Commercial · Serif · Microsoft Corporation
Cambria
Cambria is a licensed font from Microsoft Corporation: Individual Styles from $49.00 USD, as printed on the foundry or reseller’s page on 2026-09-05. The 3 open-licence families below are suggested in its place, each with the basis for the substitution.
The name above is set in a fallback face. Cambria is a licensed font and there is no file here to show it in; the foundry’s page has the real specimen.
- Designer
- Jelle Bosma, Steve Matteson, Robin Nicholas, Colophon Foundry
- Styles
- 4
- Classification
- Serif
- Price
- Individual Styles from $49.00 USD — as printed, read 2026-09-05
Microsoft's serif for reading long documents on screen and in print, by Jelle Bosma with Steve Matteson and Robin Nicholas, with even proportions, open spacing and a large set of mathematical symbols; four styles.
Free alternatives to Cambria
Suggested, not measured
Typecase measures fonts from their outlines. Cambria is not on this machine, so these were chosen by what is known about it — classification, lineage, common use — and each is labelled with that basis. Open one to see its measured character and neighbours.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Caladea webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Caladea.
metric-compatible
Its page says it is based on Cambo with new metrics to match Cambria; a drop-in replacement for layout purposes.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Merriweather webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Merriweather.
commonly substituted
A screen-oriented text serif with even proportions; similar on-screen role, heavier.
Quiet luxury, approachable
The Source Serif 4 webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Source Serif 4.
same classification
A transitional text serif for long documents; comparable even texture.
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