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Asana-Math is an OpenType mathematical font with advanced layout features based on the
OpenType Math OpenType is a format for scalable computer fonts. Derived from TrueType, it retains TrueType's basic structure but adds many intricate data structures for describing typographic behavior. OpenType is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporat ...
extensions. It was developed by Apostolos Syropoulos, based on the Type 1 pxfonts by Young Ryu. Asana-Math is freely available under the Open Font License. The word Asana (Ἀσάνα, Asána) in the Doric dialect is the name of the Greek mythological goddess
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. It is designed to look similar to, and to blend with, Palatino. The font can be used to typeset mathematics in Unicode using the free typesetting systems XeTeX and
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, derivatives of
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, and with
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. It was the first free font that could be used instead of Microsoft's Cambria Math with these applications.


Features

* General OpenType features (oldstyle figures, stylistic alternatives for the calligraphic mathematical characters, dotless forms in mathematical alphanumeric, partial implementation of script style in mathematical alphanumeric). * Complete coverage of the Cherokee Unicode block. * Complete coverage of the Greek part of the Greek and Coptic Unicode block. * Almost complete coverage of all blocks containing mathematical symbols.


Font Sample


See also

Other OpenType fonts with mathematical layout extensions: * XITS Math * Latin Modern Math Asana-Math is shipped with: *
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External links


Asana-Math on CTAN


References

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