Mathematical equation display on stackexchange

Question

When I look at this page 3 point to circle. And get radius in particular the last equation on the page starting "r= ..."; but the whole page is equally affected, when I first view or refresh the page, it is displayed in three distinct stages:

1. The raw markup is displayed.
2. The raw markup is replaced with proper equations rendered in a clean, light font.
3. The clean, light font is replaced by a heavy, possibly bold font that makes everything blocky, and much of it unreadable.

By way of demonstration of the point, I managed to capture an image of the intermediate rendering, and contrast that final equation as it displays it, and the final rendering:

Intermediate rendering:

Final rendering:

Can I turn off that final rendering because it's awful?! Forces me to scale the page to 200% to read it, and even then, it's hard. Whereas the first is readable even at 80%.

Can I have an option to turn off whatever it is that performs that blocky rendering?

• Chester Gillon: Just to say I can repeat the observed 3 stage rendering, using Firefox 128.9.0esr (64-bit) under AlmaLinux.

Answer 1

You can right-click on the math, do Math Settings → Math Renderer → Preview HTML to get the view you're describing.

Screenshot of right-click menu on display math with the Math Settings > Math Renderer > Preview HTML

As a side note, you can also right-click on the math, do Math Settings → Scale All Math... and enter a number to make it bigger (e.g., 120%) so it's easier to read.

(Tested on Firefox 138.0.1)

• PM 2Ring: The SVG renderer also gives good looking results, IMHO.
• Buk: Well, I never did...right click on markedup math before, cos I did know that menu existed. I does indeed solve my problem. *Though I still wonder at the need for or choice of the font used in the final rendering?)