Candara's verticals show both convex and concave curvature with
entasis and
ectasis on opposite sides of stems, high-branching arcades in the lowercase, large apertures in all open forms, and unique
ogee curves on diagonals. Its
italic includes many calligraphic and serif font influences, which are common in modern sans-serif typefaces. Calibri and Corbel, from the same family, have similar designs and spacing. The family supports most of the
WGL4 character set.
OpenType features include automatic ligature sets, numerals (tabular, proportional,
oldstyle and lining), numerator, denominator, scientific inferior subscripts, and small caps. It is also distributed with Microsoft
Excel Viewer,
Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer, the
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Microsoft Windows and the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac. It is not available as a freeware for use in other operating systems such as Linux, cross-platform use, and web use. ==References==