Supported Fonts on IE for Windows Phone 7
Internet Explorer on Windows Phone 7 supports a variety of font faces (13) that you can use in your Web pages, ranging from the usual suspects like Arial to fonts like Segoe WP, which Windows Phone uses itself for various User Interface text. The full set of default fonts available are listed in the following table. Each of these font faces has an attendant variant for bold or italic.
Regular | Bold | Italic |
Arial | Arial | Arial |
Arial Black | Arial Black | Arial Black |
Comic Sans MS | Comic Sans MS | Comic Sans MS |
Courier New | Courier New | Courier New |
Georgia | Georgia | Georgia |
Lucida Sans Unicode | Lucida Sans Unicode | Lucida Sans Unicode |
Times New Roman | Times New Roman | Times New Roman |
Trebuchet MS | Trebuchet MS | Trebuchet MS |
Verdana | Verdana | Verdana |
Webdings (Webdings) | Webdings (Webdings) | Webdings (Webdings) |
Tahoma | Tahoma | Tahoma |
Calibri | Calibri | Calibri |
Segoe WP | Segoe WP | Segoe WP |
In addition to these, there are three East Asian fonts that we include:
- Japanese: Meiryo UI
- Simplified Chinese: Microsoft YaHei
- Korean: Malgun Gothic
And here’s a snapshot of how they look on the phone:
Joe Marini
Principal Program Manager
Windows Phone
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