Fonts with appropriate Unicode coverage and Open Font Format features are required for good math rendering. This page describes how users can install such math fonts to properly display MathML in browsers.

Installation instructions

As a general rule of thumb, it is recommended to install both Latin Modern Math (which uses Computer Modern style popular for math formulas) and STIX Two Math (which has large unicode coverage for scientific characters). In the next sections, you will find detailed instructions to install these fonts in various operating systems.

Windows

Install the Latin Modern Math and STIX Two Math fonts as follows:

1. Download latinmodern-math-1959.zip.
2. Open the ZIP archive, move inside the latinmodern-math-1959 directory and then inside the otf directory. You will find a latinmodern-math font file.
3. Open the latinmodern-math font file and click the Install button.
4. Download static_otf.zip.
5. Open the static_otf.zip ZIP archive, and then move inside the static_otf directory. Among the files there, you will find a STIXTwoMath-Regular file.
6. Open the STIXTwoMath-Regular file and click the Install button. If desired, you may also do the same for the other font files in the directory.

macOS

Install the Latin Modern Math font as follows:

1. Download latinmodern-math-1959.zip.
2. Extract the ZIP archive, move inside the latinmodern-math-1959 directory and then inside the otf directory. You will find a latinmodern-math font file.
3. Double-click the latinmodern-math font file click the Install font button from the window that opens.

Install the STIX Two Math font as follows:

1. Download static_otf.zip.
2. Open the static_otf.zip ZIP archive, and then move inside the static_otf directory. Among the files there, you will find a STIXTwoMath-Regular.otf file.
3. Open the STIXTwoMath-Regular.otf file and click the Install Font button from the window that opens. If desired, you may also do the same for the other font files in the directory.

Linux

Below, you can find commands to execute on popular Linux distributions in order to install the Latin Modern Math and STIX Two Math fonts from your package manager. Alternative approaches are also provided if your Linux distribution does not provide dedicated packages for these fonts.

Debian-based distributions (including Ubuntu and Mint)

sudo apt-get install fonts-lmodern fonts-stix

Fedora-based distributions

sudo dnf install texlive-lm-math stix-math-fonts

openSUSE-based distributions

sudo zypper install texlive-lm-math stix-fonts

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S otf-latinmodern-math otf-stix

TeXLive packages

If your Linux distribution does not provide packages for the Latin Modern Math and STIX fonts, consider instead installing the texlive packages containing the Latin Modern Math and XITS fonts. For example on Mageia:

sudo urpmi texlive-dist texlive-fontsextra

However, you will likely need to ensure that these fonts are known by your system. Add a fontconfig configuration /etc/fonts/conf.avail/09-texlive-fonts.conf that points to the opentype directory of TeXLive, such as:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
  <dir>/your/path/to/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype</dir>
</fontconfig>

Finally, add this configuration file to the system font location list and regenerate the fontconfig cache:

ln -sf /etc/fonts/conf.avail/09-texlive-fonts.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/
fc-cache -sf

Upstream packages

If no packages are available on your Linux distributions, or if you just want to install upstream packages then try this:

1. Download latinmodern-math-1959.zip and static_otf.zip.
2. Create a ~/.fonts if it does not exist already and place latinmodern-math.otf and STIXTwoMath-Regular.otf in that directory.
3. Run fc-cache -f to regenerate the fontconfig cache.

Android

You must use the MathML-fonts add-on.

Noto Sans Math provides good Unicode coverage for math symbols and math layout.

Other systems

On other systems, consider installing a font with a MATH table using your package manager. Note that these fonts are generally delivered with TeX distributions such as TeX Live, but you might need to follow specific instructions so that your system is aware of the fonts. As a last resort, install the MathML fonts add-on.

Advanced setup

In the next sections, you will find other useful tips for installation and configuration of fonts for MathML.

Arabic mathematical alphabetic symbols

Currently, very few fonts have appropriate glyphs for the Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols. If you are likely to need these characters, we recommend to install the XITS or Amiri fonts.

Installation without administrator privilege

If you need to install fonts on a system without administrator privilege, the easiest option is to use math font the MathML-fonts add-on. Note that using the add-on is not optimal since it forces your Gecko browser to load a CSS stylesheet on each page you visit as well as Web math fonts on all pages with MathML content.

A better alternative on UNIX systems is to install the OTF files for Latin Modern Math and STIX into some local font folder and (if necessary) to run fc-cache on it. On macOS and Linux, the standard paths are respectively ~/Library/Fonts/ and ~/.fonts.

Fonts with a MATH table

You can actually install any mathematical OpenType font and use them for MathML rendering. Some browsers provide a way to configure the default font for MathML in their font preference menu. Alternatively, you can try the MathML Font Settings add-on.

• Asana Math
• Cambria Math
• DejaVu Math TeX Gyre
• Garamond Math
• Latin Modern Math
• Libertinus Math
• STIX Math
• TeX Gyre Bonum Math
• TeX Gyre Pagella Math
• TeX Gyre Schola Math
• TeX Gyre Termes Math
• XITS Math
• Fira Math
• GFS Neohellenic Math