Offline Math: Converting Latex to Svg with Mathjax
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The post discusses a method for converting LaTeX equations to SVG using MathJax for offline use, sparking a discussion on alternative approaches and tools for achieving similar results.
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https://sathomas.me/blog/site/
https://fred-wang.github.io/MathFonts/mozilla_mathml_test/
https://imgur.com/a/83lSuYn
With Safari (standard and tech preview) the rendering looks strange (at least). The root sign does not have a strait line at the top (for many fonts) and at least the partial derivative is not rendered as italic (for all fonts).
[0]: https://postimg.cc/G8NHRT3w
This is the way to go.
I was also looking at your recent blog [3], and one thing that I like about mine is that the code you see is what is run to produce the output [4]. I am in the middle of making the code interactive too, so that you can re-compile it within the web page and run different parameters to produce different outputs.
[1] https://coffeespace.org.uk/projects/mathml-render.html
[2] https://github.com/pshihn/math-ml
[3] https://sathomas.me/blog/robuststats/
[4] https://coffeespace.org.uk/projects/wavefront-algorithm.html