Web-safe fonts
There are about 11 fonts that are installed across almost all systems, termed web safe fonts because they are safe for use in your pages. The full list is:
- Sans-serif: fonts without serifs: Verdana, Arial, Trebuchet MS
- Serif: fonts with serifs: Times new roman, Georgia
- Monospaced: fonts in which every glyph takes up the same space, like in computer code: Andale mono, Courier new
- Cursive: fonts that have a decorative, often handwritten-looking style: Comic Sans
- Fantasy: fonts that have a bold, often ornamental or quirky style, which are meant to be used for headings, not body copy: Impact
http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/guides/css_text_styling_fundamentals