Release Candidate Approved
One Task Remains Prior to Release
The STIX Technical Review Committee has approved the STIX Fonts Release Candidate. Now that the glyph designs and positions are final, one task remains to be completed. A kerning table is being prepared for the Latin character set. This work is expected to require at most 3 - 4 weeks. We will announce the planned release date as soon s we are far enough into the review of this table to predict its completion date. We expect the release date to be no later than some time during the week of 15 February.
As the kerning table is being created, we are also preparing the final documentation describing the contents of this release. The documentation will clearly note the contents of the release as well as what decisions wete made about items that we decided not to include in the initial release to avoid further delays. (For example, we decided to not take the time now to create Small Capitals or to prepare kerning tables for Greek or Cyrillic character sets. These may be added to a future release.) If the documentation is available before the final release, we will make the Release Notes available on this website at that time.
As a reminder, this release will be organized in a fashion similar to the beta test version. After this initial release is made, we will begin work on a version that incorporates advanced OpenType features so that version can be compatible for use with Word 2007. A final release will add LaTeX support. Those releases will follow on as quickly as they can be developed and tested.
This site was last updated on 22 January. The next update will occur during the first week of February.
Please direct any questions to the STIX Fonts project.
