diff --git a/src/static/js/pad_editor.js b/src/static/js/pad_editor.js
index 2514cd126..6616ebe88 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pad_editor.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pad_editor.js
@@ -160,23 +160,23 @@ var padeditor = (function()
           font = font.replace("use","");
           font = font.replace("Font","");
           font = font.toLowerCase();
-          if(font === "monospace") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Courier new");
+          if(font === "monospace") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "monospace");
           if(font === "opendyslexic") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "OpenDyslexic");
-          if(font === "comicsans") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Comic Sans MS");
-          if(font === "georgia") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Georgia");
-          if(font === "impact") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Impact");
-          if(font === "lucida") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Lucida");
-          if(font === "lucidasans") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Lucida Sans Unicode");
-          if(font === "palatino") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Palatino Linotype");
-          if(font === "tahoma") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Tahoma");
-          if(font === "timesnewroman") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Times New Roman");
-          if(font === "trebuchet") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Trebuchet MS");
-          if(font === "verdana") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Verdana");
+          if(font === "comicsans") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "'Comic Sans MS','Comic Sans',cursive");
+          if(font === "georgia") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif");
+          if(font === "impact") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Impact,Haettenschweiler,'Arial Black',sans-serif");
+          if(font === "lucida") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Lucida,'Lucida Serif','Lucida Bright',serif");
+          if(font === "lucidasans") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "'Lucida Sans','Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode','Luxi Sans',sans-serif");
+          if(font === "palatino") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Palatino,'Palatino Linotype','URW Palladio L',Georgia,serif");
+          if(font === "tahoma") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Tahoma,sans-serif");
+          if(font === "timesnewroman") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "'Times New Roman',Times,serif");
+          if(font === "trebuchet") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif");
+          if(font === "verdana") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Verdana,'DejaVu Sans',sans-serif");
           if(font === "symbol") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Symbol");
           if(font === "webdings") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Webdings");
           if(font === "wingdings") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Wingdings");
-          if(font === "sansserif") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "MS Sans Serif");
-          if(font === "serif") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "MS Serif");
+          if(font === "sansserif") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "sans-serif");
+          if(font === "serif") self.ace.setProperty("textface", "serif");
 
           // $("#viewfontmenu").val(font);
           normalFont = false;
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ var padeditor = (function()
 
       // No font has been previously selected so use the Normal font
       if(normalFont){
-        self.ace.setProperty("textface", "Arial, sans-serif");
+        self.ace.setProperty("textface", "'Helvetica Neue',Arial, sans-serif");
         // $("#viewfontmenu").val("normal");
       }