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Free STIX Fonts to be Released in September

Posted by timothy on from the not-styx dept.

tbspit writes "The STIX fonts project has announced that version 1.0 of the STIX fonts should be released in September 2005. The comprehensive font set is to include mathematical symbols and alphabets, and is intended to serve the scientific and engineering community for electronic and print publication. The STIX fonts should be available as fully hinted Type 1 and True Type fonts. The STIX project will also create a TeX implementation. Progress towards release can be monitored here."

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  1. What do they look like? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The website talks about how they've been working on the fonts for ten years, but what if they are all butt-ugly? I looked at the website, and there doesn't seem to be even a hint of what they look like. What gives?