Re: Stix fonts are out!

2010-05-31 Thread Jean-Marc LASGOUTTES 
Manoj Rajagopalan rma...@umich.edu writes:

 Hi lyx developers,

   Just thought this news would interest you. From the stixfonts.org:

It is definitely interesting. I am not sure that we should rush on them
now. Maybe wait a bit until they get into texlive and friends.

JMarc

Re: Stix fonts are out!

2010-05-31 Thread Guenter Milde 
On 2010-05-31, Jean-Marc LASGOUTTES wrote:
 Manoj Rajagopalan rma...@umich.edu writes:

 Hi lyx developers,

   Just thought this news would interest you. From the stixfonts.org:

 It is definitely interesting. I am not sure that we should rush on them
 now. Maybe wait a bit until they get into texlive and friends.

Actually, there is no TeX support yet, so they are only usable with XeTeX
for now (unless someone step in). Also, the math-tables are missing, hence
math will not work with XeTeX out-of-the box either.

Günter

Re: Stix fonts are out!

2010-05-31 Thread Jean-Marc LASGOUTTES 
Manoj Rajagopalan  writes:

> Hi lyx developers,
>
>   Just thought this news would interest you. From the stixfonts.org:

It is definitely interesting. I am not sure that we should rush on them
now. Maybe wait a bit until they get into texlive and friends.

JMarc

Re: Stix fonts are out!

2010-05-31 Thread Guenter Milde 
On 2010-05-31, Jean-Marc LASGOUTTES wrote:
> Manoj Rajagopalan  writes:

>> Hi lyx developers,

>>   Just thought this news would interest you. From the stixfonts.org:

> It is definitely interesting. I am not sure that we should rush on them
> now. Maybe wait a bit until they get into texlive and friends.

Actually, there is no TeX support yet, so they are only usable with XeTeX
for now (unless someone step in). Also, the math-tables are missing, hence
math will not work with XeTeX out-of-the box either.

Günter

Stix fonts are out!

2010-05-29 Thread Manoj Rajagopalan 
Hi lyx developers,

  Just thought this news would interest you. From the stixfonts.org:

The initial set of 23 OpenType fonts is now available for download
Additional documentation for this release is still being worked on and will be 
posted to this site as soon as possible.

Version 1.1, which will include fonts packaged for use with Microsoft Office 
applications, is scheduled for release by the end of 2010. Version 1.2, which 
will include Type 1 fonts for use with LaTeX, will follow in 2011. 

Thanks,
Manoj

Stix fonts are out!

2010-05-29 Thread Manoj Rajagopalan 
Hi lyx developers,

  Just thought this news would interest you. From the stixfonts.org:

The initial set of 23 OpenType fonts is now available for download
Additional documentation for this release is still being worked on and will be 
posted to this site as soon as possible.

Version 1.1, which will include fonts packaged for use with Microsoft Office 
applications, is scheduled for release by the end of 2010. Version 1.2, which 
will include Type 1 fonts for use with LaTeX, will follow in 2011. 

Thanks,
Manoj