{{Short description|Mathematical OpenType typeface}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox font | name = XITS font project | style = Various | image = XITS_Sample.svg | classifications = Transitional | prop = Proportional | releasedate = 2019 | foundry = [https://aliftype.com Alif Type] | creationdate = 2010 | latest_release_version = 1.302 | latest_release_date = 2 July 2020 | creator = [https://khaledhosny.com/ Khaled Hosny] | license = SIL Open Font License | based_on = STIX Fonts project | aka = XITS Math | website = https://github.com/aliftype/xits| }} The '''XITS font project''' is an OpenType implementation of STIX fonts version 1.x with math support for mathematical and scientific publishing.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=First STIX and now XITS {{!}} خالد حسني |url=http://www.khaledhosny.org/node/143 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111031411/http://www.khaledhosny.org/node/143 |archive-date=2016-11-11 |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=www.khaledhosny.org |language=ar}}</ref> The main mission of the Times-like XITS typeface is to provide a version of STIX fonts enriched with the OpenType MATH extension.<ref name=":0" />
thumb|240px|Specimen of XITS Math usage
==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<ref>[http://www.mail-archive.com/ctan-ann@dante.de/msg04081.html Version 1.011 announcement]</ref>). * General OpenType features in text fonts (Kerning, Standard Ligatures, Fractions, Small Caps, and Inferior, Superior and Oldstyle Figures).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The LaTeX Font Catalogue – XITS |url=https://tug.org/FontCatalogue/xits/ |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=tug.org}}</ref>
==See also== * STIX Fonts project * Unicode typefaces * List of fonts Other OpenType fonts with mathematical layout extensions: * Asana Math * Latin Modern Math XITS is shipped with: * TeX Live<ref>{{Cite web |title=CTAN: Package xits |url=https://ctan.org/pkg/xits?lang=en |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=ctan.org}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://github.com/aliftype/xits XITS font project official site] * [http://ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/xits XITS] at CTAN
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