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Ubuntu and Linux Mint Fonts

=== by Bob Sutherland ===

Introduction

I created this page to assist me in selecting fonts when creating websites. This page contains fonts I found on Linux computers after installing Ubuntu or Linux Mint operating systems.

If you are viewing this page using a Windows PC or Macintosh computer then you probably do not have most of these fonts installed on your computer.

For each of the sections on this page I have created and displayed an ***Error font*** that should look quite different from the other fonts in that section. If any of the other fonts in a section look like the ***Error font*** then that means the desired font is not available on your computer.

Monospaced Serif Fonts

Courier 10 Pitch
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

FreeMono
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Nimbus Mono L
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

*** Error font (default: sans-serif) ***
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

TlwgMono
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

TlwgTypewriter
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Tlwg Typist
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Tlwg Typo
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Monospaced Sans-serif Fonts

WenQuanYi Micro Hei Mono
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

DejaVu Sans Mono
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Droid Sans Mono
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

*** Error font (default: serif) ***
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Liberation Mono
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Ubuntu Mono
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Proportional Serif Fonts

Tibetan Machine Uni
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

DejaVu Serif
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Droid Serif
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

*** Error font (default: sans-serif) ***
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Century Schoolbook L
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

NanumMyeongjo
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Abyssinica SIL
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Kinnari
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

*** Error font (default: sans-serif) ***
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Bitstream Charter
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Liberation Serif
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

FreeSerif
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Norasi
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

*** Error font (default: sans-serif) ***
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Nimbus Roman No9 L
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Rachana
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Rekha
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Proportional Sans-serif Fonts

Waree
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

DejaVu Sans
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

NanumGothic
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

*** Error font (default: serif) ***
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

TakaoPGothic
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

gargi
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Loma
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Garuda
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

*** Error font (default: serif) ***
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Khmer OS
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Khmer OS System
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

FreeSans
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Liberation Sans
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

*** Error font (default: serif) ***
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Mukti Narrow
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Umpush
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Nimbus Sans L
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Phetsarath OT
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

*** Error font (default: serif) ***
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Ubuntu
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Sawasdee
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

WenQuanYi Micro Hei
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Droid Sans
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

*** Error font (default: serif) ***
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Padauk
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Meera
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Liberation Sans Narrow
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Cursive Fonts

Purisa
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

*** Error font (default: serif) ***
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

Your Web Browser's Default Font Families

monospace
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

serif
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

sans-serif
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

cursive
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

fantasy
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890
ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba 0987654321
`[email protected]#$%^&*_+-=:";'<>?,.(){}[]\/|

My Research Notes

  1. For historical reasons many modern web browsers display their monospace font in size 12 while all of the other fonts are displayed in size 16 by default.
  2. The standard installations of Ubuntu and Linux Mint that I downloaded from the Internet did not include any fonts that I would consider to be fantasy fonts.
  3. There was only the one font named Purisa that I would consider to be a cursive font in the standard installations of Ubuntu and Linux Mint.
  4. I have found during my testing that web browsers running on Ubuntu and Linux Mint computers will display a serif or sans-serif font whenever a webmaster requests that the web browser's default cursive font family or fantasy font family be used.
  5. There were many fonts included in the standard installations of Ubuntu and Linux Mint that I have removed from this list because I was unsuccessful in my attempts to get them to display the basic keys of the English keyboard. The list of removed fonts included foreign language fonts, symbol fonts, and possibly some English language fonts for which I was unable to figure out the correct spelling and capitalization of their names to make them work on this web page.
  6. There are hundreds of fonts available on the Internet for Ubuntu and Linux Mint that I have not downloaded and tested as my intent was to identify English language fonts that most users of Ubuntu and Linux Mint would have on their computer from the standard installation DVD.
  7. I have not tested any of these fonts to see if they can display any characters beyond what you see in my sample text.
  8. Whenever you install computer software some fonts may be installed. For example, when I installed the Opera web browser on Ubuntu and Linux Mint computers the Courier New, Arial and Times New Roman fonts were automatically installed for use by the program.

The following notes are mainly from descriptions of fonts I found listed in the software manager programs of Ubuntu and Linux Mint.

Font Details
Droid Serif
Droid Sans
Droid Sans Mono		 Installed by default in Linux Mint but not Ubuntu.
WenQuanYi Micro Hei Mono
WenQuanYi Micro Hei		 Chinese/Japanese/Korean fonts with support for Extended Latin (English and Western Europe) languages. They are derived from Google's Droid family of fonts. The two fonts are described as an excellent choice for hand held devices and desktop computers because of their small file size.
DejaVu Mono
DejaVu Sans
DejaVu Serif
  • Intended for use on low resolution devices such as computer screens but can be printed.
  • Often used by web browsers as their default fonts for the Internet font families.
Liberation Mono Intended to be a replacement font with the same metrics as Courier New (Windows).
Liberation Sans Intended to be a replacement font with the same metrics as Arial (Windows).
Liberation Serif Intended to be a replacement font with the same metrics as Times New Roman (Windows).
FreeMono Intended to be a replacement font with the same metrics as Courier (Macintosh).
FreeSans Intended to be a replacement font with the same metrics as Helvetica (Macintosh).
FreeSerif Intended to be a replacement font with the same metrics as Times (Macintosh).
gargi
Meera
Mukti Narrow
Rekha
Rachana		 Fonts for the languages of India.
Khmer OS
Khmer OS System		 Fonts for the Khmer language used in Cambodia.
NanumMyeongjo
NanumGothic
  • Korean fonts intended for use on computer screens.
  • These are the only fonts on my list that are installed by default on all three of the following operating systems: Linux Mint (13), Ubuntu (12.04) and Macintosh (Mac OS X 10.7.5).
  • The third last character of my sample text is displayed as a strikethrough uppercase W instead of a backslash for these fonts.
TakaoPGothic Japanese TrueType font for computer screens and printing.
Garuda
Kinnari
Loma
Norasi
Purisa
Sawasdee
Umpush
Waree		 Thai fonts
TlwgMono
TlwgTypewriter
Tlwg Typist
Tlwg Typo		 Four Thia monospace fonts that are described as being slightly different from each other in the Thia language. On my computer screen they appear to be identical to each other. The four fonts probably all use the same set of glyphs for Latin based languages such as English.
Andale Mono
Arial Black
Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Comic Sans MS (Bold)
Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Georgia (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Impact
Times New Roman (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Trebuchet (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Verdana (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
Webdings		 An installation package of Microsoft True Type Core Fonts for the Web that is available as a separate download for Linux Mint and Ubuntu. The developers of Linux Mint and Ubuntu discourage the use of these fonts.