font-family属性是多种字体的名称，作为一个"应变"制度，以确保浏览器/操作系统之间的最大兼容性。如果浏览器不支持的第一个字体，它尝试下一个的字体。
你想要的字体类型如果浏览器找不到，它会从通用的字体类型中找到与你相似的:
下面是一些常用的字体组合，通用的字体系列。
| 字体 | 文本示例 |
|---|---|
| Georgia, serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| "Times New Roman", Times, serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| 字体 | 文本示例 |
|---|---|
| Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| Arial Black, Gadget, sans-serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| "Comic Sans MS", cursive, sans-serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, sans-serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| 字体 | 文本示例 |
|---|---|
| "Courier New", Courier, monospace | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |
| "Lucida Console", Monaco, monospace | This is a headingThis is a paragraph |