The topic of web-friendly fonts has come up a few times recently in the presentation and early stages of the web design process. In a perfect design world, every font could be read by every browser, and the topic of web safe fonts would not be an issue. But as long as there are different operating systems and different browsers, it cannot be ignored. For this reason, I have put together the following reference list of common web-friendly fonts that can be checked across multiple browsers and platforms. They are listed here as HTML text in 24pt and 12pt font sizes.
Arial Arial
Verdana Verdana
Lucida Grande Lucida Grande
Times New Roman Times New Roman
Century Gothic Century Gothic
Trebuchet Trebuchet
Georgia Georgia
Courier New Courier New
Impact Impact
Helvetica Helvetica
Arial Black Arial Black
Arial Narrow Arial Narrow
Tahoma Tahoma