Formula Formatting Language
As interest grows for learning math concepts in fields like data
science and machine learning, it is becoming more important to help broad audiences engage with
math notation.
In this paper, we explore how authoring tools can help authors better style and
label formulas to support their readability. We introduce a language for augmenting formulas
called FFL, or "Formula Formatting Language," which aims to lower the threshold to stylize and
diagram formulas. The language is designed to be concise, writable, readable, and integrable
into web-based document authoring environments. It was developed with an accompanying runtime
that supports live application of augmentations to formulas.
Our lab study shows that FFL is improves speed and ease of editing augmentation markup, and the
readability of augmentation markup compared to baseline LaTeX tools.