Web-safe fonts

Web safe fonts are typefaces that come pre-installed as default fonts on most computers and devices. Using web-safe fonts gives you the best chance of having your text appear as intended in your emails. 

Popular web-safe fonts:

• Courier New (monospace)
• Georgia (serif)
• Impact (sans serif)
• Trebuchet MS (sans serif)

Accessible web-safe fonts

• Arial (sans serif)
• Arial Black (sans serif)
• Tahoma (sans serif)
• Times New Roman (serif)
• Verdana (sans serif)

Web fonts

Web fonts are not technically web-safe fonts because they do not come installed on most devices by default. For example: Ubuntu Condensed; as this font is only present on Ubuntu Linux. 

Web fonts only work in some email clients. Using Web fonts can cause a higher risk of emails not rendering exactly as planned. So it’s important to understand whether the font you want to use is email-supported. Check out the table below: 

Each email client also has a preferred or default font which recipients would see instead of your chosen web font. The three most popular desktop email clients have the following defaults:

• Apple Mail = Helvetica
• Gmail = Arial
• Microsoft Outlook = Calibri

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