diff --git a/ts/core/MmlTree/MmlNodes/mglyph.ts b/ts/core/MmlTree/MmlNodes/mglyph.ts
index f9874a144..d4b76e766 100644
--- a/ts/core/MmlTree/MmlNodes/mglyph.ts
+++ b/ts/core/MmlTree/MmlNodes/mglyph.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export class MmlMglyph extends AbstractMmlTokenNode {
     ...AbstractMmlTokenNode.defaults,
     alt: '',
     src: '',
+    index: '',
     width: 'auto',
     height: 'auto',
     valign: '0em'
@@ -55,4 +56,16 @@ export class MmlMglyph extends AbstractMmlTokenNode {
     return 'mglyph';
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @override
+   */
+  public verifyAttributes(options: PropertyList) {
+    const {src, fontfamily, index} = this.attributes.getList('src', 'fontfamily', 'index');
+    if (src === '' && (fontfamily === '' || index === '')) {
+      this.mError('mglyph must have either src or fontfamily and index attributes', options, true);
+    } else {
+      super.verifyAttributes(options);
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/ts/output/chtml/Wrappers/mglyph.ts b/ts/output/chtml/Wrappers/mglyph.ts
index 707385f34..3b74dd444 100644
--- a/ts/output/chtml/Wrappers/mglyph.ts
+++ b/ts/output/chtml/Wrappers/mglyph.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import {CHTMLWrapper, CHTMLConstructor} from '../Wrapper.js';
 import {CommonMglyphMixin} from '../../common/Wrappers/mglyph.js';
 import {MmlMglyph} from '../../../core/MmlTree/MmlNodes/mglyph.js';
+import {CHTMLTextNode} from './TextNode.js';
 import {StyleList, StyleData} from '../../../util/StyleList.js';
 
 /*****************************************************************/
@@ -59,6 +60,10 @@ CommonMglyphMixin<CHTMLConstructor<any, any, any>>(CHTMLWrapper) {
    */
   public toCHTML(parent: N) {
     const chtml = this.standardCHTMLnode(parent);
+    if (this.charWrapper) {
+      (this.charWrapper as CHTMLTextNode<N, T, D>).toCHTML(chtml);
+      return;
+    }
     const {src, alt} = this.node.attributes.getList('src', 'alt');
     const styles: StyleData = {
       width: this.em(this.width),
diff --git a/ts/output/common/Wrappers/mglyph.ts b/ts/output/common/Wrappers/mglyph.ts
index 8cc537e33..ea092fb99 100644
--- a/ts/output/common/Wrappers/mglyph.ts
+++ b/ts/output/common/Wrappers/mglyph.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
  */
 
 import {AnyWrapper, WrapperConstructor, Constructor} from '../Wrapper.js';
+import {CommonTextNode} from './TextNode.js';
+import {TextNode} from '../../../core/MmlTree/MmlNode.js';
 import {BBox} from '../../../util/BBox.js';
 
 /*****************************************************************/
@@ -30,14 +32,29 @@ import {BBox} from '../../../util/BBox.js';
  */
 export interface CommonMglyph extends AnyWrapper {
   /**
-   * The image's width, height, and valign values converted to em's
+   * The image's width converted to em's
    */
   width: number;
+  /**
+   * The image's height converted to em's
+   */
   height: number;
+  /*
+   * The image's valign values converted to em's
+   */
   valign: number;
 
+  /**
+   * TextNode used for deprecated fontfamily/index use case
+   */
+  charWrapper: CommonTextNode;
+
   /**
    * Obtain the width, height, and valign.
+   * Note:  Currently, the width and height must be specified explicitly, or they default to 1em
+   *   Since loading the image may be asynchronous, it would require a restart.
+   *   A future extension could implement this either by subclassing this object, or
+   *   perhaps as a post-filter on the MathML input jax that adds the needed dimensions
    */
   getParameters(): void;
 }
@@ -58,18 +75,23 @@ export function CommonMglyphMixin<T extends WrapperConstructor>(Base: T): Mglyph
   return class extends Base {
 
     /**
-     * The image's width converted to em's
+     * @override
      */
     public width: number;
     /**
-     * The image's height converted to em's
+     * @override
      */
     public height: number;
     /**
-     * The image's valign values converted to em's
+     * @override
      */
     public valign: number;
 
+    /**
+     * @override
+     */
+    public charWrapper: CommonTextNode;
+
     /**
      * @override
      * @constructor
@@ -80,26 +102,34 @@ export function CommonMglyphMixin<T extends WrapperConstructor>(Base: T): Mglyph
     }
 
     /**
-     * Obtain the width, height, and valign.
-     * Note:  Currently, the width and height must be specified explicitly, or they default to 1em
-     *   Since loading the image may be asynchronous, it would require a restart.
-     *   A future extension could implement this either by subclassing this object, or
-     *   perhaps as a post-filter on the MathML input jax that adds the needed dimensions
+     * @override
      */
     public getParameters() {
-      const {width, height, valign} = this.node.attributes.getList('width', 'height', 'valign');
-      this.width = (width === 'auto' ? 1 : this.length2em(width));
-      this.height = (height === 'auto' ? 1 : this.length2em(height));
-      this.valign = this.length2em(valign || '0');
+      const {width, height, valign, src, index} =
+        this.node.attributes.getList('width', 'height', 'valign', 'src', 'index');
+      if (src) {
+        this.width = (width === 'auto' ? 1 : this.length2em(width));
+        this.height = (height === 'auto' ? 1 : this.length2em(height));
+        this.valign = this.length2em(valign || '0');
+      } else {
+        const text = String.fromCodePoint(parseInt(index as string));
+        const mmlFactory = this.node.factory;
+        this.charWrapper = this.wrap((mmlFactory.create('text') as TextNode).setText(text));
+        this.charWrapper.parent = this as any as AnyWrapper;
+      }
     }
 
     /**
      * @override
      */
     public computeBBox(bbox: BBox, _recompute: boolean = false) {
-      bbox.w = this.width;
-      bbox.h = this.height + this.valign;
-      bbox.d = -this.valign;
+      if (this.charWrapper) {
+        bbox.updateFrom(this.charWrapper.getBBox());
+      } else {
+        bbox.w = this.width;
+        bbox.h = this.height + this.valign;
+        bbox.d = -this.valign;
+      }
     }
 
   };
diff --git a/ts/output/svg/Wrappers/mglyph.ts b/ts/output/svg/Wrappers/mglyph.ts
index e45835a4e..19ec0d63e 100644
--- a/ts/output/svg/Wrappers/mglyph.ts
+++ b/ts/output/svg/Wrappers/mglyph.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import {SVGWrapper, SVGConstructor} from '../Wrapper.js';
 import {CommonMglyphMixin} from '../../common/Wrappers/mglyph.js';
 import {MmlMglyph} from '../../../core/MmlTree/MmlNodes/mglyph.js';
+import {SVGTextNode} from './TextNode.js';
 import {OptionList} from '../../../util/Options.js';
 
 /*****************************************************************/
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ CommonMglyphMixin<SVGConstructor<any, any, any>>(SVGWrapper) {
    */
   public toSVG(parent: N) {
     const svg = this.standardSVGnode(parent);
+    if (this.charWrapper) {
+      (this.charWrapper as SVGTextNode<N, T, D>).toSVG(svg);
+      return;
+    }
     const {src, alt} = this.node.attributes.getList('src', 'alt');
     const h = this.fixed(this.height);
     const w = this.fixed(this.width);