COMP 161 - Font Tester

This page shows what various fonts look like on your browser. Not all fonts work on all browsers. If a particular font does not work, your browser's default font is used (shown below) which you can change if you wish.

To access the default fonts and to look at all the fonts that work in Firefox, go to Preferences, then General.

Standard Font Groups

Below, the fonts that generally work with different browsers/operating systems is shown. To make sure a particular font works for all browsers, you can group all of the fonts together: font face = "Arial, Geneva, Helvetica"

Your default font:

Sans serif fonts:

Serif fonts:

Monospaced fonts:

Other, more risky fonts (may or may not work on your particular browser):

Font Sizes

The following use the font tag to manipulate the size of the font.

This is font size 1.
This is font size 2.
This is font size 3.
This is font size 4.


The following use CSS styles to manipulate the size of the font.

This font is 8pt.
This font is 10pt.
This font is 20pt.

The following use header tags (h1, h2, etc) to manipulate the size of the font.

This is Header 1.

This is Header 2.

This is Header 3.

This is Header 4.