Android sans-serif font

Question

I realised recently that the Android Browser doesn't have any of the fonts I have in my font stack as a Times Replacement with the help from http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-family/index.shtml.

"Times New Roman",Times,FreeSerif,"DejaVu Serif",serif

I'm not angry about it, because it looks nice. But I want to know what is the font's name so that I can include it into my font stack.

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

You don’t need to add a name, since the Android browser checks your current list, notices that none of the specific names matches, and uses serif, which is mapped to the browser’s serif font. Similarly for the Android sans-serif font (which is what your heading refers to...), use just the generic name sans-serif.

Oddly enough, the often-advertised name Droid Serif does not work. It is just yet another unrecognized name to the Android browser. See e.g. the question Using CSS font-family to select Droid fonts not working on Android (the question is more useful than the comments and answers).

Thanks for the info. It is not the answer to my question though it was helpful. — yunzen, May 11 '12 at 07:43

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 10 '12 at 15:31

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The original Android font was "Droid" (Serif version is "Droid Serif"): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droid_(font)

The font in the newer devices is "Roboto", though I'm not sure if it has a serif version.

answered May 10 '12 at 15:31

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What are these newer devices? Android 4.0? – yunzen May 11 '12 at 07:41

Android sans-serif font

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