This is a test of various symbols and how they display in web fonts. First we have to test what fonts are installed on typical browsers.
Test of Fonts Installed
If not installed, will show as monospaced (or serif if already a monospaced font).
San Serif
font |
plain characters |
with diacritics |
Arial |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'DejaVu Sans' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'FreeSans' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
Helvetica |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Liberation Sans' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Nimbus Sans L' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
sans-serif |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'trebuchet MS' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
Verdana |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
Serif
font |
plain characters |
with diacritics |
'Bitstream Charter' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Century Schoolbook L' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'DejaVu Serif' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'FreeSerif' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
Geneva |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
Georgia |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Liberation Serif' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Nimbus Roman No 9 L' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
Palatino |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
serif |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
Tahoma |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
Times |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Times New Roman' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'URW Palladio L' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
Mono-spaced
font |
plain characters |
with diacritics |
'Andale Mono' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Courier New' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'FreeMono' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Liberation Mono' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
monospace |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Nimbus Mono L' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
Apple Specific
font |
plain characters |
with diacritics |
'Helvetica Neue' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Lucida Bright' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Lucida Console' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Lucida Grande' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Lucida Sans' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
Less common
font |
plain characters |
with diacritics |
'Bitstream Vera Mono' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Bitstream Vera Sans' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Bitstream Vera Serif' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Book Antiqua' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'DejaVu Mono' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Hoefler Text' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Palatino Linotype' |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
Suggested font family combinations
font |
plain characters |
with diacritics |
font-family |
Sans-Serif |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
sans-serif |
Wide Serif |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'DejaVu Serif', serif |
Serif |
αβγδ ΑΒΓΔ ΣιΜ |
ὰάἀἁἂἃἄἅἆἇ ᾇ |
'Tahoma', 'Times' |