STIX Two Text
STIX Two Text is a serif font in 4 weights with italics, also available as a variable font. Its lowercase letters are 7% narrower than the typical serif font. Last updated 5 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses STIX Two Text
Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. MythosPDF recognises STIX Two Text from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in STIX Two Text itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 480.8 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 662.1 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 235 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | tabular (every digit is 495 units wide, so columns of numbers line up) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 34% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to STIX Two Text
Measured on every printable character both fonts contain. A smaller difference means the same words take the same space, so lines break in the same places.
- STIX Two Math Regularnearly identical widths (2.4 units)
- EB Garamond Regularloosely similar widths (31.6 units)
- Source Serif Pro Regularloosely similar widths (33.3 units)
- Song Myung Regularloosely similar widths (33.3 units)
- Cactus Classical Serif Regularloosely similar widths (33.4 units)
- Enriqueta Regularloosely similar widths (34.2 units)
- Alyamama Regularloosely similar widths (34.6 units)
- Libertinus Math Regularloosely similar widths (35.2 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses STIX Two Text?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in STIX Two Text itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is STIX Two Text free to use?
STIX Two Text is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, an open licence that allows free use in documents, including commercial ones. Check the licence text for your exact use.
+Which font is closest to STIX Two Text?
By measured letter widths, STIX Two Math is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 2.4 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does STIX Two Text support?
It includes these character sets: Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Greek, Latin, Central European, Vietnamese.
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