modern font stacks

Modern Font Stacks

System font stack CSS organized by typeface classification for every modern OS

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System UI  · 
Transitional  · 
Old Style  · 
Humanist  · 
Geometric Humanist

Classical Humanist  · 
Neo-Grotesque  · 
Monospace Slab Serif  · 
Monospace Code

Industrial  · 
Rounded Sans  · 
Slab Serif  · 
Antique  · 
Didone  · 
Handwritten

Additional Features   /  
Operating System Support   /  
Plugins and Extensions

System UI

System UI fonts are those native to the operating system interface. They are highly legible and easy to read at small sizes, contains many font weights, and is ideal for UI elements.

CSS Font Stack

font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;

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Transitional

Transitional typefaces are a mix between Old Style and Modern typefaces that was developed during The Enlightenment. One of the most famous examples of a Transitional typeface is Times New Roman, which was developed for the Times of London newspaper.

CSS Font Stack

font-family: Charter, \'Bitstream Charter\', \'Sitka Text\', Cambria, serif;

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Old Style

Old Style typefaces are characterized by diagonal stress, low contrast between thick and thin strokes, and rounded serifs, and were developed in the Renaissance period. One of the most famous examples of an Old Style typeface is Garamond.

CSS Font Stack

font-family: \'Iowan Old Style\', \'Palatino Linotype\', \'URW Palladio L\', P052, serif;

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Humanist

Humanist typefaces are characterized by their organic, calligraphic forms and low contrast between thick and thin strokes. These typefaces are inspired by the handwriting of the Renaissance period and are often considered to be more legible and easier to read than other sans-serif typefaces.

CSS Font Stack

font-family: Seravek, \'Gill Sans Nova\', Ubuntu, Calibri, \'DejaVu Sans\', source-sans-pro, sans-serif;

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Geometric Humanist

Geometric Humanist typefaces are characterized by their clean, geometric forms and uniform stroke widths. These typefaces are often considered to be modern and sleek in appearance, and are often used for headlines and other display purposes. Futura is a famous example of this classification.

CSS Font Stack

font-family: Avenir, Montserrat, Corbel, \'URW Gothic\', source-sans-pro, sans-serif;

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Classical Humanist

Classical Humanist typefaces are characterized by how the strokes subtly widen as they reach the stroke terminals without ending in a serif. These typefaces are inspired by classical Roman capitals and the stone-carving on Renaissance-period tombstones.

CSS Font Stack

font-family: Optima, Candara, \'Noto Sans\', source-sans-pro, sans-serif;

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Neo-Grotesque

Neo-Grotesque typefaces are a style of sans-serif that was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is characterized by its clean, geometric forms and uniform stroke widths. One of the most famous examples of a Neo-Grotesque typeface is Helvetica.

CSS Font Stack

font-family: Inter, Roboto, \'Helvetica Neue\', \'Arial Nova\', \'Nimbus Sans\', Arial, sans-serif;

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Monospace Slab Serif

Monospace Slab Serif typefaces are characterized by their fixed-width letters, which have the same width regardless of their shape, and its simple, geometric forms. Used to emulate typewriter output for reports, tabular work and technical documentation.

CSS Font Stack

font-family: \'Nimbus Mono PS\', \'Courier New\', monospace;

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Monospace Code

Monospace Code typefaces are specifically designed for use in programming and other technical applications. These typefaces are characterized by their monospaced design, which means that all letters and characters have the same width, and their clear, legible forms.

CSS Font Stack

font-family: ui-monospace, \'Cascadia Code\', \'Source Code Pro\', Menlo, Consolas, \'DejaVu Sans Mono\', monospace;

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Industrial

Industrial typefaces originated in the late 19th century and was heavily influenced by the advancements in technology and industry during that time. Industrial typefaces are characterized by their bold, sans-serif letterforms, simple and straightforward appearance, and the use of straight lines and geometric shapes.

CSS Font Stack

font-family: Bahnschrift, \'DIN Alternate\', \'Franklin Gothic Medium\', \'Nimbus Sans Narrow\', sans-serif-condensed, sans-serif;

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Rounded Sans

Rounded typefaces are characterized by the rounded curved letterforms and give a softer, friendlier appearance. The rounded edges give the typeface a more organic and playful feel, making it suitable for use in informal or child-friendly designs. The rounded sans-serif style has been popular since the 1950s, and it continues to be widely used in advertising, branding, and other forms of graphic design.

CSS Font Stack

font-family: ui-rounded, \'Hiragino Maru Gothic ProN\', Quicksand, Comfortaa, Manjari, \'Arial Rounded MT\', \'Arial Rounded MT Bold\', Calibri, source-sans-pro, sans-serif;

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Slab Serif

Slab Serif typefaces are characterized by the presence of thick, block-like serifs on the ends of each letterform. These serifs are usually unbracketed, meaning they do not have any curved or tapered transitions to the main stroke of the letter.

CSS Font Stack

font-family: Rockwell, \'Rockwell Nova\', \'Roboto Slab\', \'DejaVu Serif\', \'Sitka Small\', serif;

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Antique

Antique typefaces, also known as Egyptians, are a subset of serif typefaces that were popular in the 19th century. They are characterized by their block-like serifs and thick uniform stroke weight.

CSS Font Stack

font-family: Superclarendon, \'Bookman Old Style\', \'URW Bookman\', \'URW Bookman L\', \'Georgia Pro\', Georgia, serif;

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Didone

Didone typefaces, also known as Modern typefaces, are characterized by the high contrast between thick and thin strokes, vertical stress, and hairline serifs with no bracketing. The Didone style emerged in the late 18th century and gained popularity during the 19th century.

CSS Font Stack

font-family: Didot, \'Bodoni MT\', \'Noto Serif Display\', \'URW Palladio L\', P052, Sylfaen, serif;

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Handwritten

Handwritten typefaces are designed to mimic the look and feel of handwriting. Despite the vast array of handwriting styles, this font stack tend to adopt a more informal and everyday style of handwriting.

CSS Font Stack

font-family: \'Segoe Print\', \'Bradley Hand\', Chilanka, TSCu_Comic, casual, cursive;

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Additional Features

Emoji Support

Looking to add native emojis to your page? Append these fonts at the end of your font stack:

\'Apple Color Emoji\', \'Segoe UI Emoji\', \'Segoe UI Symbol\', \'Noto Color Emoji\'

Anti-Aliasing

Render your text with anti-aliasing by using these CSS properties:

html {
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
}

Operating System Support

• Windows 7 or newer
• Android 10 or newer (Very limited with 8 fonts)
• iOS 9.3 or newer
• macOS 10.9 (Mavericks) or newer
• Linux (Sampled 12 popular distros)

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Plugins and Extensions

• Modern Font Stacks for Tailwind CSS by BorisAnthony
• Modern Font Stacks for WordPress by LittleBigThing
• Modern Font Stacks are supported natively by Webstudio

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