Suggestion Why is the math output hard to read sometimes?

[g_edgar]

Yes. Since a white background doesn't match the surrounding background, every LaTex image gets this white rectangle surrounding it. It looks very unprofessional -- we had this problem for a while last fall.

No, I mean the entire message area with white background. Of course you don't want the formula background different than the rest of the message background.

If your newspaper published on gray-colored paper like this, it would be less legible, I think. Paper that is brighter white is more expensive, because (among other reasons) the resulting printouts are more legible. But on a web page, we can use any color we want for the same price!

 

[Redbelly98]

No, I mean the entire message area with white background. Of course you don't want the formula background different than the rest of the message background.

If your newspaper published on gray-colored paper like this, it would be less legible, I think. Paper that is brighter white is more expensive, because (among other reasons) the resulting printouts are more legible. But on a web page, we can use any color we want for the same price!

Okay, now I understand what you meant. Sorry.

Greg would be a better person to answer the question about having a white background at PF.

 

[DrGreg]

ITEX top row missing?

It looks like ITEX might be shaving the top row of pixels off the image

ITEX: \sqrt{2} but \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}

TEX: \sqrt{2} but \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}

Or does ITEX deliberately treat square roots that way?

 

[jackiefrost]

I know the black background problem with IE6 is an old, stale, issue but... my place of employment won't upgrade and Firefox doesn't work correctly on the network (ours) BUT - I found to my delight that Google Chrome doesn't get me in trouble with the IT ppl and displays Latex beautifully. Hallelu...I forget how to spell it :)

So - the moral to the story is - don't forget to try installing Chrome if you're stuck with IE6.

(Don't ask why we're messing with PF at work ;-)
jf

 

[n!kofeyn]

I've noticed that the http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/" LaTeX is much easier to read and seems to automatically output inline with text. Is there any way you could look into how they render their LaTeX?

 

[robphy]

I've noticed that the http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/" LaTeX is much easier to read and seems to automatically output inline with text. Is there any way you could look into how they render their LaTeX?

They output rendered equations as .gif.

 

[n!kofeyn]

Is there a reason why PF chooses its method (I don't know what that is)? Is outputting in .gif too slow? To be honest, their LaTeX output is nicer, and DrGreg is right, as I noticed that the square root was cutoff in one of my inline equations, which is annoying because it could cause confusion and the tag aligns things awkwardly inline.

 

[junglebeast]

testing

<br /> <br /> \sum_{n=a}^bf(n)<br /> <br />

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/06/internet.explorer.six/index.html

Upgrade those browsers folks. The end is near ;)