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Ask HN: Why does Wikipedia still render equations poorly on retina displays?

3 points by Xcelerate 12y ago

A question that the HN crowd may know the answer to. Every time I visit Wikipedia to read a technical article, the LaTeX markup annoys me immensely as it doesn't display correctly for retina (or HiDPI) displays. The font is pixelated and is rendered for low-res screens. High resolution displays have been around for quite a while now; is there some reason that Wikipedia persists in using low quality graphics?

runjake 12y ago
Because, as far as I can tell, they are images and not an actual font. Bitmaps are pixel-doubled on Retina, which makes them blocky. Example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation
- Xcelerate 12y ago
  Oh, I know that. I was just wondering why the images aren't rendered for HiDPI screens. Other popular websites do this just fine.
  - runjake 12y ago
    Because no volunteers have done it yet.
dragonbonheur 12y ago
The real question is why do retina displays render Wikipedia equations poorly.