What is the baseline height when using Safari for latex formatting on an iPad?

[Frabjous]

Using safari on an ipad \sqrt{ab} has a slight vertical offset between a and b.
$\sqrt{ab}$
Is it me?

 

[berkeman]

Looks fine to me...

 

[Nugatory]

Safari on an iPad here and I see that slight vertical offset. @berkeman what device/browser did you take your screenshot (which does not have this oddity) on?

 

[Frabjous]

I also see it with Firefox on iPhone

 

[jtbell]

I see the same offset in the first post in this thread, in Safari on a 2019 iMac, under the latest version of MacOS (16.5.1).

 

[Ibix]

Looks fine in Firefox on Android.

 

[berkeman]

@berkeman what device/browser did you take your screenshot (which does not have this oddity) on?

Firefox on Win10 laptop.

 

[Nugatory]

So this seems as if this may be an apple environment thing?

 

[Vanadium 50]

Maybe a font issue.

 

[vela]

So this seems as if this may be an apple environment thing?

It's a WebKit thing. Safari on all platforms and all browsers on iOS devices render using WebKit.

 

[jtbell]

Let's see what happens if there are more than two letters: $\sqrt{abcde}$

A rollercoaster!

Does the baseline height really alternate, or is it associated with specific letters? $\sqrt{abdce}$

Looks like the latter. Let's try the entire alphabet: $\sqrt{abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz}$