17112 fonts.
    • In that base install are 10 new typefaces & 45 new fonts.12
    • Windows 10 also makes other typefaces & fonts available in Feature on Demand packages. According to Microsoft, FoD packages “are installed automatically by Windows Update when the associated languages are enabled in language settings (for example, by enabling a keyboard)” but can also be installed manually by using Settings > Apps > Apps & Features > Manage Optional Features. The FoD packages include 84 typefaces & 269 fonts.13
    • In those FoD packages are 3 new typefaces & 9 new fonts.13

For more info:

  • Windows XP
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 8/8.1
  • Windows 10
    • New fonts in Windows 10 (including Georgia Pro & Verdana Pro)

Wikipedia’s “List of typefaces included with Microsoft Windows” lists fonts included with Windows 3.1–10.

In addition to these, you should also check out Microsoft's “Fonts and Products”, which lists fonts supplied not only with Microsoft’s products, but also included in UNIX, Mac OS X, & Adobe products.

Mac OS X/OS X/macOS

Apple has a page detailing System Fonts for macOS & iOS.

The following fonts have served as the default system fonts on macOS:

Deactivating System Fonts For Mac

VersionDefault System Font
10.15
10.14 MojaveSan Francisco
10.13 High SierraSan Francisco
10.12 SierraSan Francisco
10.11 El CapitanSan Francisco
10.10 YosemiteHelvetica Neue
10.9 MavericksLucida Grande
10.8 Mountain LionLucida Grande
10.7 LionLucida Grande
10.6 Snow LeopardLucida Grande
10.5 LeopardLucida Grande
10.4 TigerLucida Grande
10.3 PantherLucida Grande
10.2 JaguarLucida Grande
10.1 PumaLucida Grande
10.0 CheetahLucida Grande

The number of typefaces & fonts Apple includes with Mac OS X/OS X/macOS has varied. First a table:

Typefaces/Fonts
InstalledAvailable for DownloadAvailable in Documents or Apps
10.3 Panther– / 74––
10.4 Tiger– / 117––
10.5 Leopard– / 160––
10.6 Snow Leopard– / 249––
10.7 Lion– / 225––
10.8 Mountain Lion– / 242––
10.9 Mavericks– / 507––
10.10 Yosemite?––
10.11 El Capitan?––
10.12 Sierra– / 473– / 106– / 158
10.13 High Sierra193 / 48858 / 107134 / 197
10.14 Mojave180 / 48861 / 187134 / 198

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And now a detailed breakdown:

  • Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
    • 74 fonts installed14
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
    • 117 fonts installed15
  • Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
    • 160 fonts installed16
    • 155 fonts installed17
  • Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
    • 249 fonts installed18
  • Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
    • 225 fonts installed19
  • OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
    • 242 fonts installed20
  • OS X 10.9 Mavericks
    • 507 fonts installed21
  • OS X 10.10 Yosemite
    • Full list not available
    • 11 new typefaces & 29 new fonts22
  • OS X 10.11 El Capitan
    • Full list not available
    • 6 new typefaces23
  • macOS 10.12 Sierra24
    • 473 fonts installed
    • 106 fonts available for download
    • 158 fonts available in documents or apps that use or request the font(s)
    • 8 new typefaces & 12 new fonts25
  • macOS 10.13 High Sierra26
    • 193 (?) typefaces & 488 fonts installed
    • 58 typefaces (?) & 107 fonts available for download
    • 134 typefaces (?) & 197 fonts available in documents or apps that use or request the font(s)
  • macOS 10.14 Mojave27
    • 180 typefaces & 488 fonts installed
    • 61 typefaces (?) & 187 fonts available for download
    • 134 typefaces (?) & 198 fonts available in documents or apps that use or request the font(s)
System Fonts For Mac

Some interesting info is at Unicode fonts for Macintosh OS X computers.

UNIX & Linux

System Fonts Macos

There are hundreds of different UNIX variants out there (Linux itself is one, and there are hundreds of variants of Linux!), so saying with certainty what fonts are safe to assume are on any particular user's UNIX box is difficult. Fortunately, even though there are hundreds of UNIX flavors, there are only a few that make up the majority of desktop use.

Fedora 29: 59 typefaces & 300 fonts installed28

Ubuntu Server28

  • 12.04: 15 typefaces & 56 fonts installed
  • 14.04: 13 typefaces & 47 fonts installed
  • 18.04: 15 typefaces & 43 fonts installed
  • 18.10: 4 typefaces & 16 fonts installed

For more, see Fonts supplied with UNIX / XFree and GhostScript.

iOS

The following fonts have served as the default system fonts on iOS:

VersionDefault System Font
12San Francisco
11San Francisco
10San Francisco
9San Francisco
8Helvetica Neue
7Helvetica Neue
6Helvetica Neue
5Helvetica Neue
4Helvetica Neue
iPhone OS 3Helvetica
iPhone OS 2Helvetica
iPhone OS 1Helvetica

When the iPad came out, it had more fonts on it than did the iPhone. Apple has since rectified that, & it's my guess that it will continue to make sure both devices have the same number of fonts on them.

System Font Macos Catalina

iOS VersionFonts
iPhoneiPad

iPhone OS (iOS 1)29

11 typefaces & 23 fonts (?)

–

230

11 typefaces & 33 fonts

–

331

20 typefaces & 55 fonts (10 new typefaces & 22 new fonts)

–

432

54 typefaces & 120 fonts (13 new typefaces & 28 new fonts)

57

5

57 typefaces33

60 typefaces & 161 fonts (6 new typefaces & 32 new fonts)34

635

206 fonts (58 downloadable as needed)

7

244 fonts (287 downloadable as needed)36

10 new typefaces & 37 new fonts37

8

77 typefaces & TK fonts (2 new typefaces & 6 new fonts)38

74 typefaces & 245 fonts39

9

75 typefaces & 248 fonts40

1041

75 typefaces & 248 fonts

11

12

263 fonts installed

? fonts available for download

? available in documents or apps that use or request the font(s)

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Android

Android is a bit more complicated, because while it doesn't include very many built in fonts, apps can bundle whatever fonts they want (note that this is now true for Apple's iOS as of version 4; however, since iOS also comes with over 50 built in fonts, most apps don't need to include their own).

System Font Mac Os Mojave

Android versions 1 through 3 (code names: Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, & Honeycomb) included only 3 fonts:

  • Droid Sans
  • Droid Serif
  • Droid Sans Mono

You can read more about Droid:

Starting with version 4 of Android (codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich), Google introduced a new standard font: Roboto. Here are some webpages about Roboto:

Windows Phone 7

Windows Phone 7 out of the box supports 16 fonts, including those in Core Fonts for the Web plus a few others. If you do not specify font-family, Segoe WP is used by default. However, like Android & iOS, developers can embed their own fonts in their apps if they desire.

If you’re looking for my comments on Microsoft’s Core Fonts for the Web (Andalé Mono, Arial, Comic Sans, Courier New, Georgia, Impact, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, Verdana, & Webdings) & Microsoft’s ClearType Font Collection (Calibri, Cambria, Candara, Consolas, Constantia, Corbel), see My Thoughts on Fonts.

  1. Segoe↩↩↩↩↩

  2. Tahoma (typeface)↩↩

  3. Microsoft Sans Serif↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  4. Standard Windows Fonts↩

  5. Fonts supplied with Windows XP↩

  6. Fonts included with each version of Windows: Windows Vista Fonts↩

  7. Lines counted from Windows 7 font list↩

  8. Fonts included with Windows 7↩

  9. Lines counted from Windows 8 font list↩

  10. Lines counted from Windows 8.1 font list↩

  11. See List of Installed Typefaces in Windows 10 (N. America)↩

  12. Lines counted from Windows 10 font list↩↩

  13. Lines counted from Windows 10 font list: Fonts included in Feature On Demand (FOD) packages↩↩

  14. Lists found at Apple’s Mac OS X 10.3: Fonts list↩

  15. Lists found at Apple’s Mac OS X 10.4: Fonts list↩

  16. Lists found at Apple’s Mac OS X 10.5: Fonts list↩

  17. List found at Microsoft’s Fonts supplied with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard↩

  18. List found at Apple’s Mac OS X v10.6: Fonts list↩

  19. List found at Apple’s OS X Lion: Fonts list↩

  20. List found at Apple’s OS X: Fonts included with Mountain Lion↩

  21. List found at Apple’s OS X: Fonts included with Mavericks↩

  22. List found at Wikipedia’s List of typefaces included with macOS: New fonts added with OS X 10.10 Yosemite↩

  23. List found at Wikipedia’s List of typefaces included with macOS: New fonts added with OS X 10.11 El Capitan↩

  24. Lists found at Apple’s Fonts included with macOS Sierra↩

  25. Lists found at Wikipedia’s List of typefaces included with macOS: New fonts added with macOS 10.12 Sierra↩

  26. Lists found at Apple’s Fonts included with macOS High Sierra↩

  27. Lists found at Apple’s Fonts included with macOS Mojave & System Fonts. ↩

  28. Result of fc-list command. ↩↩

  29. List from John Gruber’s iPhone Fonts. ↩

  30. List from iOS Font List, availability set to 2.0. ↩

  31. List from iOS Font List, availability set to 3.0. ↩

  32. List from iOS Font List, availability set to 4.0. ↩

  33. Lists from Apple’s iOS 5: Font list. ↩

  34. List from iOS Font List, availability set to 5.0. ↩

  35. Lists from Apple’s iOS 6: Font list. ↩

  36. Lists from Apple’s iOS 7: Font list. ↩

  37. List from jeradesign’s “List of fonts and font families added in iOS 7” ↩

  38. List from iOS Font List, availability set to 8.0. ↩

  39. List from Nick Cheng’s iOS 8 font list. ↩

  40. List from Nick Cheng’s iOS 9 font list. ↩

  41. List from Nick Cheng’s iOS 10 font list. ↩