: Cross Platform Fonts and specifically cross platform Weights I was hoping someone could help me with some research I'm doing. I'm looking into what fonts are available cross-platform. Not only

@Jennifer810

As Bakabaka says, you can't rely on any given set of weights of a particular typeface being available on all platforms.

On the other hand, I'd ask why would you need or want that, when it's so easy to pull suitable web fonts from so many sources? If there are suitable typefaces for your purpose on FontSquirrel or Google fonts, you can use them for web applications on any platform with a fallback for antique browsers that can't handle @font -face, giving you the freedom to design as you wish.

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@Chiappetta793

In these days of multiple different OSes, I think it's a safe bet to say that no single typeface is fully available across all platforms. Especially Android has very little default fonts, using its standard Roboto whenever it can.

You might want to create a font stack that includes just serif or sans-serif, letting the viewer's OS decide what standard typeface to use. A decent OS should have at least italic and bold for its standard typefaces.

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