STIX Two Math stylistic set substitutions

STIX Two Math version 2.00 build 137

The original STIX fonts contained a number of variant forms of math alphabetics and other symbols. These
are preserved in the STIX Two Math font and accessible via OpenType Layout stylistic set substitution features.
There are a limited number of such features available, so while an effort has been made to group like substitu-
tions together, there is inevitably a grab-bag feature (ss20) containing miscellaneous variants. This document
illustrates the substitutions made in each stylistic set feature.

Stylistic Set 1 <ss01> Stylistic Set 2 <ss02> Stylistic Set 5 <ss05>

Replaces default chancery Replaces small number of math Replaces default forms of some
calligraphic style script uppercase italic lowercase with variant arrows with shorter variants.
characters with roundhand style. forms

Unicode Default Output

Unicode Default Output Unicode Default Output

2190

1D49C 1D454

2191

212C 1D462

2192

1D49E 1D463

2193

1D49F 1D464

21D1

2130 1D467

21D3

2131

21E0
Stylistic Set 3 <ss03>

1D4A2 21E2
Replaces two characters with

210B
horizontal cross-var variants.

2110 Stylistic Set 6 <ss06>

Unicode Default Output

1D4A5 Replaces default forms of

019B assorted symbols with narrower

1D4A6
210F or shorter variants.

2112

Unicode Default Output

2133
Stylistic Set 4 <ss04>

2208

1D4A9
Replaces default forms of prime/

220B

1D4AA
minute, second, etc. signs with

2223

1D4AB
larger, lower variants.

2224

1D4AC

Unicode Default Output

2225

211B

2032

2226

1D4AE

2033
2AEE

1D4AF

2034

1D4BO

2057

1D4B1

2035

1D4B2

2036

1D4B3
2037

1D4B4
1D4B5
Stylistic Set 7 <ss07>
Replaces default forms of
assorted symbols with smaller or
other variant for inline use.
Stylistic Set 8 <ss08>
XITS compatible substitutions
of upright forms of integral
signs; note that this feature also
applies to size variants of these
Stylistic Set 9 <ss09>
XITS compatible substitutions of
vertical slash negation variants of
assorted symbols.

Unicode Default Output Unicode Default Output
characters.

2140 0338

Unicode Default Output

2205 2209

222B

220F 220C

222C

2210 2241

222D

2211 2244

222E

221A 2246

222F

221B 2247

2230

221C 2249

2231

2260

2232

2262
2233

2268
2A0B

2269

2A0C

226D

2A0D

226E

2A0E

226F

2A0F

2270

2A10

2271

2A11

2274

2A12

2275

2A13

2278

2A14

2279

2A15

2280

2A16

2281

2A17

2284

2A18

2285

2A19

2288

2A1A

2289

2A1B

22E0
2A1C

22E1

22EC
22ED
Stylistic Set 10 <ss10> Stylistic Set 12 <ss12> Stylistic Set 15 <ss15>
Replaces default forms of greater/ Replaces default forms of some Replaces default forms of four
lesser combinations with slanted symbols with low-modulation, symbols with slab-serif variants.
component variants. sans serif-like variants.

Unicode Default Output

Unicode Default Output Unicode Default Output

2229

2272 221D

222A

2273 2322 2293


22DA 2323 2294

22DB
Stylistic Set 13 <ss13>

2A9D Stylistic Set 16 <ss16>
Replaces default form of sine

2A9E Replaces default forms of some
wave symbol with a horizontally circled operators with variants

2AAC
flipped version. (note inconsistent sets).
2AAD

Unicode Default Output

Unicode Default Output
223F
Stylistic Set 11 <ss11>

2295
Replaces default forms of some

2297
negated symbols with variants Stylistic Set 14 <ss14>
229C
with longer negation strokes. Replaces default forms of three
symbols with taller versions.

Unicode Default Output Stylistic Set 20 <ss20>

Unicode Default Output

228A Miscellaneous variant

2216

228B substitutions..

2ACB 2A3C

Unicode Default Output
2ACC 2A3D

223E

224C
2423
25A9

Notes
Stylistic Sets 1719 are reserved for future use.
Stylistic Sets 8 and 9 are compatible with corresponding substitution features in the XITS fonts (an OpenType
Math implementation of the earlier STIX fonts).
As will be clear from a perusal of the complete STIX Two Math glyph set, the variants mapped in these stylistic
set features are incomplete sets of potential variants. For example: only some of the available arrow characters
have short variants, and not all slashed symbols have variants with vertical bars. The present set of variants
represents those included in the earlier STIX fonts, and may be extended in future to complete sets or respond
to user requests.
A much larger set of horizontally mirrored forms ( la Stylistic Set 13) could be included in future versions for
use in right-to-left math layout for Arabic, but mapped to features that would automate their use in RTL layout.