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ESSTIX
Category	Various
Classification	Transitional
Commissioned by	Elsevier
Foundry	Elsevier
Date created	2000; 25 years ago

STIX
Category	Various
Classification	Transitional
Commissioned by	STIX Pub
Foundry	MicroPress and others
Date created	2008; 17 years ago
Website	stixfonts.org
Latest release version	1.1.3
Latest release date	17 April 2018; 6 years ago

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The STIX Fonts project or Scientific and Technical Information Exchange (STIX), is a project sponsored by several leading scientific and technical publishers to provide, under royalty-free license, a comprehensive font set of mathematical symbols and alphabets, intended to serve the scientific and engineering community for electronic and print publication. The STIX fonts are available as fully hinted OpenType/CFF fonts.^[2] There is currently no TrueType version of the STIX fonts available, but the STIX Mission Statement includes the intention to create one in the future.^[3] However, there exists an unofficial conversion of STIX Fonts (from the beta version release) to TrueType, suitable for use with software without OpenType support.^[4]

STIX fonts also include^[5] natural language glyphs for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. The family is designed to be visually compatible with the Times New Roman family, a popular choice in book publishing.

Composition

Among the glyphs in STIX, 32.9% have been contributed by the project members. The commercial TeX vendor and TeX font foundry MicroPress has been contracted to create the additional glyphs. The STIX project will also create a TeX implementation. Goals also include incorporating the characters into Unicode, and ensuring that browsers can use them.

Members of the STIX Fonts project, known collectively as the STI Pub consortium, include the American Institute of Physics, the American Chemical Society, the American Mathematical Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Physical Society, and Elsevier.

The Font contents were assembled from a list of every character/glyph required for publication in the journals of the participating STI Pub companies. Every scientific discipline is represented in this list, as well as many other fields from the arts and humanities. Most of the glyphs in the STIX Fonts have been designed in Times-compatible style. In addition to Times-compatible glyphs, some portions of the STIX Fonts include other design styles such as sans serif, monospace, Fraktur, Script, and calligraphic.
— STIX Fonts website

Development process

A beta version of the fonts was released on October 31, 2007. This version does not include enough of the OpenType mathematical layout features present in Cambria Math, so it is not usable to the fullest extent in Microsoft Office 2007.^[6] The Latin glyph set included in the beta version does not yet cover all the characters required to typeset in Eastern European languages.

"Final design changes" were declared "complete" at the project website on June 9, 2008. A release by end of May 2009 for the "initial production release" was announced, still without the support for OpenType layout features of Office 2007 or TeX. In September 2009, the fonts went to the final packaging stage. However, in October, missing glyphs were discovered, adding a delay. The fonts were scheduled to be released in April 2010, and released on May 28, 2010.

The project has taken considerably longer than forecast. The website has been updated only intermittently, and thus has regularly been out-of-date, with forecast milestones often being overshot. For example, on 20 July 2011 the main page on the official site^[7] stated, "Version 1.1, which will include fonts packaged for use with Microsoft Office applications, is scheduled for release by the end of 2010. [...] This site was last updated on 1 November [2010]." Version 1.1.0 was released February 24, 2012. This version facilitates equation editing in recent versions of Microsoft Word.^[8] Version 1.1.0 with LaTeX support was released on May 29, 2013.

STIX 2.0.0

On December 1, 2016, the official project website announced the release of STIX version 2.0.0. This was created by Ross Mills and John Hudson of Tiro Typeworks. Unlike the previous version, which closely matches Nimbus Roman No. 9 L, it is an original design loosely inspired by a smaller 10 point size of Times New Roman, with a higher x-height.^[9]^[10]

In April 2018, the Type 1 version of the STIX Two fonts for use in LaTeX was released. At the same time, the STIX project hosting platform has been migrated to GitHub (https://github.com/stipub/stixfonts/).

Uptake

The STIX Fonts are included in OS X in versions from Lion (10.7) onwards.

The javascript framework MathJax uses the STIX fonts for including mathematics in web pages. Installing the fonts on the local computer improves MathJax's typesetting speed.^[11]

The Math Editor equation editor uses STIX fonts as its primary font.

ESSTIX

A precursor to the STIX project is the ESSTIX (Elsevier Science STIX) font, developed and later donated by Elsevier. It is currently available from the World Wide Web Consortium as part of the Amaya (web browser).^[12] However, the STIX fonts are not used in most of the peer-reviewed journals published by Elsevier.

References

^ "The Stix Package" (PDF). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
^ Owens, Evan (2010-05-28). "Press Release - STIX Fonts Version 1.0 Released". New York City: American Institute of Physics. Archived from the original on June 1, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
^ STIX Fonts - Mission Statement
^ "STIX Fonts - TTF (True Type)". Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2008.
^ Barbara Beeton, "STIX fonts and Unicode", talk at TUG 2007 video Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ Murray Sargent, (Nov. 6, 2007) STIX Beta Fonts
^ STIX Fonts Project Website, archived on 2011-09-15.
^ STIX Fonts Project Website accessed 2012-03-05.
^ "Tweet". Twitter. Tiro Typeworks. Retrieved 10 December 2016. The original STIX fonts were based on a Times New Roman clone. The new #STIX2 faces are redesigned, inspired by 10pt metal Times fonts.
^ Twardoch, Adam. "New "STIX Two" opensource fonts by Tiro". Facebook. Retrieved 10 December 2016. The new design is fantastic — it can be described as "the better Times New Roman". It's somewhat similar to Times, but with a touch of Fleischmann. Its lower contrast, enlarged x-height and less inclined italic all contribute to superb(!) readability, in both web and print. STIX Text is a neutral, non-invasive text face for continuous reading.
^ "MathJax Font Help". Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
^ "Amaya FAQ".

External links

Official website
STIX Fonts at Everything Fonts
"STIX Fonts project". AMS. Oct 20, 2006. Historical outline of the Unicode facet of the STIX project
Math Editor on GitHub — Free and open source equation editor utilizing STIX Fonts
STIX Two Math at Google Fonts

[wikidata-26e347615944c61f9d4975d608b4de84b5ffe3e6-v18-1] "The Stix Package" (PDF). Retrieved 15 April 2024.

[2] Owens, Evan (2010-05-28). "Press Release - STIX Fonts Version 1.0 Released". New York City: American Institute of Physics. Archived from the original on June 1, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-29.

[3] STIX Fonts - Mission Statement

[4] "STIX Fonts - TTF (True Type)". Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2008.

[5] Barbara Beeton, "STIX fonts and Unicode", talk at TUG 2007 video Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[6] Murray Sargent, (Nov. 6, 2007) STIX Beta Fonts

[7] STIX Fonts Project Website, archived on 2011-09-15.

[8] STIX Fonts Project Website accessed 2012-03-05.

[10pt_metal_Times-9] "Tweet". Twitter. Tiro Typeworks. Retrieved 10 December 2016. The original STIX fonts were based on a Times New Roman clone. The new #STIX2 faces are redesigned, inspired by 10pt metal Times fonts.

[New_opensource_fonts_by_Tiro:-10] Twardoch, Adam. "New "STIX Two" opensource fonts by Tiro". Facebook. Retrieved 10 December 2016. The new design is fantastic — it can be described as "the better Times New Roman". It's somewhat similar to Times, but with a touch of Fleischmann. Its lower contrast, enlarged x-height and less inclined italic all contribute to superb(!) readability, in both web and print. STIX Text is a neutral, non-invasive text face for continuous reading.

[11] "MathJax Font Help". Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-08-14.

[12] "Amaya FAQ".

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+{{Infobox font
-Members of the STIX (Scientific and Technical Information Exchange) Fonts project, known collectively as the STI Pub consortium, include the [[American Institute of Physics]], the [[American Chemical Society]], the [[American Mathematical Society]], the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]], the [[American Physical Society]], and [[Elsevier]].
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+The '''STIX Fonts project''' or Scientific and Technical Information Exchange (STIX), is a project sponsored by several leading scientific and technical publishers to provide, under [[royalty-free]] license, a comprehensive font set of mathematical symbols and alphabets, intended to serve the scientific and engineering community for electronic and print publication. The STIX fonts are available as fully [[Font hinting|hinted]] [[OpenType]]/[[PostScript fonts#Compact Font Format|CFF]] fonts.<ref>{{Cite web
+ |url          = http://www.aip.org/press_release/stixfonts_v1.0_released.html
+ |title        = Press Release - STIX Fonts Version 1.0 Released
+ |first        = Evan
+ |last         = Owens
+ |date         = 2010-05-28
+ |publisher    = [[American Institute of Physics]]
+ |location     = [[New York City]]
+ |access-date  = 2010-05-29
+ |archive-date = June 1, 2010
+ |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100601013140/http://www.aip.org/press_release/stixfonts_v1.0_released.html
+ |url-status   = dead
+}}</ref> There is currently no [[TrueType]] version of the STIX fonts available, but the STIX Mission Statement includes the intention to create one in the future.<ref>[http://www.stixfonts.org/project.html STIX Fonts - Mission Statement]</ref> However, there exists an unofficial conversion of STIX Fonts (from the beta version release) to TrueType, suitable for use with software without OpenType support.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://olegueret.googlepages.com/stixfonts-ttf |title=STIX Fonts - TTF (True Type) |access-date=September 19, 2008 |archive-date=March 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303012238/http://olegueret.googlepages.com/stixfonts-ttf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+STIX fonts also include<ref>Barbara Beeton, "STIX fonts and Unicode", talk at TUG 2007 [http://www.river-valley.tv/conferences/tug2007/media/Barbara_Beeton video] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204034130/http://www.river-valley.tv/conferences/tug2007/media/Barbara_Beeton/ |date=December 4, 2008 }}</ref> natural language glyphs for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. The family is designed to be visually compatible with the [[Times New Roman]] family, a popular choice in book publishing.
-According to the web site
+==Composition==
-{{cquote|The Font contents were assembled from a list of every character/glyph required for publication in the journals of the participating STI Pub companies. Every scientific discipline is represented in this list, as well as many other fields from the arts and humanities.
+Among the glyphs in STIX, 32.9% have been contributed by the project members. The commercial [[TeX]] vendor and TeX font foundry [[MicroPress]] has been contracted to create the additional glyphs. The STIX project will also create a TeX implementation. Goals also include incorporating the characters into [[Unicode]], and ensuring that browsers can use them.
-<p>Most of the glyphs in the STIX Fonts have been designed in [[Times New Roman|Times]]-compatible style. In addition to Times-compatible glyphs, some portions of the STIX Fonts include other design styles such as sans serif, monospace, Fraktur, Script, and calligraphic.}}
+Members of the STIX Fonts project, known collectively as the STI Pub consortium, include the [[American Institute of Physics]], the [[American Chemical Society]], the [[American Mathematical Society]], the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]], the [[American Physical Society]], and [[Elsevier]].
-On [[July 10]], [[2006]] the final set of glyphs were received from MicroPress. As of [[July 24]], [[2007]] the official website announced "Final packaging in progress; font set beta release delayed until about 15 August".
+{{quote|The Font contents were assembled from a list of every character/glyph required for publication in the journals of the participating STI Pub companies. Every scientific discipline is represented in this list, as well as many other fields from the arts and humanities.
-== ESSTIX ==
+Most of the glyphs in the STIX Fonts have been designed in [[Times New Roman|Times]]-compatible style. In addition to Times-compatible glyphs, some portions of the STIX Fonts include other design styles such as sans serif, monospace, [[Fraktur (script)|Fraktur]], Script, and calligraphic.|STIX Fonts website}}
-A precursor to the STIX project is the ESSTIX (Elsevier Science STIX) font, developed and later donated by Elsevier. It is currently available from the [[World Wide Web Consortium]] as part of the [[Amaya (web browser)|Amaya web browser]] ([http://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/FAQ.html#XFonts]).
+==Development process==
-== External links ==
+A beta version of the fonts was released on October 31, 2007. This version does not include enough of the OpenType mathematical layout features present in [[Cambria (typeface)#Cambria Math|Cambria Math]], so it is not usable to the fullest extent in [[Microsoft Office 2007]].<ref>Murray Sargent, (Nov. 6, 2007) [http://blogs.msdn.com/murrays/archive/2007/11/06/stix-beta-fonts.aspx STIX Beta Fonts]</ref> The Latin glyph set included in the beta version does not yet cover all the characters required to typeset in Eastern European languages.
-* [http://www.stixfonts.org/ STIX Fonts project official site]
-* [http://www.ams.org/STIX/ American Mathematical Society's STIX project site] (outdated)
-* [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/279b173169de9e57/ A newsgroup post pertaining to the project's release schedule]
+"Final design changes" were declared "complete" at the project website on June 9, 2008. A release by end of May 2009 for the "initial production release" was announced, still without the support for OpenType layout features of Office 2007 or TeX. In September 2009, the fonts went to the final packaging stage. However, in October, missing glyphs were discovered, adding a delay. The fonts were scheduled to be released in April 2010, and released on May 28, 2010.
+The project has taken considerably longer than forecast.  The website has been updated only intermittently, and thus has regularly been out-of-date, with forecast milestones often being overshot.  For example, on 20 July 2011 the main page on the official site<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110720002118/http://stixfonts.org/ STIX Fonts Project Website], archived on 2011-09-15.</ref> stated, "''Version 1.1, which will include fonts packaged for use with Microsoft Office applications, is scheduled for release by the end of 2010. [...]  This site was last updated on 1 November <nowiki>[2010]</nowiki>.''"  Version 1.1.0 was released February 24, 2012. This version facilitates equation editing in recent versions of Microsoft Word.<ref>[http://www.stixfonts.org/ STIX Fonts Project Website] accessed 2012-03-05.</ref>
+Version 1.1.0 with [[LaTeX]] support was released on May 29, 2013.
+==STIX 2.0.0==
+[[File:Times and STIX.png|thumb|STIX Two compared to the standard digitisation of Times New Roman. STIX Two has a higher x-height and a reduction in fine detail.]]
+On December 1, 2016, the official project website announced the release of STIX version 2.0.0. This was created by Ross Mills and John Hudson of Tiro Typeworks. Unlike the previous version, which closely matches [[Nimbus Roman No. 9 L]], it is an original design loosely inspired by a [[Optical size|smaller 10 point size]] of Times New Roman, with a higher [[x-height]].<ref name="10pt metal Times">{{cite web|title=Tweet|url=https://twitter.com/TiroTypeworks/status/804395547259867136|website=Twitter|publisher=Tiro Typeworks|access-date=10 December 2016|quote=The original STIX fonts were based on a Times New Roman clone. The new #STIX2 faces are redesigned, inspired by 10pt metal Times fonts.}}</ref><ref name="New opensource fonts by Tiro:">{{cite web|last1=Twardoch|first1=Adam|title=New "STIX Two" opensource fonts by Tiro|url=https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154700398143764.1073741830.561698763&type=1&l=16394cf489|website=Facebook|access-date=10 December 2016|quote=The new design is fantastic — it can be described as "the better Times New Roman". It's somewhat similar to Times, but with a touch of [[Joan Michaël Fleischman|Fleischmann]]. Its lower contrast, enlarged x-height and less inclined italic all contribute to superb(!) readability, in both web and print. STIX Text is a neutral, non-invasive text face for continuous reading.}}</ref>
+In April 2018, the Type 1 version of the STIX Two fonts for use in LaTeX was released. At the same time, the STIX project hosting platform has been migrated to GitHub (https://github.com/stipub/stixfonts/).
+==Uptake==
+The STIX Fonts are included in [[OS X]] in versions from [[Mac OS X Lion|Lion]] (10.7) onwards.
+The javascript framework [[MathJax]] uses the STIX fonts for including mathematics in web pages. Installing the fonts on the local computer improves MathJax's typesetting speed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathjax.org/help/fonts/ |title=MathJax Font Help |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728051522/http://www.mathjax.org/help/fonts/ |archive-date=2012-07-28 |access-date= 2012-08-14}}</ref>
+The [[Math Editor]] equation editor uses STIX fonts as its primary font.
+==ESSTIX==
+A precursor to the STIX project is the ESSTIX (Elsevier Science STIX) font, developed and later donated by Elsevier. It is currently available from the [[World Wide Web Consortium]] as part of the [[Amaya web browser|Amaya]] (web browser).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/FAQ.html#XFonts|title = Amaya FAQ}}</ref> However, the STIX fonts are not used in most of the peer-reviewed journals published by Elsevier.
+==See also==
+* [[XITS font project]]
+==References==
+{{Reflist|30em}}
+==External links==
+* {{Official website}}
+* [https://everythingfonts.com/tags/stix-fonts/tools STIX Fonts] at [https://everythingfonts.com Everything Fonts]
+* {{cite web |url= http://www.ams.org/STIX/ |title= STIX Fonts project |publisher= [[American Mathematical Society|AMS]] |date= Oct 20, 2006 |quote= Historical outline of the Unicode facet of the STIX project }}
+* {{github|kashifimran/matheditor|Math Editor}} &mdash; Free and open source equation editor utilizing STIX Fonts
+* [https://fonts.google.com/specimen/STIX+Two+Math STIX Two Math] at [https://fonts.google.com Google Fonts]
+{{Free and open-source typography}}
+{{OS X typefaces}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Stix Fonts Project}}
+[[Category:Typesetting software]]
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+[[Category:Mathematical OpenType typefaces]]
+[[Category:Transitional serif typefaces]]
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+[[Category:Typefaces designed by John Hudson]]
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