that's not correct. Chrome will show the truly rendered font from your system - the full name, even (i.e. Verdana Italic). I've taken a quick screen capture,

that's not correct. Chrome will show the truly rendered font from your system - the full name, even (i.e. Verdana Italic). I've taken a quick screen capture, where I've followed your steps by requesting a non-existent font and causing Chrome to fall back: http://i.imgur.com/C6IJyF6.png http://i.imgur.com/C6IJyF6.png FYI, I'm using Chrome on OS X.. Version 38.0.2107.3 dev (64-bit)