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title: CSS Font Fallbacks
description: "## Commonly Used Font Fallbacks Below are some commonly used font fallbacks, organized by the 5 generic font families: - **Serif** - **Sans-serif** - **Monospace** - **Cursive** - **Fantasy** --- ##   ## Serif Fonts | font-family | Example text…"
url: "https://apprentice.mn/docs/css-font-fallbacks/"
updated: "2021-05-08"
category: CSS
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# CSS Font Fallbacks

## Commonly Used Font Fallbacks

Below are some commonly used font fallbacks, organized by the 5 generic font families:

- **Serif**
- **Sans-serif**
- **Monospace**
- **Cursive**
- **Fantasy**

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##  

## Serif Fonts

| font-family | Example text | Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| “Times New Roman”, Times, serif | ## This is a Heading This is a paragraph. | Try it |
| Georgia, serif | ## This is a Heading This is a paragraph. | Try it |
| Garamond, serif | ## This is a Heading This is a paragraph. | Try it |

##  

## Sans-Serif Fonts

| font-family | Example text | Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif | ## This is a Heading This is a paragraph. | Try it |
| Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif | ## This is a Heading This is a paragraph. | Try it |
| “Trebuchet MS”, Helvetica, sans-serif | ## This is a Heading This is a paragraph. | Try it |
| Georgia, Verdana, sans-serif | ## This is a Heading This is a paragraph. |  |

##  

## Monospace Fonts

| font-family | Example text | Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| “Courier New”, Courier, monospace | ## This is a Heading This is a paragraph. | Try it |

##  

## Cursive Fonts

| font-family | Example text | Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| “Brush Script MT”, cursive | ## This is a Heading This is a paragraph. | Try it |

##  

## Fantasy Fonts

| font-family | Example text | Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Copperplate, Papyrus, fantasy | ## This is a Heading This is a paragraph. |  |

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