From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Erik Iverson Subject: Re: mathjax HTML export question Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:42:24 -0500 Message-ID: <4C740480.4010404@ccbr.umn.edu> References: <4C72B9FD.80602@ccbr.umn.edu> <4C740372.6020400@jboecker.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51828 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OnxW2-0003oX-CN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:42:31 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OnxW0-0004Np-O5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:42:29 -0400 Received: from walleye.ccbr.umn.edu ([128.101.116.11]:4093) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OnxW0-0004Ni-FU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:42:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4C740372.6020400@jboecker.de> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jan_B=F6cker?= Cc: emacs-orgmode Jan B=F6cker wrote: > On 08/23/2010 08:12 PM, Erik Iverson wrote: >=20 >> Is there something that I'm missing, or that could be "better" with >> a local installation of MathJax? I don't know what "reverts to image >> fonts in Firefox" means, but whatever is happening on my export seems >> to look nice. >=20 > Hi Erik, >=20 > when MathJax cannot use its custom math fonts, it replaces each > character with a pre-rendered image (I think it has each character > available in a handful of different sizes). >=20 > At normal font sizes, the disadvantages of image fonts are not that > noticeable to me (except that math symbols in links appear black instea= d > of blue, because the images are only available in black). >=20 > The main disadvantage is that font quality degrades when you zoom in. I > have not tested if one can notice a difference when printing > (theoretically, real fonts will look better, because the printer has a > higher resolution). Thank you for the explanation. By comparing with the demos on mathjax.org, I am indeed able to see what is meant by image fonts. I was able to use the 'real' fonts by installing a local copy of MathJax as the MathJax FAQ indicates. >=20 > In the context of Static MathJax, the disadvantage is that the script > cannot embed image fonts into HTML files, which is why I mentioned this > in my email. I have not tried out static mathjax, but it looks interesting! Thanks again! >=20 > The change to .htaccess had certainly not happened when I announced > Static MathJax, as I used the installation at orgmode.org for testing. >=20 > Best regards, > Jan