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Font stacks based on system fonts
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Times New Roman stack
font-family: Cambria, "Hoefler Text", Utopia, "Liberation Serif", "Nimbus Roman No9 L Regular", Times, "Times New Roman", serif;
Georgia stack:
font-family: Constantia, "Lucida Bright", Lucidabright, "Lucida Serif", Lucida, "DejaVu Serif," "Bitstream Vera Serif", "Liberation Serif", Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;
Garamond stack
font-family: "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, Hoefler Text, Palladio, "URW Palladio L", "Book Antiqua", Baskerville, "Bookman Old Style", "Bitstream Charter", "Nimbus Roman No9 L", Garamond, "Apple Garamond", "ITC Garamond Narrow", "New Century Schoolbook", "Century Schoolbook", "Century Schoolbook L", Georgia, serif;
Helvetica/Arial stack
font-family: Frutiger, "Frutiger Linotype", Univers, Calibri, "Gill Sans", "Gill Sans MT", "Myriad Pro", Myriad, "DejaVu Sans Condensed", "Liberation Sans", "Nimbus Sans L", Tahoma, Geneva, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
Verdana sans serif stack
font-family: Corbel, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", "Liberation Sans", Verdana, "Verdana Ref", sans-serif;
Trebuchet sans serif stack
font-family: "Segoe UI", Candara, "Bitstream Vera Sans", "DejaVu Sans", "Bitstream Vera Sans", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, "Verdana Ref", sans-serif;
Impact sans serif
font-family: Impact, Haettenschweiler, "Franklin Gothic Bold", Charcoal, "Helvetica Inserat", "Bitstream Vera Sans Bold", "Arial Black", Arial Narrow Bold, sans-serif;
The monospace stack
font-family: "Espresso Mono", Consolas, "Andale Mono WT", "Andale Mono", "Lucida Console", "Lucida Sans Typewriter", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", "Liberation Mono", "Nimbus Mono L", Monaco, "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
Font-stacks for more specific fonts
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Helvetica Neue stack
font-family: "HelveticaNeue-Light", "Helvetica Neue Light", "HelveticaLTStd-Light", "Helvetica LT Std Light", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
Myriad stack
font-family: "MyriadPro", Myriad, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
Baskerville stack
font-family: Baskerville, Times New Roman, Times, serif;
Cambria stack
font-family: Cambria, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;
Century Gothic stack
font-family: Century Gothic, Apple Gothic, sans-serif;
Gillsans stack
font-family: "Gill Sans", Calibri, Trebuchet, sans-serif;
Warnock stack
font-family: "Warnock Pro", "Goudy Old Style","Palatino","Book Antiqua", Georgia, serif;
Tahoma stack
font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana;
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