Version 1.1, 7 June 2021
Version history:
1.0, 16 July 2020
1.1, 7 June 2021
Logical and mathematical symbols: choosing fonts
Brill publications increasingly contain all sorts of logical/mathematical symbols. Although all versions of the Brill typeface have always supported a selected set of mathematical symbols, this is not enough for some kinds of texts, notably philosophical texts dealing with logic. Therefore it became necessary to specify another font next to the Brill fonts. We have chosen STIX2Math because it has been carefully developed over a number of years (much like the Brill fonts) and because it is aimed explicitly at supporting all manner of scientific and technological textual symbols.
Print production (PDF)
As of July 16, 2020, the policy is:
Use mathematical/logical symbols from the Brill fonts where available;
If unavailable in the Brill fonts v. 4.0x, use the STIX2Math font for these symbols.
Download STIX2Math
General information about the STIX fonts project is at the STIX fonts website.
Typesetters should download the latest release version of STIX2Math (the package contains many fonts and font versions, but they need only this one font) from GitHub.
Note that Brill only advocates the use of the STIX2Math font for mathematical/logical symbols not present in the Brill fonts, not any of the other STIX2Text fonts (which are also part of the download package).
Font sizes
Brill 11 pt ~ STIX2Math 9 pt
Brill 10 pt ~ STIX2Math 8.2 pt
Brill 9 pt ~ STIX2Math 7½ pt
XML production, HTML, and CSS
The specifications for tagging logical and mathematical symbols are found on the page of the same name.
Windows and macOS
All STIX fonts can be used on both MS Windows and macOS.
