XITS font project
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The XITS font project is an OpenType
implementation of STIX Fonts project fonts with math support for mathematical and scientific publishing. The main mission of the Times
-like XITS typeface is to provide a version of STIX fonts enriched with the OpenType MATH extension.
OpenType
OpenType is a format for scalable computer fonts. It was built on its predecessor TrueType, retaining TrueType's basic structure and adding many intricate data structures for prescribing typographic behavior...
implementation of STIX Fonts project fonts with math support for mathematical and scientific publishing. The main mission of the Times
Times Roman
Times New Roman is a serif typeface commissioned by the British newspaper The Times in 1931, created by Victor Lardent at the English branch of Monotype. It was commissioned after Stanley Morison had written an article criticizing The Times for being badly printed and typographically antiquated...
-like XITS typeface is to provide a version of STIX fonts enriched with the OpenType MATH extension.
Features
- OpenType mathematical layout features needed for use with new formula editor in MS Office 2007 and the new TeXTeXTeX is a typesetting system designed and mostly written by Donald Knuth and released in 1978. Within the typesetting system, its name is formatted as ....
engines XeTeXXeTeXXeTeX is a TeX typesetting engine using Unicode and supporting modern font technologies such as OpenType or Apple Advanced Typography...
and LuaTeXLuaTeXLuaTeX is a TeX based computer typesetting system which started as a version of pdfTeX with a Lua scripting engine embedded. After some experiments it was adopted by the pdfTeX team as a successor to pdfTeX . Later in the project some functionality of Aleph was included...
, providing high quality mathematical typesetting. - Right to left and Arabic mathematical notationModern Arabic mathematical notationThe designation modern Arabic mathematical notation is used for a mathematical notation based on the Arabic script that is widely used in the Arab world, especially at pre-university levels of education. Its form is mostly derived from Western notation, but has some notable features that set it...
support (since version 1.011). - General OpenType features in text fonts (Kerning, Standard Ligatures, Fractions and Oldstyle Figures).
External links
- XITS font project official site
- XITS font project specimen
- XITS at CTANCTANCTAN is an acronym for the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network.It is the authoritative place where TeX related material and software can be found for download...