Is Tahoma a safe font?

Question

Fonts

Is Tahoma a safe font? It appears differently on different lists. Where is the truth? Do all systems have this font, or is it better to play it safe and connect it?

Answer 1

Tahoma is not completely secure, but in practice it can be considered almost so.
It is available on all Windows systems without exception and a significant part of Linux systems.
On Android and iOS, it is perfectly replaced by system fonts (Roboto and -apple-system, respectively).
In general, an absolutely identical type of font on all systems should not be an end in itself (although this should be strived for if possible). Enough to make adequate substitutions. There is no need to load anything from Google Fonts without a real need, this is an extra load time.
If you want a more "safe" font, then this is Verdana, since it is included in the system fonts on iOS (I'm holding an iPad in my hands - it's there). But in general Tahoma is a good choice.

Answer 2

There are no safe fonts (as far as I know)
You can take the Arial font as an example, it is on all win computers. On mac OS, the analogue is Helvetica CY, and on Linux systems, Nimbus Sans (but not everyone has it installed).
From practice I will say that the most reliable way to connect a font is google.com/fonts
or direct connection via font-face

Answer 3

Tahoma is a Windows font. It is not available on other OSes. So use one of the Google Fonts.
At the end, separate with a comma sans-serif.