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Dear Debian Mozilla team,<br>
<br>
I've just had a look to the dependencies for Iceweasel 8 and I've
seen the following packages:<br>
<br>
* xfonts-mathml: installs "Type1 Symbol", suggests otf-stix and
recommends ttf-lyx.<br>
* ttf-lyx | latex-xft-fonts: installs TeX's Computer Modern fonts<br>
* ttf-mathematica4.1: installs mathematica fonts<br>
<br>
Mathematical fonts are used in Mozilla's MathML implementation to
display stretchy/large operators correctly. Also, they are useful to
render various mathematical symbols.<br>
<br>
Since at least Gecko 2, TeX and Mathematica fonts are no longer used
for stretchy/large operators. Instead, we rely on STIX fonts 1.0.
These fonts should also cover most of the unicode characters needed
for mathematics. So I think among the dependencies listed above,
only otf-stix is really useful (Karl Tomlinson may know it better).<br>
<br>
Among other free fonts currently suggested:<br>
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Mozilla_MathML_Project/Fonts">https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Mozilla_MathML_Project/Fonts</a>)<br>
<br>
- Asana Math (support for stretchy/large operators since Gecko 7,
good support for mathematical symbols)<br>
- DejaVu Serif and DejaVu Sans<br>
<br>
You may also be interested in following these entries in Bugzilla:<br>
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* MathJax: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701758">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701758</a><br>
* Neo Euler: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=622576">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=622576</a><br>
* STIX 1.1: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693968">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693968</a><br>
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regards,<br>
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Frédéric Wang.<br>
<a href="http://www.maths-informatique-jeux.com/">Website</a> -
<a href="http://www.maths-informatique-jeux.com/blog/frederic/">Weblog</a>
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