LaTeX loading freezes system for ~1 min

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The forum discussion centers around a recurring system freeze experienced by users when loading pages with LaTeX content on the Physics Forums. Users reported that the issue occurs primarily on Windows 7 with Chrome, causing the system to hang for approximately one minute during the initial loading of LaTeX. In contrast, users running Ubuntu with Firefox did not encounter this problem. The discussion suggests that the issue may be related to the MathJax plugin, particularly in its interaction with web fonts and browser scripts, and mentions that MathJax version 2.1 includes numerous bug fixes that may address related issues.

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This discussion is beneficial for web developers, system administrators, and users who frequently work with LaTeX content in online forums, particularly those using Windows 7 and Chrome. It also aids anyone looking to optimize their experience with MathJax and troubleshoot related performance issues.

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As expected, my work computer has more fonts - 312.
 
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I have about 266 items in my fonts folder, after installing the STIX fonts. Some of the files are transparent - not sure what that means. It looks like a bunch of fonts were installed by mathematica and by enabling east-asian language support/input.

Again, installing the STIX fonts seems to have resolved the issue for me, as it did for Borg. I would guess along the lines of Borg's hypothesis that when mathjax can't find the font it's looking for it starts trying to look through all the others, and the number (and type?) of fonts it has to look through might account for part of the typical length of the time during which the system is frozen.

Does this resolve the issue for anyone else? Particularly the people who said they were seeing warnings/error messages just before the freeze?
 
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Mute said:
Does this resolve the issue for anyone else? Particularly the people who said they were seeing warnings/error messages just before the freeze?
Lisab told me that the font fixed her freeze issue as well.

@Greg: Is there a Latex FAQ somewhere? This might be a good addition for it.
 

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