How do I configure mathjax for iPython notebooks?

Question

I\'m trying to find a way for mathjax to not use STIX fonts for math in my iPython notebook. Instead, I\'d much rather have it use the \'TeX\' fonts. According to the documentat

Answer 1

I've tweaked @Stefan Shi's answer to something a little easier, at least if you have the command-line svn installed.

• Put the following into a script file called install_tex_fonts (install_tex_fonts.bat in Windows-land):

  svn export https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/trunk/fonts/HTML-CSS/TeX/woff fonts/HTML-CSS/TeX/woff
  svn export https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/trunk/jax/output/HTML-CSS/fonts/TeX jax/output/HTML-CSS/fonts/TeX
  

• Move the script file into {PYTHON}/Lib/site-packages/notebook/static/components/MathJax where {PYTHON} is the root directory where you installed Python

• Open a shell (command prompt) in this directory
• Run the script by typing install_tex_fonts (or ./install_tex_fonts on *nix systems; I guess you also have to chmod a+x it)

• Add the following section in your ~/.jupyter/custom/custom.js file (the $([IPython.events]).on('app_initialized.NotebookApp') line should already be there):

  $([IPython.events]).on('app_initialized.NotebookApp', function(){
  
    MathJax.Hub.Config({
      "HTML-CSS": {
          availableFonts: ["TeX"],
          preferredFont: "TeX",
          webFont: "TeX"
      }
     });