There are many fonts available for web content, and many libraries. This is excellent, as it allows any brand to have a distinctive website and identity that is immediately recognizable when browsing the brand's content. Font is an essential element of branding.
Unlike web pages, where a font can be loaded when a user opens the page, email messaging services relies on an older system and displays a font only if it's installed on the recipient's computer.
Therefore, if you use a specific font for your email signatures, it will only be displayed if the recipient also has that font enabled on their operating system (Windows or macOS).
To add complexity: fonts, also called "fonts," are not the same for Windows (Microsoft) and Apple (macOS).
Sigilium has therefore compiled a table of universal fonts for you:
Police communes | type | Style CSS à utiliser pour votre template HTML |
Arial | sans-serif | font-family: 'Arial', Helvetica, sans-serif; |
Calibri | sans-serif | font-family: 'Calibri', Arial, sans-serif; |
Candara | sans-serif | font-family: 'Candara', Arial, sans-serif; |
Comic Sans MS | sans-serif | font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive, sans-serif; |
Consolas | monospace | font-family: 'Consolas', Monaco, monospace; |
Constantia | serif | font-family: 'Constantia', Georgia, serif; |
Courier New | monospace | font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; |
Georgia | serif | font-family: 'Georgia', Times, serif; |
Impact | sans-serif | font-family: 'Impact', Arial, sans-serif; |
Sergo UI | sans-serif | font-family: 'Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif; |
Times New Roman | serif | font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; |
Trebuchet MS | sans-serif | font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; |
Verdana | sans-serif | font-family: 'Verdana', Geneva, sans-serif; |
This table shows a series of arguments for displaying the font. In the example below, this amounts to describing the following logic:
<p style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif">Martin Dupond</p>
If possible, display "Martin Dupond" using the Segoe UI font.
Otherwise, use the Arial font.
Otherwise, use a default sans-serif font.
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