It is somewhat more condensed than average for a font of its kind. This principle is most noticeable in the italics where the lowercase characters are subdued in style. The other fonts in the same group are Calibri, Candara, Consolas, Constantia and Corbel.ĭiagonal and vertical hairlines and serifs are relatively strong, while horizontal serifs are small and intend to emphasize stroke endings rather than stand out themselves.
All start with the letter C to reflect that they were designed to work well with Microsoft's ClearType text rendering system, a text rendering engine designed to make text clearer to read on LCD monitors.
It is part of the ClearType Font Collection, a suite of fonts from various designers released with Windows Vista. It is intended as a serif font that is suitable for body text, that is very readable printed small or displayed on a low-resolution screen and has even spacing and proportions. It was designed by Dutch typeface designer Jelle Bosma in 2004, with input from Steve Matteson and Robin Nicholas. Jelle Bosma, Steve Matteson and Robin NicholasĬambria Math: Jelle Bosma, Ross Mills, John Hudson, Geraldine Wade, Mike Duggan, Greg Hitchcock, Andrei Burago, Vivek GargĬambria is a transitional serif typeface commissioned by Microsoft and distributed with Windows and Office.