- Heading
- Hanken Grotesk
- Body text
- STIX Two Text
- A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- A shared mood: calm, serious
STIX Two Text
Size72px
Letter spacing0px
Line height1
About the font
STIX Two Text is a free font by Tiro Typeworks, Ross Mills, John Hudson, Paul Hanslow, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 448 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 47% of the em and the capital height is 66%.
STIX Two Text is a serif font with 2221 glyphs in 8 styles, with weights from 400 to 700. It is a variable font and supports Latin and Cyrillic scripts. Designed by Tiro Typeworks, Ross Mills, John Hudson and Paul Hanslow, it was made for scientific, medical and technical publishing. It is free to use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
Author
Tiro Typeworks, Ross Mills, John Hudson, Paul Hanslow
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
2221
Character and uses
- Mood
- serious
- calm
- Design
- high contrast
Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.
Supported languages
STIX Two Text has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 448 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.
- English
- Russian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- German
- French
- Turkish
- Swahili
- Indonesian
- Javanese
- Vietnamese
- Italian
- Filipino
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Polish
- Oromo
- Sundanese
- Dutch
- Ukrainian
- Igbo
- Uzbek
- Cebuano
- Kurdish
- Malagasy
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- Romanian
- Nyanja
- Madurese
- Somali
- Zulu
- Czech
- Swedish
- Hungarian
- Greek
- Shona
- Low German
- Quechua
- Kinyarwanda
- Wolof
- Congo Swahili
- Turkmen
- Iloko
- Xhosa
- Belarusian
- Luba-Lulua
- Umbundu
- Afrikaans
- Hiligaynon
- Kikuyu
- Haitian Creole
- Catalan
- Kimbundu
- Serbian(Latin)
- Minangkabau
- Swiss German
- Bulgarian
- Rundi
- Serbian(Cyrillic)
- Danish
- Wolaytta
- Albanian
- Croatian
- Slovak
- Southern Sotho
- Tswana
- Luyia
- Guarani
- Finnish
- Ganda
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bemba
- Northern Sotho
- Luo
- Tok Pisin
- Sukuma
- Tsonga
- Balinese
- Romany
- Sicilian
- Norwegian
- Kamba
- Kalenjin
- Banjar
- Makhuwa
- Bosnian(Cyrillic)
- Bosnian(Latin)
- Sidamo
- Acehnese
- Galician
- Tiv
- Bikol
- Waray
- Efik
- Sango
- Aymara
- Nyankole
- Hmong
- Jamaican Creole English
- Gusii
- Pampanga
- Beja
- Batak Toba
- Lithuanian
- Chiga
- Soga
- Swati
- Tumbuka
- Meru
- Afar
…and 340 more languages that are not listed here.
Special characters
Characters people often look for. “Included” means the font has all signs of the group.
- Kazakhstani Tenge — Not included
- Russian Ruble — Included
- Euro — Included
- Turkish Lira — Included
- Ukrainian Hryvnia — Not included
- Indian Rupee — Included
- British Pound — Included
- Japanese Yen — Included
- US Dollar — Included
- Yo (Ё ё) — Included
- Numero sign — Included
- Guillemets (angle quotes) — Included
- En and em dashes — Included
- Ellipsis — Included
- Legal marks (© ® ™) — Included
- Arrows — Not included
- Math signs — Not included
Characteristics
- Mapped characters
- 1281
- x-height
- 47% of the em
- Capital height
- 66% of the em
- Version
- 2.13 b171
- Embedding in documents
- Allowed
OpenType features
Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.
- Standard ligatures
liga - Kerning
kern - Small capitals
smcp - Capitals to small capitals
c2sc - Old-style figures
onum - Proportional figures
pnum - Fractions
frac - Case-sensitive forms
case - Superscript
sups - Subscript
subs - Character variants (3)
License at a glance
A plain summary, not legal advice. What counts is the license text that comes with the download.
OFL-1.1
- Commercial projects
- Allowed
- Embedding on a website
- Allowed
- Modifying the font
- Allowed, with conditions
- Sharing the font
- Allowed, with conditions
- Credit and notices
- Keep the notices when you share the font
- Selling the font on its own
- Not allowed
Under the SIL Open Font License a modified font must stay under the same license and may not use the original name if the author reserved it. The font may be bundled with software but not sold by itself.
Read the license textHow to install
Install the .ttf or .otf files, not both versions of the same font; unzip the archive first.
Windows
- Unzip the archive.
- Right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install.
- Restart your program.
macOS
- Unzip the archive.
- Double-click the .ttf or .otf file.
- Click Install Font in the window that opens.
Linux
- Unzip the archive.
- Copy the files to ~/.local/share/fonts.
- Run fc-cache -f -v and restart your program.
Facts and sources
- Where the font comes from
- fonts.google.com/specimen/STIX+Two+Text
- Designer’s page
- tiro.com
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the STIX Two Text font free to use?
Yes. STIX Two Text is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does STIX Two Text support Cyrillic?
Yes, STIX Two Text includes Cyrillic glyphs.
How many languages does STIX Two Text support?
STIX Two Text covers 448 of the 1069 languages we checked: it has every letter of their basic alphabets, in both cases. The full list is in the Supported languages section of this page.
Is STIX Two Text a variable font?
Yes. STIX Two Text is a variable font: weight and other properties change smoothly inside one file instead of needing a separate file for each style.
How do I install STIX Two Text?
Download the family archive and unzip it. On Windows, right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install; on macOS, double-click the file and click Install Font. Restart your program afterwards. Step-by-step guides are in the Guides section.
Who created STIX Two Text?
STIX Two Text was created by Tiro Typeworks, Ross Mills, John Hudson, Paul Hanslow.
What is STIX Two Text good for?
Judging by its design, STIX Two Text suits: body text, magazines and editorial, headings.
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- A shared mood: calm, serious
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