I should also add -- it would be really nice to have STIX fonts working in the upcoming stable release if possible. Hopefully tomorrow morning I can assess how much work that will be and maybe delay tagging the release slightly so this can be worked through. It would be nice to remove the Computer Modern fonts (in mathtext only), but they still serve a niche in that they match the LaTeX fonts for users who can't/won't use usetex. So we're probably stuck with them for the long term even if STIX becomes a nicer/cleaner option.
Cheers,
Mike
I haven't found sans-serif or monospaced fonts in their distribution. Maybe I
don't know where to look. I sent an email to the STIX website asking about
them, but havent heard back from them. I tried opening the fonts in
fontforge, and there are a lot of missing glyphs.
This is a beta release for the STIX fonts, and given how long it took to
release and the number of self imposed deadlines that came and went, I
wouldnt be surprised if there were some major issues that will need to be
worked out. There is supposed to be a package for using STIX with latex,
which they claim will be out by the end of the year, as will the final font
release. Maybe we should start a pool!
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On Sunday 04 November 2007 9:04:15 am Michael Droettboom wrote:
I should also add -- it would be really nice to have STIX fonts working in
the upcoming stable release if possible. Hopefully tomorrow morning I can
assess how much work that will be and maybe delay tagging the release
slightly so this can be worked through. It would be nice to remove the
Computer Modern fonts (in mathtext only), but they still serve a niche in
that they match the LaTeX fonts for users who can't/won't use usetex. So
we're probably stuck with them for the long term even if STIX becomes a
nicer/cleaner option.