Last updated: 2008/06/03
- X-Plane is without peer on the Mac. Calling X-Plane a game isn't just wrong, but it's insulting: X-Plane is the definitive flight simulator for the platform. Intricately detailed, it's also incredibly scalable - X-Plane runs on mobile, oz77n home Macs and PCs, and also operates as a detailed professional-grade aviation simulator.
- This screensaver brings all of the screensavers included in the Apple TV media device, featuring aerial views of New York, San Francisco, China, Hawaii and other places (by day and/or night), to.
I couldn’t be more excited to see that there’s a new version of Aerial out, because it really is the greatest screensaver for macOS that you can get—with ScreenMazer a close second.
Return to the main page
Introduction
Here you can find the list with the standard set of fonts common to all versions of Windows and their Mac substitutes, referred sometimes as 'browser safe fonts'. This is the reference I use when making web pages and I expect you will find it useful too.
If you are new to web design, maybe you are thinking: 'Why I have to limit to that small set of fonts? I have a large collection of nice fonts in my computer'. Well, as seasoned web designers already know, browsers can use only the fonts installed in each computer, so it means that every visitor of your web page needs to have all the fonts you want to use installed in his/her computer. Of course, different people will have different fonts installed, and thus come the need of a standard set of fonts. Fortunately, CSS allows set several values for the font-family property, which eases the task a bit.
If you want to know how the fonts are displayed in other OS's or browsers than yours, after the table you can find several screen shots of this page in different systems and browsers. Also, you can take a look to the list of the default fonts included with each version of Windows.
The list
First, a few introductory notes:
- The names in grey are the generic family of each font.
- In some cases the Mac equivalent is the same font, since Mac OS X also includes some of the fonts shipped with Windows.
- The notes at the bottom contains specific information about some of the fonts.
Normal style | Bold style |
---|---|
Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif | Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif |
Arial Black, Arial Black, Gadget, sans-serif | Arial Black, Arial Black, Gadget, sans-serif |
Comic Sans MS, Comic Sans MS5, cursive | Comic Sans MS, Comic Sans MS5, cursive |
Courier New, Courier New, monospace | Courier New, Courier New, monospace |
Georgia1, Georgia, serif | Georgia1, Georgia, serif |
Impact, Impact5, Charcoal6, sans-serif | Impact, Impact5, Charcoal6, sans-serif |
Lucida Console, Monaco5, monospace | Lucida Console, Monaco5, monospace |
Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif | Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif |
Palatino Linotype, Book Antiqua3, Palatino, serif | Palatino Linotype, Book Antiqua3, Palatino, serif |
Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif | Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif |
Times New Roman, Times New Roman, Times, serif | Times New Roman, Times New Roman, Times, serif |
Trebuchet MS1, Trebuchet MS, sans-serif | Trebuchet MS1, Trebuchet MS, sans-serif |
Verdana, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif | Verdana, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif |
Symbol, Symbol(Symbol2, Symbol2) | Symbol, Symbol(Symbol2, Symbol2) |
Webdings, Webdings(Webdings2, Webdings2) | Webdings, Webdings(Webdings2, Webdings2) |
Wingdings, Zapf Dingbats(Wingdings2, Zapf Dingbats2) | Wingdings, Zapf Dingbats(Wingdings2, Zapf Dingbats2) |
MS Sans Serif4, Geneva, sans-serif | MS Sans Serif4, Geneva, sans-serif |
MS Serif4, New York6, serif | MS Serif4, New York6, serif |
1 Georgia and Trebuchet MS are bundled with Windows 2000/XP and they are also included in the IE font pack (and bundled with other MS applications), so they are quite common in Windows 98 systems.
2 Symbolic fonts are only displayed in Internet Explorer, in other browsers a font substitute is used instead (although the Symbol font does work in Opera and the Webdings works in Safari).
3 Book Antiqua is almost exactly the same font that Palatino Linotype, Palatino Linotype is included in Windows 2000/XP while Book Antiqua was bundled with Windows 98.
4 These fonts are not TrueType fonts but bitmap fonts, so they won't look well when using some font sizes (they are designed for 8, 10, 12, 14, 18 and 24 point sizes at 96 DPI).
5 These fonts work in Safari but only when using the normal font style, and not with bold or italic styles. Comic Sans MS works in bold but not in italic. Other Mac browsers seems to emulate properly the styles not provided by the font (thanks to Christian Fecteau for the tip).
6 These fonts are present in Mac OS X only if Classic is installed (thanks to Julian Gonggrijp for the corrections).
How the fonts look in different systems and browsers
- Mac OS X 10.4.8, Firefox 2.0, font smoothing enabled (thanks to Juris Vecvanags for the screen shot)
- Mac OS X 10.4.4, Firefox 1.5, font smoothing enabled (thanks to Eric Zavesky for the screen shot)
- Mac OS X 10.4.11, Safari 3.0.4, font smoothing enabled (thanks to Nolan Gladius for the screen shot)
- Mac OS X 10.4.4, Safari 2.0.3, font smoothing enabled (thanks to Eric Zavesky for the screen shot)
- Windows Vista, Internet Explorer 7, ClearType enabled (thanks to Michiel Bijl for the screen shot)
- Windows Vista, Firefox 2.0, ClearType enabled (thanks to Michiel Bijl for the screen shot)
- Linux (Ubuntu 7.04 + Gnome), Firefox 2.0 (thanks to Juris Vecvanags for the screen shot)
Note that while the ClearType smoothing is applied always, the basic font smoothing of Windows 98/2000/XP is applied only to certain font sizes. That sizes can be specified by the font designer, but usually they are in the ranges of 0-6 and 14+ points (pt).
The Mac font list was obtained from the Browser Safe Fonts PDF of webbedEnvironments and from the List of fonts in Mac OS X of the Wikipedia.
Return to the main page
Screen savers always give our eyes a visual treat when we see those beautiful designs or panoramic views after we leave our computer or laptop untouched for a few moments. When we shake the systems from deep slumber, we are back to the screens we were working on.
If you think that screensavers were limited only to laptops & computers, think twice. Apple TV has got awesome aerial screen savers; you can enjoy aerial views of New York, San Francisco, Hawaii and more. But you can view exactly the same screensavers on your Mac.
John Coates, a developer, provides solution to bring the Apple TV’s screen savers to Mac; John gives two quick and simple solutions to install the screensavers. First off, download the Aerial.saver screensaver file from GitHub.
Once you download this file, follow the two options:
Option A: Open Aerial.saver and OS X will ask if you’d like it installed.
How to Get New Apple TV Aerial Views Screensaver on Your Mac
Step #1. Open System Preferences on your Mac.
Step #2. Click on Desktop & Screen Saver.
Step #3. Now click on Screen Saver.
Select Aerial screen saver you have installed very recently.
Step #4. Click on Screen Saver Options and specify which images you want to view.
Normally, Mac does go through all this procedure, and it is advisable to let this happen. Apart from its visual appeal, the screensaver has a unique feature: all aerial shots are loaded directly from Apple and therefore, user doesn’t have to update them manually as they are automatically updated by Apple. Moreover, you can fix different aerial shots on multiple displays.
Note that you can run Aerial screen savers on OS X Maverick or later versions. Share your thoughts with us in comment section.
Jignesh Padhiyar is the co-founder of iGeeksBlog.com who has a keen eye for news, rumors and all the unusual stuff that happens around Apple products. During his tight schedule, Jignesh finds some moments of respite to share side-splitting contents on social media.
Arial For Mac Os High Sierra
- https://www.igeeksblog.com/author/iosblogger/
- https://www.igeeksblog.com/author/iosblogger/How to Share Purchased Apps Between iPhones and iPads
- https://www.igeeksblog.com/author/iosblogger/
- https://www.igeeksblog.com/author/iosblogger/