diff --git a/ts/output/chtml.ts b/ts/output/chtml.ts
index da7265909..8e530e0ab 100644
--- a/ts/output/chtml.ts
+++ b/ts/output/chtml.ts
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ CommonOutputJax<N, T, D, CHTMLWrapper<N, T, D>, CHTMLWrapperFactory<N, T, D>, CH
   /**
    * @override
    */
-  public unknownText(text: string, variant: string) {
+  public unknownText(text: string, variant: string, width: number = null) {
     const styles: StyleList = {};
     const scale = 100 / this.math.metrics.scale;
     if (scale !== 100) {
@@ -228,6 +228,16 @@ CommonOutputJax<N, T, D, CHTMLWrapper<N, T, D>, CHTMLWrapperFactory<N, T, D>, CH
         this.cssFontStyles(this.font.getCssFont(variant), styles);
       }
     }
+    //
+    // Work around Safari bug with the MJXZERO font by forcing the width.
+    //   (If MJXZERO can be made to work with Safari, then remove width parameter
+    //    and call to getBBox().w in TextNode.ts)
+    //
+    if (width !== null) {
+      const metrics = this.math.metrics;
+      styles.width = Math.round(width * metrics.em * metrics.scale) + 'px';
+    }
+    //
     return this.html('mjx-utext', {variant: variant, style: styles}, [this.text(text)]);
   }
 
@@ -238,11 +248,16 @@ CommonOutputJax<N, T, D, CHTMLWrapper<N, T, D>, CHTMLWrapperFactory<N, T, D>, CH
    * @override
    */
 
-  public measureTextNode(text: N) {
+  public measureTextNode(textNode: N) {
     const adaptor = this.adaptor;
-    text = adaptor.clone(text);
+    const text = adaptor.clone(textNode);
+    //
+    // Work arround Safari bug with the MJXZERO font.
+    //
+    adaptor.setStyle(text, 'font-family', adaptor.getStyle(text, 'font-family').replace(/MJXZERO, /g, ''));
+    //
     const style = {position: 'absolute', 'white-space': 'nowrap'};
-    const node = this.html('mjx-measure-text', {style}, [ text]);
+    const node = this.html('mjx-measure-text', {style}, [text]);
     adaptor.append(adaptor.parent(this.math.start.node), this.container);
     adaptor.append(this.container, node);
     let w = adaptor.nodeSize(text, this.math.metrics.em)[0] / this.math.metrics.scale;
diff --git a/ts/output/chtml/Wrappers/TextNode.ts b/ts/output/chtml/Wrappers/TextNode.ts
index b1a61931e..ab45d9682 100644
--- a/ts/output/chtml/Wrappers/TextNode.ts
+++ b/ts/output/chtml/Wrappers/TextNode.ts
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ CommonTextNodeMixin<CHTMLConstructor<any, any, any>>(CHTMLWrapper) {
     const variant = this.parent.variant;
     const text = (this.node as TextNode).getText();
     if (variant === '-explicitFont') {
-      const font = this.jax.getFontData(this.parent.styles);
-      adaptor.append(parent, this.jax.unknownText(text, variant, font));
+      adaptor.append(parent, this.jax.unknownText(text, variant, this.getBBox().w));
     } else {
       const chars = this.remappedText(text, variant);
       for (const n of chars) {