: Popular serif and sans-serif browser compatible font combinations? I was curious as to which combinations of serif and sans-serif fonts are preferable to use that are compatible with most browsers.

@Shakeerah625

"Georgia-like" (serif), "Times-like" (serif), "Courier-like" (monospace), and "Helvetica-like" (sans-serif) font stacks are given in my article "Font stacks that work across Windows, OS X, and Linux".

An improved Helvetica-like stack is given in "A multiplatform Helvetica-like font stack that suppresses Arial".

"Droid-like" (serif), "Verdana-like" (sans-serif), and monospace stacks are given in "Three font stacks to match DejaVu / Bitstream Vera".

Each article mentions at least one Google web font. The first two explain how to use Google fonts with Blogger™.

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@Connie430

If you want to use @font -face, go for a service that ensures proper display on all (most) browsers and OS. Google Webfonts, Typekit and Fontspring come to mind, but there are some others as well.

Two articles on the topic that might interest you (also covering the standard webfonts):

DesignShack: 10 Great Google Fonts Combinations

and

Smashing: Complete Guide to Font Stacks

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@Sue6373160

Trebuchet, Verdana and Arial (sans) and Georgia and Times (serif) are common to Windows and OS X, so the majority of users will have these fonts installed. So to answer your question, any combination of Trebuchet/Verdana/Arial and Times/Georgia will be supported on the majority of computing devices. See media.24ways.org/2007/17/fontmatrix.html although it's not fully up-to-date.

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