Last modified: 2014-10-12 14:43:47 UTC
As of today Mathoid returns a boolean value that determines if the conversion was successful. In some cases no SVG images can be generated, but MathML can be produced. We could introduce more fine grained error reporting to display MathML but no SVG. The downside of this approach that different user groups would see different output.
(In reply to physikerwelt from comment #0) > The downside of this approach that different user groups would see different > output. I guess it can be considered a limitation in MathJax SVG output & fonts that could be fixed in future releases (just like https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/839). The fact that this limitation affects people using native MathML seems a more serious problem, so I believe it's good to do our best to avoid that...
One way to fix that is to use stix-web for now https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/156790/1/mathoid-worker.js I tested that on http://math-preview.wmflabs.org/wiki/Help:Formula and the three remaining problems disappeared.
OK, that seems a good option. However, that leads to the issue with people preferring Computer Modern style, like what is used for the PNG images...
