Re: [matplotlib-devel] STIX fonts

Darren Dale wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 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.

Unicode includes a "Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols" range 
1D400-1D7FF.  The STIXGeneral font includes some (not all) sans-serif 
and monospaced Greek and Latin glyphs in that range.  Mathtext won't 
actually use them yet, but doing so should be reasonably straightforward.

Cheers,
Mike

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Michael Droettboom
Science Software Branch
Operations and Engineering Division
Space Telescope Science Institute
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