(A question that has been covered before, I know, but not recently I believe...)
I'm working on "Men of Mathematics" by E.T. Bell, and wondering what is the best option for reproducing the maths exposited within. I know concensus is that SVG is the best course, but I'm currently of the mind that I would like to to it with CSS:
- Mathematical symbols are constantly referred to within the text; it seems kludgy to use SVG for every x, y, and theta.
- Most of the formulae are (typographically) simple. The most complicated are integrals of a fraction. I can do that in HTML/CSS
- The required symbols are available in Unicode.
The problems that I see as possible are patchy UTF support, and inconsistent parsing of CSS margin values in readers, leading to ugly relative placements of symbols.
Anybody with views/experience of the issues?