https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7208
Miraceti <hofm...@aldebaran.cz> changed:
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--- Comment #7 from Miraceti <hofm...@aldebaran.cz> 2009-06-11 09:02:54 UTC ---
I would also like to see some solution of this problem. The font used in a text
is about "small" (css keyword) nowadays, as it is common in the Web. The font
used for generating formulas in png is significantly larger and it is a serif
font. This breaks the whole page often and special style guide-lines are to be
kept if the page should be at least a bit readable. The problem is nicely
illustrated in existence of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Bigmath . If
the formulas were displayed well, no such template would be necessary.
There are two possible solutions:
1) Leave a common Web font habits and start to use "medium" size fonts in
common text. Medium size is closer (for most users) to the font size used in
png formulas.
2) Change the font size in png formulas to smaller. Unfortunately, this can
affect the readability of the formulas.
I understand the solution will never be perfect for everybody and it will
always have drawbacks. Users use different font size as their defaults. But
let's make the problem at least smaller if it cannot be solved completely.
Another, let's say "half solution", would be allowing editors to change the
font in png formulas at least in cases when formula is inline. "\textstyle" in
TeX changes the way how the formula is typed but does not change the font size.
Math template ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Math ) is not always the
solution and it is quite difficult to use (and the template itself must be
implemented in every project separately).
As a plus, it would be nice if the user of Wikimedia projects could easily
switch between serif and sans-serif fonts in their settings. "Serif font mode"
would also make math articles more readable. I am not sure if png formulas in
sans-serif fonts would be the best idea.
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