Sans serif · Pooja Saxena
Cambay
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CSSfont-family: 'Cambay', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Cambay is a free sans serif by Pooja Saxena, on Google Fonts since 2015. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Cambay has an x-height shorter than 82%, is narrower than 60% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 61%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Cantarell
Cambay on one light table with its two closest fonts, Cantarell (94 out of 100) and Catamaran (84). Cantarell is 5% wider and 6% lighter; Catamaran is 6% narrower, with an x-height 4% taller.
Cambay and Cantarell laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CambayCantarell…
Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.
02 / Letters
The Cambay alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Weights
Cambay in 2 weights
2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Cambay, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Pooja Saxena
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- On Google Fonts since
- 2015
- Character sets
- devanagari, latin, latin-ext
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Cambay is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Cambay, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Cambay under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Cambay, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 48.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.70lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 49.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 40%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.28 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 82% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 60% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 61% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 74% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Cambay
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Cantarell945% wider · 6% lighter
- Catamaran846% narrower · x-height 4% taller
- Average Sans778% narrower · 13% heavier · x-height 5% shorter
- Actor75x-height 5% taller
- Molengo74x-height 5% shorter · 4% narrower
- Mukta7412% heavier · 4% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Cambay →Compare side by side →Get Cambay on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Cambay without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Actor75text 3.0% narrower · x-height 4.8% taller
- Gudea71text 3.0% narrower · x-height 4.4% taller
- Commissioner71text 2.2% wider · x-height 4.0% taller
- Quattrocento Sans70text 1.4% narrower · x-height 4.2% shorter
- Imprima69text 0.7% narrower · x-height 4.2% taller
- Nunito Sans69text 2.6% wider · x-height 1.3% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Cambay loads, this sets Arial in its place at 99.3% of its size, so running text keeps Cambay’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Cambay Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 99.33%;
ascent-override: 100.68%;
descent-override: 63.31%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Cambay', 'Cambay Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Cambay
Of the 535 home pages that load Cambay, the share that load each font too, and how that compares with chance.
Same page, not which sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026
- Roboto18%94 sites · 0.9× chance
- Open Sans14%76 sites · 0.8× chance
- Montserrat11%61 sites · 0.9× chance
09 / Questions
Questions about Cambay
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Cambay free for commercial use?
Yes. Cambay is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.
How do I download and install Cambay?
FontKind doesn’t host Cambay’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds four font files, one per style. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Cambay in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Cambay isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Cambay in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Cambay under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Cambay in Figma?
Yes: Cambay is in Figma’s font menu with all two weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Cambay have?
Cambay comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700), each with an italic.
Who designed Cambay?
Cambay was designed by Pooja Saxena. It has been on Google Fonts since January 2015. Pooja Saxena also made Farsan.
What fonts are similar to Cambay?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Cantarell (94), Catamaran (84) and Average Sans (77), out of 100. Next to Cambay, Cantarell is 5% wider and 6% lighter. See all 100 fonts like Cambay.