TikZ

I want to self-answer my previous question —— to derive the latin-modern-math-stlye \ell for symbol h and k, learning from kabenyuk's solution: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{svg.path} \newcommand{\privatesvgmathord}[1]{% \mathord{\vcenter{\hbox{% \resizebox{!}{1.75ex}{% \begin{tikzpicture}[x=1pt,y=1pt] \fill svg {#1}; \end{tikzpicture}% }% }}}% } \newcommand{\hell}{% \privatesvgmathord{% M59 39C51 7 66 -9 84 -11C102 -13 118 -1 126 32L176 237C212 385 294 420 354 420C397 420 408 386 408 350C408 320 384 254 364 192C307 17 368 -11 415 -11C494 -11 535 97 545 136C547 144 545 151 537 153C531 154 527 150 524 142C503 83 472 11 417 11C400 11 394 21 393 44C391 99 472 277 472 335C472 400 432 442 357 442C334 442 312 438 293 430C369 520 455 648 455 769C455 786 455 847 396 847C345 847 302 786 268 735C245 699 208 606 186 520L127 292L-49 123C-56 116 -54 109 -50 105C-45 100 -40 100 -33 106C-20 117 14 150 115 248ZM256 557C271 618 292 684 317 731C343 780 372 825 397 825C431 825 431 789 431 773C431 669 366 562 306 484C269 437 228 396 210 377Z% }% } \newcommand{\kell}{% \privatesvgmathord{% M465 789C465 806 465 867 406 867C323 867 223 646 142 316L-37 145C-45 137 -45 130 -41 125C-37 120 -30 119 -22 126C-9 138 26 171 129 272L59 39C52 15 56 -5 78 -10C102 -15 116 -1 122 24L174 229C208 226 295 208 285 108C277 21 323 -11 375 -11C444 -11 465 63 488 134C491 144 488 150 481 152C474 154 468 150 465 141C443 71 421 11 377 11C345 11 347 48 353 114C362 207 294 239 209 250C240 268 272 300 295 324C343 377 389 420 438 420C453 420 465 414 472 407C424 404 414 376 415 353C416 331 434 318 453 318C479 318 508 340 508 379C508 409 485 442 440 442C412 442 366 434 294 354C260 316 221 276 183 261L204 345C362 497 465 648 465 789ZM343 782C363 820 382 845 407 845C441 845 441 809 441 793C441 637 310 483 213 386C257 572 308 715 343 782Z% }% } \begin{document} abcdel$\ell$hh$\hell$kkkk$\kell$kkk {\Large abcdel$\ell$hh$\hell$kkkk$\kell$kkk} \[ l h k \ell \quad \hell \quad \kell \] \[ \ell_{\hell} \quad \hell^{\ell} \quad \kell(t)=\hell_{\ell}^{\kell} \] \end{document} Quite strange, I extracted the svg.path data from the .otf file(modified with Fonts Creators by myself). But the baseline and the scale is not quite excellet... Any suggestions? How to tweak the svg-symbol baseline and size to act exactly the same as \ell? Edit Claim: I was not professional in fonts, actually, newbees here below is the LatinModernMath-Regular-Private.otf file here, with the following: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{unicode-math} \setmathfont{LatinModernMath-Regular-Private.otf} \newcommand{\hell}{\mathord{\symbol{"E0000}}} \newcommand{\kell}{\mathord{\symbol{"E0010}}} \begin{document} abcdel$\ell$hh$\hell$kkkk$\kell$kkk \[ l \quad h \quad k \] \[ \ell \quad \hell \quad \kell \] \end{document} The .otf might be probably not in good format, but what I want, is to provide a svg solution to my previous question of \ell. If needed, the .otf above could be tested.

Claim: I don't want to use pgfplots in this post. For the sake of I have already have a bunch of non-pgfplots code as below, I don't want to switch to pgfplots solution. The code is as below: \documentclass[tikz]{standalone} \usepackage{fourier-otf} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw[-latex] (0,0) -- (12,0) node[right] {Team}; \draw[-latex] (0,0) -- (0,26/4) node[above] {Number}; \foreach \y in {0,5,10,15,20,25} \draw (0,{\y/4}) -- (-0.1,{\y/4}) node[left] {\y}; \foreach \y in {5,10,15,20,25} \draw[gray!30] (0,{\y/4}) -- (11.5,{\y/4}); \foreach \name[count=\n] in {A,...,K} { \draw (\n,0) -- (\n,-0.1) node[below] {\name}; } %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % \draw[thick] plot[mark=*, mark size=2pt, mark options={fill=black}] coordinates { % (1,16/4) (2,4/4) (3,12/4) (4,6/4) (5,5/4) (6,16/4) (7,17/4) (8,8/4) (9,8/4) (10,15/4) (11,11/4) % }; % \foreach \i[count=\n] in {16,4,12,6,5,16,17,8,8,15,11} { % \node[above=3pt] at (\n,\i/4) {$\i$}; % } %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \foreach \i[count=\n] in {16,4,12,6,5,16,17,8,8,15,11} { \node[fill=black,circle,inner sep=2pt,label={above:$\i$}] (tmp-\n) at (\n,{\i/4}) {}; } \draw foreach \i[count=\last] in{2,...,11} {(tmp-\last) -- (tmp-\i)}; % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} I would prefer the syntax of plot only in tikz: \draw[thick] plot[mark=*, mark size=2pt, mark options={fill=black}] coordinates { (1,16/4) (2,4/4) (3,12/4) (4,6/4) (5,5/4) (6,16/4) (7,17/4) (8,8/4) (9,8/4) (10,15/4) (11,11/4)}; \foreach \i[count=\n] in {16,4,12,6,5,16,17,8,8,15,11} { \node[above=3pt] at (\n,\i/4) {$\i$}; } However, I didn't find some way to label when plot. Thus I have to repeat the data \foreach \i[count=\n] in {16,4,12,6,5,16,17,8,8,15,11}{...} for the second time, which is not considered as a good practice. Any suggestions on how to do this similar without pgfplots? I don't want two forloop/plots as possible.

I would like to create a multi-panel figure with two subpanels of different width and height. The labels should be placed in the upper left corner of each subpanel with the left margin of the labels aligned to the left margin of the graphic in the corresponding subpanel (and baseline of the letters on the same height just on top ("north") of the highest graphic of the subpanels: My approach in TikZ does not exactly align the left margin of the labels to the left margin in the corresponding subpanel: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} % the files green_ellipse and blue_square are on my disk; any graphics file would do \node[anchor=east, inner sep=0pt] at (0,0){\includegraphics[width=.3\textwidth]{green_ellipse}}; \node[anchor=south east] at (-3.7,1.8) {a}; \node[anchor=west,inner sep=0pt] at (1,0){\includegraphics[width=.6\textwidth]{blue_square}}; \node[anchor=south east] at (1,1.8) {b}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} How could the left margins of the labels with the left margins of the graphics in the subpanels and the baseline of the letters just on top ("north") of the highest graphic of the subpanels.

I have a figure to which I add representation of axis. Using scope environment I'm able to scale and move it where I want on the figure. Would it be possible to make it always at a specific position in the figure (for instance bottom left), so if I change the content of the figure by adding other element, the scope would still be placed where I intended. For a node I would use anchor. Here is a MWE: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{backgrounds} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[show background rectangle] \draw[red,fill=yellow] (0,0,0) -- ++(-2,0,0) -- ++(0,-1,0) -- ++(2,0,0) -- cycle; \draw[red,fill=yellow] (0,0,0) -- ++(0,0,-1) -- ++(0,-1,0) -- ++(0,0,1) -- cycle; \draw[red,fill=yellow] (0,0,0) -- ++(-2,0,0) -- ++(0,0,-1) -- ++(2,0,0) -- cycle; \begin{scope}[xshift=-3cm, yshift=-0.56cm, scale=0.4] \draw[->, red] (0,0) -- (0,1) node[anchor=north east] {$x$}; \draw[->, green] (0,0) -- (-1,0) node[anchor=north west] {$y$}; \draw[blue] (0,0) node {$\odot$}; \draw[blue] (0,0) node[anchor=north west] {$z$}; \end{scope} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} I manually set the xshift and yshift so the arrows are on the bottom part of the figure. (Note: here the scope does enlarge the figure on the left because there is nothing, but in my case where I'm facing this issue, there are other object on the top left part of it)

Although I wrote a LaTeX-like design for Taiwanese train station signs, the resemblance is still somewhat lacking. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/ROC_Taiwan_Railways_Administration_Logo.svg/960px-ROC_Taiwan_Railways_Administration_Logo.svg.png \documentclass{article} \usepackage{xeCJK,amssymb} \usepackage[ paperwidth=5in, paperheight=3in, margin=0.2in ]{geometry} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{tikz} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay] \node[anchor=north west, xshift=0in, yshift=0in] at (current page.north west) { \includegraphics[width=0.5in,height=0.5in]{960px-ROC_Taiwan_Railways_Administration_Logo.svg.png} }; \end{tikzpicture} \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay] \node[align=center, text=black, yshift=0.25in] at (current page.center) { {\fontsize{28pt}{34pt}\selectfont Miaoli} \\[0.2em] {\fontsize{32pt}{38pt}\selectfont 苗栗} }; \end{tikzpicture} \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay] \node[ draw, line width=0.8pt, minimum size=0.9in, inner sep=0pt, align=center, font=\fontsize{12pt}{12pt}\selectfont ] at ([xshift=1.25in, yshift=0.25in]current page.center) { 苗栗縣\\ 苗栗市 }; \end{tikzpicture} \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay] \node[anchor=south west, xshift=0.2in, yshift=0.2in] at (current page.south west) { {\Large 豐富 Fengfu} }; \node[anchor=south east, xshift=-0.2in, yshift=0.2in] at (current page.south east) { {\Large 南勢 Nanshi} }; \end{tikzpicture} \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay] \draw[green!60!black, line width=1.2pt] ([yshift=0.65in]current page.south west) -- ([yshift=0.65in]current page.south east); \node[anchor=west, text=green!60!black] at ([yshift=0.78in]current page.south west) {\large $\blacktriangleleft$ 3.9 公里 (km)}; \node[anchor=east, text=green!60!black] at ([yshift=0.78in]current page.south east) {\large 6.6 公里 (km) $\blacktriangleright$}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} A better version should be: Source: http://trstour.com/miao-li.htm

I am designing playing cards, and I use a print service (https://meinspiel.de if that's relevant). I create my cards with a heading styled with tikz, like so: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[paperwidth=65mm,paperheight=97mm, margin=7mm]{geometry} \pagestyle{empty} \RequirePackage[x-4]{pdfx} \setCMYKcolorprofile{coated_FOGRA39L_argl.icc} {Coated FOGRA39} {FOGRA39 (ISO Coated v2 300\% (ECI))} {http://www.argyllcms.com/} \usepackage[overprint]{colorspace} \RequirePackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{positioning,shapes,calc,backgrounds} \definecolor{blue1}{cmyk}{0.6818,0.3939,0,0.7412} \definecolor{blue2}{cmyk}{0.6339,0.2768,0,0.5608} \tikzset{ pics/heading/.style={code={ \node[anchor=north west] (heading) at ($(current page.north west) + (7, -7)$) {\textoverprint[0]{\textcolor{white}{\textsf{#1}}}}; \begin{scope}[on background layer] \fill[top color=blue1, bottom color=blue2] (current page.north west) -- (heading.south west-|current page.north west) -- (heading.south east) .. controls +(right:5) and +(left:5) .. +(10, 2) -| (current page.north east) -- cycle; \end{scope} }} } \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[x=1mm, y=1mm, remember picture, overlay] \pic {heading={My Heading}}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} As you can see, I set the card's dimensions, specify PDF/X-4 output and the ISO Coated v2 300% (ECI) color profile just like the print service requires. Then I enable overprint (unsure whether this is relevant for my issue) for black text (but the heading is white, so I disable it there again). I define a tikz pic to use for drawing the heading of each card. Finally, I create a document with a single card that uses that pic as heading. The result looks like this: I gave that to the printing service, and they printed the heading as two areas split horizontally with different colors, instead of the gradient. When I asked them what the problem is, they answered this (translated from German): The data is set up in a strange way. The gradient consists of two parts, which lead to it being cut back during conversion. Also, the size of the gradient is extremely huge. I don't exaggerate. It has a width of 352777777777,425mm, i.e. 352.777,78km! While we do have meter scale from time to time, I've never seen kilometers. (The circumference of Earth at the equator is about 40.075 km to put that into context.) It may be that this is why there was an error during conversion. We suggest to embed the gradient as picture to avoid such errors. Also, when gradients are pictures, the print is cleaner and smoother. So, I guess my question is: How do I create the gradient so that the print service is happy? I don't feel like I have enough control over whatever tikz does here.

How can I get this cover page using LaTeX? I have tried using this code, but I can´t get it. This is a cover page that I want for my dissertation. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{graphicx} \begin{document} \begin{titlepage} \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay] % Your logo \node[anchor=north west] at (1.5in,-1.0625in) {% \includegraphics[width=1in,height=1.0625in]{example-image-duck} }; % Line 1: arriba (horizontal) \draw[line width=2pt] (3in, -1.5in) -- (7in, -1.5in); % Line 2: abajo (horizontal, más cerca) \draw[line width=1pt] (3in, -1.8in) -- (7in, -1.8in); % ===== TRES LÍNEAS VERTICALES ===== % La imagen termina en: -1.0625in - 1.0625in = -2.125in % Línea vertical 1 (desde abajo de la imagen hacia abajo) \draw[line width=1pt] (1.9in, -2.5in) -- (1.9in, -8in); % Línea vertical 2 (centro, espaciada 0.5in) \draw[line width=2pt] (2.1in, -2.5in) -- (2.1in, -8in); % Línea vertical 3 (derecha, espaciada 0.5in) \draw[line width=1pt] (2.3in, -2.5in) -- (2.3in, -8in); \end{tikzpicture} \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay] \node[anchor=south west] at (1.5in,-8.8125 in) {% \includegraphics[width=1in,height=1.0625in]{example-image-duck} }; \end{tikzpicture} \end{titlepage} \end{document}

I want to reproduce a cannon considering in old style (one of these) considering that I have not seen a specific symbol. Does anyone know if there’s a symbol that resembles one of this image? I have not found anything.

Although this was mentioned last time: TeX chinese image poetry image text layout However, it seems no one has mentioned the layout of the snail's rotating circle text in the TeX code. Source: https://jedi.nehs.hc.edu.tw/newsletter/306/poem.html I wrote a LaTeX program that rotates text, but the result isn't quite like this image; it's just a reference to the circle rotation text format. Furthermore, the "比羚羊還要快。" part is missing display. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz,xeCJK} \usepackage[margin=0.5in]{geometry} \setCJKmainfont{Noto Sans CJK TC} \usetikzlibrary{decorations.text} \begin{document} \centering \begin{tikzpicture} % Define colors based on the image \definecolor{snailbody}{RGB}{240, 200, 180} \definecolor{shellbase}{RGB}{220, 170, 150} % Body and Tail \fill[snailbody] (-3.5, 0.5) .. controls (-4, -1) and (-3.5, -3.5) .. (0, -3.5) -- (6, -2.5) -- (0, -2.8) .. controls (-2, -2.8) and (-3, -1) .. (-3.5, 0.5); % Head \fill[snailbody] (-3.5, 0.5) circle (0.9); % Antennae \draw[snailbody, line width=4pt] (-3.9, 1.2) -- (-4.3, 2.6); \fill[snailbody] (-4.3, 2.7) circle (0.2); \draw[snailbody, line width=4pt] (-3.1, 1.2) -- (-2.9, 2.6); \fill[snailbody] (-2.9, 2.7) circle (0.2); % Shell (large circle) \fill[shellbase] (0.5, 0) circle (3.7); %text parts \path [ decorate, decoration={ text along path, text={背著重重的家，上山下海，尋找食物，我總比別人慢一步，我想如果我拋棄沉重的家，我一定爬得比羚羊還要快。}, text align=center } ] (0.5, 0) ++(180:4.0) arc (180:0:4.0); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} Although there are similar: How to fine tune rotation of text along circular path? However, There was no mention of a text rotation format resembling a snail's outline.

I followed the LaTeX question reference below to adapt it to the tikz big operators version, but it didn't display in tikz "⅌" symbol. How can I define a big plus operator that works like \bigcup? ⅌ apply in tikz text symbols? % Source - https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/394912 % Posted by GuM, modified by community. See post 'Timeline' for change history % Retrieved 2026-06-13, License - CC BY-SA 3.0 \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz,iftex,amsmath} \usepackage{graphicx} \makeatletter \newcommand*\@bigper[1]{\vcenter{\hbox{#1$\m@th ⅌$}}} \newcommand*\bigper{% \DOTSB % omit this line if you are not using the amsmath package \mathop{% \mathchoice {\@bigper ⅌}% {\@bigper \LARGE}% {\@bigper {}}% {\@bigper \footnotesize}% }% \slimits@ % omit this line if you are not using the amsmath package } \makeatother \ifPDFTeX \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \else \usepackage{newunicodechar} \fi \DeclareRobustCommand{\TikZPerSign}{% \tikz[ baseline=-.25ex, x=.13em, y=.13em, line cap=round, line join=round ]{% % Fixed box: this is important for text-like behaviour. \path[use as bounding box] (-3.05,-3.35) rectangle (3.95,4.35); % 1. The horizontal ellipse \draw[line width=.05em] (0.4,0) ellipse[x radius=2.2,y radius=.7]; % 2. The main U shape \draw[line width=.05em] (-.6,1.5) .. controls (-.6,-3.2) and (.6,-3.2) .. (.6,1.5); % 3. The top-left flourish \draw[line width=.05em] (-.6,1.5) .. controls (-1.8,2.8) and (-3.0,1.5) .. (-2.2,1.2); \fill (-.5,1.9) circle[radius=.22]; % 4. The large right loop \draw[line width=.05em] (.6,1.5) .. controls (.6,4.2) and (3.5,3.2) .. (3.5,.5) .. controls (3.5,-.8) and (2.5,-1.2) .. (1.8,-1.0); }% } \ifPDFTeX \DeclareUnicodeCharacter{214C}{\TikZPerSign} \else \newunicodechar{⅌}{\TikZPerSign} \fi \begin{document} $$\sum^1_2 \bigper^3_4$$ \end{document}

I am generating a plot in PGFPlots/TikZ where the x-axis contains string values and the y-axis contains numerical data. The data is imported from a CSV file, and everything works correctly so far. However, when I use skip coordinates between index, the filtering is applied to the y-values and not to the x-axis categories. In this case, I want to draw only the data with the string value B. Is there a way to correctly apply this filtering to both x-axis ? Thanks! Here is the MWE. Keep in mind that in my case the data are extract from csv file. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepackage{pgfplotstable} \pgfplotsset{compat=1.18} \pgfplotstableread{ String Value A 0 A 6 A 4 B 9 B 5 B 1 B 3 B 7 C 4 C 7 C 9 C 3 }\data \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ ybar, ymin=0, xtick=data, xticklabels from table={\data}{String}, nodes near coords ] \addplot table[ x expr=\coordindex, y={Value}, skip coords between index={0}{3}, skip coords between index={8}{100} ]{\data}; \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}

The original drawing instructions in ⅌: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage[margin=0.5in]{geometry} \begin{document} \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=2] % The stylized symbol is a calligraphic character, likely a script 'P' or 'V' with an ellipse. % We recreate it using thick paths and curves. % 1. The horizontal ellipse \draw[line width=6pt] (0.4, 0) ellipse (2.2 and 0.7); % 2. The main "U" shape (the stems) % Left stem starts from the flourish, goes down, curves at the bottom, and goes up to form the right stem. \draw[line width=14pt, line cap=round] (-0.6, 1.5) .. controls (-0.6, -3.2) and (0.6, -3.2) .. (0.6, 1.5); % 3. The flourish on the top left % A decorative hook and a small "bud" on top of the left stem. \draw[line width=14pt, line cap=round] (-0.6, 1.5) .. controls (-1.8, 2.8) and (-3.0, 1.5) .. (-2.2, 1.2); \fill (-0.5, 1.9) circle (0.25); % 4. The large loop on the right (completing the 'P' shape) % It starts from the top of the right stem, loops over to the right, and curves back down. \draw[line width=14pt, line cap=round] (0.6, 1.5) .. controls (0.6, 4.2) and (3.5, 3.2) .. (3.5, 0.5) .. controls (3.5, -0.8) and (2.5, -1.2) .. (1.8, -1.0); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} However, after reading his/her command usage, This convert to can typed ⅌ text symbols method doesn't seem to work for multiple overlapping shapes in tikz (or maybe I just don't know how to use it). Is there better method to declare tikz picture with proper baseline and fontsize?

I'm working with a blank Beamer presentation template and want to recreate a sidebar similar to one shown in the image below. Unlike typical Beamer sidebars that extend to the page's edge, this one is part of a custom frame. I'd like the sidebar to display boxed sections with sharp drop shadows. The current section should be highlighted by a red shadow, while the current subsection should be bolded and appear on a white horizontal strip. Subsections from other sections should remain hidden until the presentation reaches that specific section, at which point they should appear in a dropdown list in the sidebar (e.g. in the image, we're on SO so subsections of SO are shown in the sidebar, but subsections of Section Two and Section Three are not). Note: By 'subsection' I really mean slide titles. How can I implement this effect in LaTeX? Any help would be appreciated. \documentclass[11pt]{beamer} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{microtype} \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage{soul} \usetikzlibrary{calc} \usepackage{ lmodern, babel, amsmath, eurosym } \definecolor{darkpastelgreen}{rgb}{0.01, 0.75, 0.24} \usepackage[default]{sourcesanspro} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{} \setbeamertemplate{background}{% \begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture] \fill[sharp corners,fill=darkpastelgreen] ($ (current page.north west) + (0.4cm,-0.4cm) $) rectangle ($ (current page.south east) + (-0.4cm,0.4cm) $); \end{tikzpicture}% \begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture] \fill[sharp corners,color=white] ($ (current page.north west) + (0.5cm,-0.5cm) $) rectangle ($ (current page.south east) + (-2cm,0.5cm) $); \end{tikzpicture}% } \setbeamersize{text margin left=0.8cm, text margin right=0.85cm} % Reduce side margins \setbeamertemplate{frametitle}{\color{black}\bfseries\insertframetitle \nointerlineskip \bigskip } \addtobeamertemplate{frametitle}{\vspace*{0cm}}{\vspace*{-0.4cm}} \addtolength{\headsep}{0.6cm} \begin{document} \begin{frame}[t]{} \frametitle{A Subsection} Slide content goes here... \end{frame} \end{document}

I cant just delete the year part, would like to know how I have to adjust it s.t. it only shows the year once. \documentclass[border=5pt,varwidth,11pt]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{matrix,calc,positioning} \colorlet{darkerblue}{blue!50!black} % Source - https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/714618 % Posted by user21161308, modified by community. See post 'Timeline' for change history % Retrieved 2026-06-17, License - CC BY-SA 4.0 %% Code by Claudio: %% https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/197447/221452 %% Uses code by Andrew: %% http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/28452/13304 \makeatletter \let\matamp=& \catcode`\&=13 \def&{% \iftikz@is@matrix \pgfmatrixnextcell \else \matamp \fi } \makeatother \newcounter{lines} \def\endlr{\stepcounter{lines}\\} \newcounter{vtml} \setcounter{vtml}{0} \newif\ifvtimelinetitle \newif\ifvtimebottomline \tikzset{ description/.style={column 2/.append style={#1}}, timeline color/.store in=\vtmlcolor, timeline color=red!80!black, timeline color st/.style={fill=\vtmlcolor,draw=\vtmlcolor}, use timeline header/.is if=vtimelinetitle, use timeline header=false, add bottom line/.is if=vtimebottomline, add bottom line=false, timeline title/.store in=\vtimelinetitle, timeline title={}, line offset/.store in=\lineoffset, line offset=4pt, } \NewDocumentEnvironment{vtimeline}{O{}+b}{% \setcounter{lines}{1}% \stepcounter{vtml}% \begin{tikzpicture}[column 1/.style={anchor=east}, column 2/.style={anchor=west}, text depth=0pt,text height=1ex, row sep=1ex, column sep=1em, #1 ] \matrix(vtimeline\thevtml)[matrix of nodes]{#2}; \pgfmathtruncatemacro\endmtx{\thelines-1} \path[timeline color st] ($(vtimeline\thevtml-1-1.north east)!0.5!(vtimeline\thevtml-1-2.north west)$)-- ($(vtimeline\thevtml-\endmtx-1.south east)!0.5!(vtimeline\thevtml-\endmtx-2.south west)$); \foreach \x in {1,...,\endmtx}{ \node[circle,timeline color st, inner sep=0.15pt, draw=white, thick] (vtimeline\thevtml-c-\x) at ($(vtimeline\thevtml-\x-1.east)!0.5!(vtimeline\thevtml-\x-2.west)$){}; \draw[timeline color st](vtimeline\thevtml-c-\x.west)--++(-3pt,0); } \ifvtimelinetitle% \draw[timeline color st]([yshift=\lineoffset]vtimeline\thevtml.north west)-- ([yshift=\lineoffset]vtimeline\thevtml.north east); \node[anchor=west,yshift=16pt,font=\large] at (vtimeline\thevtml-1-1.north west) {\textsc{Timeline \thevtml}: \textit{\vtimelinetitle}}; \else% \relax% \fi% \ifvtimebottomline% \draw[timeline color st]([yshift=-\lineoffset]vtimeline\thevtml.south west)-- ([yshift=-\lineoffset]vtimeline\thevtml.south east); \else% \relax% \fi% \end{tikzpicture} }{} \begin{document} \begin{vtimeline}[timeline color=darkerblue, line offset=2pt] 2016 & Hate speech detection using AI begins\endlr 2017 & Convolutional neural network for document classification. \endlr 2017 & Transformer Paper published. \endlr 2017 & Bi-Transformer paper published.\endlr 2018 & Scaling NLP across many languages.\endlr 2018 & Understanding text in images/videos with ML.\endlr 2018 & CV tools for objectionable content detection.\endlr 2019 & XLM for pre-training cross-lingual models. \endlr 2019 &Self-Supervision improves Hate Speech detection. \endlr 2019 &Improvements in image post classifications. \endlr 2019 &Whole entity understanding.\endlr 2019 &Bi-Transformer in hate speech detection. \endlr 2019 &XLM in hate speech review.\endlr 2020 & Self-supervision enhances hate speech detection. \endlr 2020 & Classification improvements for image posts. \endlr 2020 & Whole entity: More robust image understanding. \endlr 2020 & Whole entity: Weak-supervision. \endlr 2020 & RIO: reinforcement-learning optimization. \endlr 2020 & Linformer: Efficient text encoder.\endlr \end{vtimeline} \end{document}

currently I am working with TikZ program in latex to draw a 3d figure. I need to redefine a coordinates system in 3d. The following is a MWE I tried: \documentclass{scrreprt} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{3d} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[x={(0:1)},y={(60:1)},z={(30:1cm)}] \draw[->] (0,0,0) -- (1,0,0); \draw[->] (0,0,0) -- (0,1,0); \draw[->] (0,0,0) -- (0,0,1); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} And it gives the followings figure: But when I tried to change the z coordinate as z={(30:1)} (without dimension), it gives another picture as follows: \documentclass{scrreprt} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{3d} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[x={(0:1)},y={(60:1)},z={(30:1)}] \draw[->] (0,0,0) -- (1,0,0); \draw[->] (0,0,0) -- (0,1,0); \draw[->] (0,0,0) -- (0,0,1); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} So I wonder how the XYZ vectors are rotated? Are they all rotated based on the vector (1cm,0)? I didn't find the answer in the pgf manual and search for help here. Thank you for any help.

I am trying to draw grids without the outer layer. Here is the code, \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{center} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw[step=2cm,color=gray] (.2,.2) grid (10.75,10.75); \end{tikzpicture} \end{center} \end{document} The output looks like this. As one can see, the outerlayer is not uniformly placed. Can anyone please point out how to make it uniform? Thanks in advance.

Salvation I am testing the 3Dtools library (https://github.com/marmotghost/tikz-3dtools). I find the idea interesting. It is possible to define a plane either by 3 points, or by a vector and a point, very well. on the other hand I did not find how to choose this plan to draw above. So I'm looking for an example of use.

I would like to receive some help from you. I've been able to add the label for a vector in the middle of the arrow itself in tikz3d by using a command like: \tdplotsetcoord{Mp}{\rvm}{\phm}{\thm} \path (O) -- node[sloped] (text) {$\bv{r}_{kj}(t)$} (Mp); \draw[-latex,shorten >=3mm] (O) -- (text) -- (Mp); However I would like to obtain the same with arcs. Given that I'm using the command: \tdplotdrawarc[-latex]{(O)}{0.8}{0}{\thm}{anchor=north}{$\vth_k(t)$} I cannot find a way to include it. Here is a MWE: \documentclass[tikz,border=5pt]{standalone} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{tkz-euclide} % \usetkzobj{all} % obselete \usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,angles,quotes,positioning} \usepackage{tikz-3dplot} \tdplotsetmaincoords{75}{110} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=4,tdplot_main_coords] \definecolor{earth}{RGB}{0,128,0} \definecolor{moon}{RGB}{119,136,153} \pgfmathsetmacro{\rvm}{1.2} \pgfmathsetmacro{\phm}{70} \pgfmathsetmacro{\thm}{150} \coordinate (O) at (0,0,0); \draw[thick,-latex] (0,0,0) -- (1.5,0,0) node[anchor=north east]{${ I}$}; \draw[thick,-latex] (0,0,0) -- (0,1.5,0) node[anchor=north west]{${ J}$}; \draw[thick,-latex] (0,0,0) -- (0,0,1.2) node[anchor=south]{${ K}$}; % Earth \tdplotsetcoord{Ep}{0}{0}{0} % draw Moon position, theta, phi, RTN CS \tdplotsetcoord{Mp}{\rvm}{\phm}{\thm} \path (O) -- node[sloped] (text) {${r}_{kj}(t)$} (Mp); \draw[-latex,shorten >=3mm] (O) -- (text) -- (Mp); \draw[dashed,shorten >=-20pt ] (O) -- (Mpxy); \tdplotdrawarc[-latex]{(O)}{0.8}{0}{\thm}{anchor=north}{$\vartheta_k(t)$} \shade[ball color = earth] {(Ep)} circle (2.5pt); \shade[ball color = moon] {(Mp)} circle (2pt); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}

How to plot the 3D graph of the following three inequalities in latex (tikz/pgf) ? z <= x+y+1, z <= 4x, z <= 5y. My attempt: \documentclass[12pt,leqno]{amsart} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis} \addplot3 [ domain=-5:20, domain y = -3:10, samples = 20, samples y = 8, surf] {x+y+1}; \addplot3[domain=-5:20, domain y = -3:10, samples = 20, samples y = 8, surf, opacity=0.25]{4*x}; \addplot3[domain=-5:20, domain y = -3:10, samples = 20, samples y = 8, surf, opacity=0.25]{5*y}; \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} The above Latex code produces the above figure: But the above graph is not clear, the intersecting line of the three half-planes are not clear. Any help to draw clear image with clear intersection. Any help both with the 3D graph of the given 3 inequalities. Thanks Edit: The 2D projection of the above 3 inequalities becomes: and this is justified by the answer of @Juan Castaño.

I am attempting to reproduce the following graph using pgfplots: Here is the MWE code I developed, along with the corresponding plot generated: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=1.17} \begin{document} \begin{center} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ width=8cm, height=12cm, axis lines=center, view={120}{30}, mesh/interior colormap name=hot, colormap/cool, point meta min=0.5, point meta max=6, xmin=-2, xmax=2, xlabel=\Large{$s$}, ymin=-0.5, ymax=2.5, ylabel=\large{$t$}, zmin=0, zmax=6, ] \addplot3[ surf, shader=interp, samples=50, domain=-2:2, y domain=-0.5:2.5 ] {14*x*x+20*x*y-22*x+11*y*y-24*y+14}; \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{center} \end{document} There are a few issues: The view box does not crop the plot as I would like. I am looking for the elliptic intersection with the plane z=6 akin to the first image. The interior surface (colored by mesh/interior colormap name=hot) is not visible. pgfplots is giving the following warning: Package pgfplots Warning: the combination 'shader=interp,interior colormap name ' is inefficient (it uses 'shader=faceted interp,faceted color=none') and may s low down the *display* of your document on input line 44. I only know the command shader=interp to remove mesh gridlines and I would like to shade the interior and exterior surfaces with different colormaps. What is going on? How can I get the desired "crop" effect? For reference, here is the surface rendered with gridlines:

I'm really surprised that I couldn't find an answer to this question, but here it goes: how can I draw a plane intersecting a sphere using tikz and tikz-3dplots? I managed to do the following, using a mixture of this answer and this answer (code below): But what I really want is something like this (it's a shame and something I totally don't understand why Geogebra does not convert 3D figures to tikz): Clearly, I'm almost there. But the shading is wrong: the plane is being plotted as if it was covering the sphere, and not as if it is intersecting it. I found out here that apparently there is no way of doing the shading automatically, but I'm ok with doing it manually. The only problem is, I have no idea how to do it. I spent more than a day already trying to understand what was happening in the codes of the previous mentioned answers, as they were made for specific cases and I needed to transform them into a random sphere intersecting a random plane. I added some comments to the code with what I gathered. But I still am not sure how all of those commands work, so I can't properly identify where should I end and begin an arc to fill with some darker gray color on top of the plane plotting. I know that using an external programm to generate images would work (here is a nice example using Asymptote), but I have to add many different spheres intersecting different planes to my file, and I would prefer to be able to generate them directly in Latex with tikz, instead of having multiple figures. So my question reduces to: how to manually add the proper shading in my figure? (Notice that there is need for two shades: one for the cap of the sphere and a darker one for the back part of the sphere's cap.) Of course, an alternative code, which can be easily modified for different spheres and planes (specially planes not parallel to xy), is very welcome as well. What I have so far: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tikz-3dplot} \usetikzlibrary{backgrounds, intersections} %I don't have a clear idea of what is happening here, but they are used for the plane construction \newcommand\pgfmathsinandcos[3]{% \pgfmathsetmacro#1{sin(#3)}% \pgfmathsetmacro#2{cos(#3)}% } \newcommand\LongitudePlane[3][current plane]{% \pgfmathsinandcos\sinEl\cosEl{#2} % elevation \pgfmathsinandcos\sint\cost{#3} % azimuth \tikzset{#1/.style={cm={\cost,\sint*\sinEl,0,\cosEl,(0,0)}}} } \newcommand\LatitudePlane[3][current plane]{% \pgfmathsinandcos\sinEl\cosEl{#2} % elevation \pgfmathsinandcos\sint\cost{#3} % latitude \pgfmathsetmacro\yshift{\cosEl*\sint} \tikzset{#1/.style={cm={\cost,0,0,\cost*\sinEl,(0,\yshift)}}} % } \newcommand\DrawLongitudeCircle[2][1]{ \LongitudePlane{\angEl}{#2} \tikzset{current plane/.prefix style={scale=#1}} % angle of "visibility" \pgfmathsetmacro\angVis{atan(sin(#2)*cos(\angEl)/sin(\angEl))} % \draw[current plane] (\angVis:1) arc (\angVis:\angVis+180:1); \draw[current plane,dashed] (\angVis-180:1) arc (\angVis-180:\angVis:1); } \newcommand\DrawLatitudeCircle[2][1]{ \LatitudePlane{\angEl}{#2} \tikzset{current plane/.prefix style={scale=#1}} \pgfmathsetmacro\sinVis{sin(#2)/cos(#2)*sin(\angEl)/cos(\angEl)} % angle of "visibility" \pgfmathsetmacro\angVis{asin(min(1,max(\sinVis,-1)))} \draw[current plane] (\angVis:1) arc (\angVis:-\angVis-180:1); \draw[current plane,dashed] (180-\angVis:1) arc (180-\angVis:\angVis:1); } \begin{document} \begin{figure} \centering \tdplotsetmaincoords{60}{110} \begin{tikzpicture}[tdplot_main_coords, declare function={dicri(\t,\th,\ph,\R)=sin(\th)*sin(\ph)*(\R*cos(\t)) - sin(\th)*cos(\ph)*(\R*sin(\t))+ cos(\th)*(1);}] %dicri is defined according to a parametrization n+r*cos(t)*u+r*sen(t)*v, being u and v orthonormal vectors in the intersecting plane \pgfmathsetmacro{\R}{5}% \path coordinate (T) at (0,0,3) %center of circle defined by the intersection coordinate (I) at (0,0,0); \path[tdplot_screen_coords,shift={(I)},use as bounding box] (-1.2*\R,-1.2*\R)rectangle (1.2*\R,1.2*\R);%this limits the image position %draws dot+label for coordinates T and I \foreach \v/\position in {T/above,I/below} { \draw[fill=black] (\v) circle (0.7pt) node [\position=0.2mm] {$\v$}; } \begin{scope}[tdplot_screen_coords, on background layer] \fill[ball color=white, opacity=0.8] (I) circle (\R); % determine the zeros of dicri \path[overlay,name path=dicri] plot[variable=\x,domain=0:360,samples=73] ({\x*1pt},{dicri(\x,\tdplotmaintheta,\tdplotmainphi,4)}); \path[overlay,name path=zero] (0,0) -- (360pt,0); \path[name intersections={of=dicri and zero,total=\t}] let \p1=(intersection-1),\p2=(intersection-2) in \pgfextra{\xdef\tmin{\x1}\xdef\tmax{\x2}}; \end{scope} %this has to do with finding the equation of the intersection circle, I believe \pgfmathsetmacro{\SmallR}{4} %the radius of the intersection circle is supposed as known % Draw dashed part of intersecting circle \draw[dashed] plot[variable=\t,domain=\tmin:\tmax,samples=50,smooth] ({\SmallR*cos(\t)}, {\SmallR*sin(\t)}, {3}); % Draw continuous part of intersecting circle \draw[thick,save path=\pathA] plot[variable=\t,domain=\tmax:\tmin+360,samples=50,smooth] ({\SmallR*cos(\t)}, {\SmallR*sin(\t)}, {3}); %same parametrization used in dicri. %Plane construction %% some definitions \def\angEl{35} % elevation angle \def\angAz{-105} % azimuth angle \def\angPhi{-40} % longitude of point P \def\angBeta{19} % latitude of point P %% working planes \pgfmathsetmacro\H{\R*cos(\angEl)} % distance to north pole \tikzset{xyplane/.style={ cm={cos(\angAz),sin(\angAz)*sin(\angEl),-sin(\angAz),cos(\angAz)*sin(\angEl),(0,-\H)} }, >=latex, % option for nice arrows inner sep=0pt,% outer sep=2pt,% mark coordinate/.style={inner sep=0pt,outer sep=0pt,minimum size=3pt, fill=black,circle} } \LatitudePlane[equator]{\angEl}{0} %% draw xy shifted plane \filldraw[xyplane,shift={(0,0,3)},fill=gray!10,opacity=0.2] (-1.8*\R,-2.6*\R) rectangle (2.2*\R,2*\R); \end{tikzpicture} \end{figure} \end{document} EDIT: I managed to find the points where the continuous circle turns into a dashed circle using this: \path ({\SmallR*cos(\tmin)}, {\SmallR*sin(\tmin)}, {3}) coordinate (pmin) ({\SmallR*cos(\tmax)}, {\SmallR*sin(\tmax)}, {3}) coordinate (pmax); Those points are where the new shading should begin, now I'm only missing how to find the arcs of the dashed circle and of the upper sphere surface.

I am writing a macro definition that draws dimensions in the style of technical drawing. I need to perform an inequality of two of the arguments to know which is coordinate is higher up, but the console doesn't understand the condition I used as the \ifthenelse argument. % (#1,#2): Starting coordinate % (#3,#4): Ending coordinate % #5: Vertical upwards distance from the body % #6: Dimension text \usetikzlibrary{calc} \def\DimensionTop(#1,#2)(#3,#4)[#5,#6]{ \ifthenelse{#2>#4} { % If point (#1,#2) is higher than (#3,#4) \coordinate (D1) at ($ (#1,#2) + (0,#5) $); \coordinate (D2) at ($ (#3,#4) + (0,#2-#4) + (0,#5) $); } { % If point (#3,#4) is higher than (#1,#2) \coordinate (D1) at ($ (#1,#2) + (0,#4-#2) + (0,#5) $); \coordinate (D2) at ($ (#3,#4) + (0,#5) $); } \draw (#1,#2) -- (D1) -- ++(0,0.2); \draw (#3,#4) -- (D2) -- ++(0,0.2); \draw[ <->, >=latex, thin ] (D1) -- (D2) node[ fill=white, midway ] {$\mathtt{#6}$}; } The function is used like this in the main document \documentclass[border=2pt,convert={outext=.png}]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{patterns} \usetikzlibrary{arrows} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} % Custom command for the background grid, ignore \GuideCartesian(-2,-2)(8,8); \draw[ very thick ] (0,4) -- (2,5); \DimensionTop(0,4)(2,5)[1,1.50]; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} Since the console doesn't understand the condition, it goes directly to the else case, which works when the point on the right is higher than the point on the left as in the picture. What would be a correct way to express this condition?

Consider a polyhedron composed by 24 vertices (4×6) 14 faces (contain 6 squares and 8 hexagons) 36 edges (4×6+6×82=36). This polyhedron can pack and tessellate the 3-dimensional-space like this. Question: What are the available methods to draw this in LaTex? (My attempt was that I showed such packing is possible and prepared this figure [not using LaTex..].)

I'm trying to draw some parallelepipeds in tikz and find the task surprisingly frustrating. For example, I'd like to recreate this figure from wikipedia: I've found lots of tikz examples of cubes but none of parallelepipeds. Is there a simple way to do this?

I am trying draw a circle is intersection of a plane has equation 2 x − 2 y + z − 15 = 0 and the equation of the sphere is ( x − 1)^2 + ( y + 1)^ 2 + ( z − 2)^ 2 − 25 = 0. The plane cut the sphere is a circle with centre (3,-3,3 and radius r = 4. I can't draw the circle. I tried \documentclass[12pt,border = 2 mm]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tikz-3dplot} \usetikzlibrary{arrows,calc,backgrounds} \begin{document} \tdplotsetmaincoords{60}{110} \begin{tikzpicture}[tdplot_main_coords] \path coordinate (T) at (3,-3,3) coordinate (I) at (1,-1,2); \foreach \v/\position in {T/above,I/below} { \draw[fill=black] (\v) circle (0.7pt) node [\position=0.2mm] {$\v$}; } \draw[dashed] (T) circle[radius={4}]; \begin{scope}[tdplot_screen_coords, on background layer] \pgfmathsetmacro{\R}{5}% \fill[ball color=purple, opacity=1.0] (I) circle (\R); \end{scope} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} How can I draw the circle?

A first example of intersection between two planes is already shown in this answer. I would like to use TikZ. I already tested that code, but it has a different axes layout (the axes in the linked answer are like a box containing the planes; the required axes here are instead the cartesian ones), a different position of the planes and a different fill pattern for the planes: I don't know how to modify it according to my requirements. The final result should be like the following image, with these differences: only its left part is to be considered (the right part can be completely ignored); the planes in my picture have a vertical intersection line (instead of the horizontal intersection line of the picture); the text line of intersection and its arrow are not necessary. How to accomplish this (with or without the code in the linked answer)?

When I render this with LuaLaTeX: \documentclass[tikz,border=4mm]{standalone} \usetikzlibrary{graphdrawing,graphs} \usegdlibrary{layered,trees,circular,force} \begin{document} \tikz \graph[ spring layout, edge quotes mid, edges={nodes={font=\scriptsize, fill=white, sloped, inner sep=1pt}} ] { 1 ->["Das"] 2 ->["ist"] 3 ->["das"] 4 ->["Haus"] 2 ->["vom" near start] 5 ->["Ni"] 4 ->["ko" near start] 1 ->["laus", orient=right] 5; }; \end{document} I get this error: ! Package pgfkeys Error: I do not know the key '/tikz/"{Das}"' and I am going t o ignore it. Perhaps you misspelled it. See the pgfkeys package documentation for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.14 } ; ? Why?

Im trying to do a spiral cone in TikZ. I dont know what is the best way to do this.

How can show that two ellipses are in different planes? \documentclass[convert = false, border = 1cm]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{calc} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \pgfmathsetmacro{\as}{2}; \pgfmathsetmacro{\bs}{1.95}; \pgfmathsetmacro{\cs}{sqrt(\as^2 - \bs^2)} \pgfmathsetmacro{\al}{3}; \pgfmathsetmacro{\bl}{2.25}; \pgfmathsetmacro{\cl}{sqrt(\al^2 - \bl^2)} \pgfmathsetmacro{\xs}{abs(\cs - \cl)} \draw (0, 0) ellipse [x radius = \as cm, y radius = \bs cm]; \draw (\xs, 0) ellipse [x radius = \al cm, y radius = \bl cm]; \filldraw[black] (-\cs, 0) circle [radius = .1cm]; \filldraw[black] (-\cl + \xs, 0) circle [radius = .1cm]; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} From the image, we see that both ellipses are in the same plane. How can I rotate the small ellipse to make it appear as if the smaller ellipse is in a different plane? Using rotate around doesn't achieve that look. Edit 2: I am a little hesitant about using xslant and yslant since it appears that the ellipse is being shifted and stretched. Here is a poor picture(my phone camera flash refused to work) of two ellipse in different planes. If adjust my smaller ellipse, it stretches and appears to shift dramatically. From the image below, the focus appears to be in the center of smaller ellipse now and it has elongated. Edit: So I found this post Why isn't the arc drawn on the good plane using tikz-3dplot in Tait-Bryan convention but I don't fully understand the code. However, the poster was able to rotate ellipse and have a better visual appeal and the poster could define the plane it is in such as xy, yz, and xz. How could I adapt this code to my situation?

I have a PNG plot with a couple of black patches in it, and I'd like to refer to it in the \caption of the figure. According to the TikZ manual, I'd have to \tikz \fill[black] (1ex,1ex) circle (1ex); which works perfectly outside a \caption. Using this inside a \caption, though, leaves me with the compile error ! Use of \use@pgflibrary doesn't match its definition. \pgfutil@ifnextchar ...1\def \pgfutil@reserved@a { #2}\def \pgfutil@reserved@... l.375 ...blah blah.} ? The following produces the compile error \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \tikz \fill[orange] (1ex,1ex) circle (1ex); \begin{figure} \caption{\tikz \fill[orange] (1ex,1ex) circle (1ex);} \end{figure} \end{document} Any hints here?