Cambria is part of the suite of fonts that come with Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007 and Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac, specifically designed for on-screen reading and to look good when printed at small sizes. It is a serif font. It has very even spacing and proportions. Diagonal and vertical hairlines and serifs are comparatively strong, while horizontal serifs are small and intend to emphasize stroke endings instead of stand out themselves. This principle is most noticeable in the italics where the lowercase characters are subdued in style to be at their best as elements of word-images. Cambria was designed by Dutch typographer Jelle Bosma in 2004, with Steve Matteson and Robin Nicholas.

A completely unrelated font using the Cambria name was created by type designer Ian Koshnick in 1989 for his software publishing company, Cambria Publishing.

Cambria Math

Cambria also includes a related font, Cambria Math, that contains more dedicated mathematical symbols for scientific publications. Jelle Bosma designed Cambria Math with Ross Mills. Cambria regular and Cambria Math are packaged together as a TrueType Collection (TTC) file. Once installed, both Cambria Regular and Cambria Math appear as two separate font files in an application's font menu.