WebEQ has been tested under MacOs version 7.5 and later. Until
recently, however, accessing font information with Java on the Mac has
been very problematic, and WebEQ performance on the Mac has suffered accordingly.
The Java 2 platform seems to have addressed these problems,
and the next version of WebEQ will take advantage of the new font
machinery.
- Many older Macintoshes have a Java bug affecting fonts. In the
Fonts folder of the System folder are font suitcases for each kind of
font on the system. Typically, in one of these suitcases, say
"Times", there is font definition file around 60K in size with the
name "Times", that can be used to generate particular fonts at various
pointsizes and styles, and a number of pre-generated fonts, like
"Times 10" that are 2-3K each.
Italic fonts are generated by "shearing" an upright font, and
unfortunately, in Java, italic fonts are sheared double, while the
system still reports their sizes and locations as having only been
"sheared" once.
One way around this that we have found to work in at least some
cases is to rename temporarily the pre-generated fonts that WebEQ uses
(Times, Helvetica), forcing the system to generate them from the font
definition file (which it does correctly). However, we haven't been
able to confirm that this work-around will not interfere with other
software on the Macintosh, nor can we guarantee that it will work in
all cases.
Obviously this is not a desirable solution, and you should
definitely keep the renamed files around, so you can put them back if
you discover a problem with other software.
- If you haven't already done so, install the WebEQ Math Viewer
archive file in your browser. The free, self-installing archive is available at
www.mathtype.com.
For additional online troubleshooting resources write to support@mathtype.com or visit
the support area at the
mathtype.com web site.
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