XITS font project

XITS font project
Category	Various
Classification	Transitional
Designer(s)	Khaled Hosny
Foundry	Alif Type
Date created	2010
Date released	2019
License	SIL Open Font License
Design based on	STIX Fonts project
Also known as	XITS Math
Website	https://github.com/aliftype/xits
Latest release version	1.302
Latest release date	2 July 2020

Last updated August 05, 2025

The XITS font project is an OpenType implementation of STIX fonts version 1.x with math support for mathematical and scientific publishing.^[1] The main mission of the Times-like XITS typeface is to provide a version of STIX fonts enriched with the OpenType MATH extension.^[1]

Features

OpenType mathematical layout features needed for use with new formula editor in MS Office 2007 and the new TeX engines XeTeX and LuaTeX, providing high quality mathematical typesetting.
Right to left and Arabic mathematical notation support (since version 1.011^[2]).
General OpenType features in text fonts (Kerning, Standard Ligatures, Fractions, Small Caps, and Inferior, Superior and Oldstyle Figures).^[3]

References

1 2 "First STIX and now XITS | خالد حسني". www.khaledhosny.org (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
↑ Version 1.011 announcement
↑ "The LaTeX Font Catalogue – XITS". tug.org. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
↑ "CTAN: Package xits". ctan.org. Retrieved 4 August 2025.

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[:0-1] 1 2 "First STIX and now XITS | خالد حسني". www.khaledhosny.org (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2025.

[2] Version 1.011 announcement

[3] "The LaTeX Font Catalogue – XITS". tug.org. Retrieved 4 August 2025.

[4] "CTAN: Package xits". ctan.org. Retrieved 4 August 2025.

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