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KevinH · 02-04-2023, 01:53 PM

Yes, convert to epub3 since mathml is technically only supported internally by the epub3/html5 standard..

And most recent epub3 e-readers do support mathml (calibre, thorium, ade 4.5, iBooks, Readium, BlueFire, etc) but some early epub3 e-readers and most if not all epub2 readers do not support mathml. If you are targeting these older e-readers with your epub, as Doitsu said, using svg images to replace your mathml (or png images) will allow your epub to reach a larger e-reader audience.

There is (or was?) a standalone formula viewer for LibreOffice that will allow screen shots and MathJax can be used to covert straight mathml to svg.

MathJax is what Sigil's Preview uses to inline convert mathml to svg so that Preview will support mathml.

02-04-2023, 01:53 PM	#6
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,804 Karma: 6000000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Yes, convert to epub3 since mathml is technically only supported internally by the epub3/html5 standard.. And most recent epub3 e-readers do support mathml (calibre, thorium, ade 4.5, iBooks, Readium, BlueFire, etc) but some early epub3 e-readers and most if not all epub2 readers do not support mathml. If you are targeting these older e-readers with your epub, as Doitsu said, using svg images to replace your mathml (or png images) will allow your epub to reach a larger e-reader audience. There is (or was?) a standalone formula viewer for LibreOffice that will allow screen shots and MathJax can be used to covert straight mathml to svg. MathJax is what Sigil's Preview uses to inline convert mathml to svg so that Preview will support mathml. Last edited by KevinH; 02-04-2023 at 01:57 PM.