Is Arial the default sans serif font in Windows 10?

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Oops, I'm sorry, I meant for web browsers. Like when you specify `font-family: sans-serif` in CSS it usually defaults to Arial in Windows, Helvetica on Mac, Roboto on Android etc.

 

Arial does not look as smooth as modern web fonts and its kerning can be a bit off at times.

 

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Oops, I'm sorry, I meant for web browsers. Like when you specify `font-family: sans-serif` in CSS it usually defaults to Arial in Windows, Helvetica on Mac, Roboto on Android etc.

I believe so, yes. But it's always been easy enough to change.

 

Segue UI has been the system default since Vista. XP used Tahoma, the 3x-9x releases used Microsoft Sans Serif and I believe all versions older than that used Fixedsys.

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It's Arial for me on Windows 8.1. Someone can load up the following HTML to check if same as Arial or Segoe UI on 10.

<html>
<head>
 <title>Check default sans-serif font</title>
 <style>
 p.sans {
  font-family: sans-serif;
  }
 p.aria {
  font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
  }
 p.sego {
  font-family: Segoe UI, sans-serif;
  }
 </style>
</head>
<body>
 <p class="sans">This is plain non-specified sans-serif.</p>
 <p class="aria">This paragraph is specified as Arial.</p>
 <p class="sego">This paragraph is specified as Segoe UI.</p>
</body>
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