STIX Two Text
Type with Purpose
Good typography guides attention, improves understanding, and makes communication effortless.
The Anatomy of a Typeface
By FontSide · June 2026
Every typeface is a system of decisions — about stroke contrast, x-height, spacing, and rhythm. The best ones feel invisible: you stop seeing the letters and start hearing the voice behind them. That transparency is the hardest thing to design.
A high x-height opens up the counters and makes small text breathe. Tight tracking pulls a headline together; loose tracking gives a caption room to exhale. None of these choices are accidents — they are arguments about how reading should feel.
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Package Manager
The recommended way to use fonts in modern web projects.
1. Install Package
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/stix-two-text2. Import in App
import '@fontsource-variable/stix-two-text/wght.css';3. CSS Usage
body {
font-family: "STIX Two Text Variable", serif;
}Google Fonts CDN
Use Google's CDN to embed the fonts directly via HTML.
HTML <head>
<!-- Please select at least one weight and style -->Fontsource CDN
Skip the build step by adding this directly to your global CSS file.
Global CSS
/* stix-two-text-latin-wght-normal */
@font-face {
font-family: "STIX Two Text Variable";
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
font-weight: 100 900;
src: url(https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/fontsource/fonts/stix-two-text:vf@latest/latin-wght-normal.woff2)
format("woff2-variations");
}Background & Story
The Scientific and Technical Information eXchange (STIX) fonts are intended to satisfy the demanding needs of authors, publishers, printers, and others working in the scientific, medical, and technical fields.
The STIX Two fonts consist of two variable text fonts (Roman and Italic), eight static text (Regular to Bold in both roman and italic variants) and one Math font (currently only available for direct download from the repository). Together, they provide a uniform set of fonts that can be used throughout the production process.
The STIX project began through the joint efforts of American Mathematical Society (AMS), American Institute of Physics (AIP), American Physical Society (APS), American Chemical Society (ACS), The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and Elsevier. These companies are collectively known as the STI Pub companies.
To contribute, see github.com/stipub/stixfonts.
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Install
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/stix-two-textDesigned by
Tiro Typeworks, Ross Mills, John Hudson, Paul Hanslow
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License
OFL-1.1