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All five generic font families are defined to exist in all CSS implementations<br />

(they need not necessarily map to five distinct actual fonts). User agents should<br />

provide reasonable default choices for the generic font families, which express<br />

the characteristics of each family as well as possible within the limits allowed by<br />

the underlying technology.<br />

User agents are encouraged to allow users to select alternative choices for the<br />

generic fonts.<br />

serif<br />

Glyphs of serif fonts, as the term is used in CSS, have finishing strokes, flared or<br />

tapering ends, or have actual serifed endings (including slab serifs). Serif fonts<br />

are typically proportionately-spaced. They often display a greater variation<br />

between thick and thin strokes than fonts from the ’sans-serif’ generic font family.<br />

CSS uses the term ’serif’ to apply to a font for any script, although other names<br />

may be more familiar for particular scripts, such as Mincho (Japanese), Sung or<br />

Song (Chinese), Totum or Kodig (Korean). Any font that is so described may be<br />

used to represent the generic ’serif’ family.<br />

Examples of fonts that fit this description include:<br />

Latin fonts<br />

Greek fonts<br />

Cyrillic fonts<br />

Hebrew<br />

fonts<br />

Japanese<br />

fonts<br />

Arabic fonts<br />

Cherokee<br />

fonts<br />

Times New Roman, Bodoni, Garamond, Minion Web, ITC<br />

Stone Serif, MS Georgia, Bitstream Cyberbit<br />

Bitstream Cyberbit<br />

Adobe Minion Cyrillic, Excelcior Cyrillic Upright, Monotype<br />

Albion 70, Bitstream Cyberbit, ER Bukinst<br />

New Peninim, Raanana, Bitstream Cyberbit<br />

Ryumin Light-KL, Kyokasho ICA, Futo Min A101<br />

Bitstream Cyberbit<br />

Lo Cicero Cherokee<br />

sans-serif<br />

Glyphs in sans-serif fonts, as the term is used in CSS, have stroke endings that<br />

are plain -- without any flaring, cross stroke, or other ornamentation. Sans-serif<br />

fonts are typically proportionately-spaced. They often have little variation<br />

between thick and thin strokes, compared to fonts from the ’serif’ family. CSS<br />

uses the term ’sans-serif’ to apply to a font for any script, although other names<br />

may be more familiar for particular scripts, such as Gothic (Japanese), Kai<br />

(Chinese), or Pathang (Korean). Any font that is so described may be used to<br />

represent the generic ’sans-serif’ family.<br />

Examples of fonts that fit this description include:<br />

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