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I have a macro for typesetting Attribute Value Matrices (AVMs). Sometimes I want to add a little bit of vertical space. My understanding is that I type \\[2mm] and then 2mm space is inserted. But this is not what happens. Sometimes I have to add 8mm or 10 or 12. It somehow seems to depend on what happened before. But why? And how does it work and is there anything I can do to get the desired behavior? \documentclass{scrartcl} \usepackage{etex} \usepackage{array} \newcommand{\nliste}[1]{% \mbox{$\langle$\upshape\normalfont#1$\rangle$}% } \newcommand{\eliste}{% \mbox{% $\left\langle\right\rangle$}% } \newcommand{\ms}[2][]{% \ifdim\lastskip=-1pt % flag value \mbox{}\\*[-.8\baselineskip]% \else \ifnum\lastpenalty=-10000 % other flag value \mbox{}\\*[-.8\baselineskip]% \fi \fi \mbox{% \delimiterfactor=1000 \delimitershortfall=0pt\tabcolsep=0pt% $\hspace{-2pt}\left[% \begin{tabular}{>{\upshape\scshape}l@{}>{\hspace*{5pt}\normalfont\itshape}l} \if\relax\detokenize{#1}\relax\else \multicolumn{2}{>{\normalfont\itshape}l}{#1}% \\% \fi% #2% \end{tabular}% \right]\hspace{-2pt}$% }% % \par\vspace{1mm}% \vspace{1mm}% } \newcommand{\ibox}[1]{{% \setlength{\fboxsep}{1.25pt}% \fbox{$\scriptstyle #1$}% }} \newcommand{\liste}[1]{% \mbox{% $% \left\langle\mbox{\upshape\normalfont#1}\right\rangle% $% }%\\[2pt]% } \newcommand{\ind}[1]{\mbox{$_{\ibox{#1}}$}} \begin{document} \ms{ \ldots & \ms{ cat & \ms{% head & verb \\ arg-st & \ibox{1} $\oplus$ \ibox{2} $\oplus$ \nliste{ V[\textit{inf}, \textsc{lex}+, \textsc{subj}~\ibox{1}, \textsc{comps}~\ibox{2}, \textsc{ltop} \ibox{3} ] } }\\ cont & \ms{ ltop & \ibox{4}\\ ind & \ibox{5} event } }\\ rels & \liste{ \ms[scheinen]{ lbl & \ibox{4}\\ arg0 & \ibox{5}\\ arg1 & \ibox{6}\\ } }\\[10mm] hcons & \liste{ \ms[qeq]{ harg & \ibox{6}\\ larg & \ibox{3}} } } \end{document}

EDIT I am using the mathptmx package to achieve a Times New Roman aesthetic. However, it seems to me that the Greek letters ($\lambda, \mu, \omega$) seem to lose their relative weight or scale inconsistently compared to the Latin constants. Is this an inherent limitation of the virtual fonts in mathptmx, and how can I force a more robust scaling for these mathematical elements? Working example: \documentclass{article} %\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{mathptmx} % Times New Roman style \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm} %------------------------------------------------------------- % Custom macros %------------------------------------------------------------- \newcommand{\cL}{c_{\mathrm{L}}} % longitudinal wave speed \newcommand{\cT}{c_{\mathrm{T}}} % shear wave speed \begin{document} (...) The material is assumed to be homogeneous, isotropic, linearly elastic, and lossless (non-dissipative), characterised by the real-valued Lam\'e constants $\lambda$ and $\mu$ (with $\mu > 0$ and $3\lambda + 2\mu > 0$) and mass density $\rho > 0$. The corresponding longitudinal and shear wave speeds are % \begin{equation} \cL = \sqrt{\frac{\lambda + 2\mu}{\rho}}, \qquad \cT = \sqrt{\frac{\mu}{\rho}}, \label{eq:wavespeeds} \end{equation} % with $\cL > \cT > 0$. The material obeys the generalised Hooke's law % \begin{equation} \sigma_{ij} = \lambda\,\delta_{ij}\,\varepsilon_{kk} + 2\mu\,\varepsilon_{ij}, \qquad \varepsilon_{ij} = \tfrac{1}{2}(U_{i,j} + U_{j,i}), \label{eq:hooke} \end{equation} % where $\delta_{ij}$ is the Kronecker delta and the usual summation convention over repeated indices is employed. Substituting \eqref{eq:hooke} into the equations of motion $\sigma_{ij,j} + \rho\,\partial_{tt} U_i = 0$ and using the time-harmonic ansatz, so that $\partial_{tt} \to -\omega^2$ and hence $\ddot{U}_i = -\omega^2 U_i$, yields the time-harmonic Navier equations: % \begin{equation} \mu\,\nabla^2 \mathbf{U} + (\lambda+\mu)\,\nabla(\nabla\cdot\mathbf{U}) + \rho\omega^2\,\mathbf{U} = \mathbf{0} \quad \text{in } \Omega, \label{eq:navier} \end{equation} % where $\nabla^2 = \partial^2/\partial x^2 + \partial^2/\partial y^2$ is the two-dimensional Laplacian. Equation~\eqref{eq:navier} is a system of two coupled second-order partial differential equations for $U_x$ and $U_y$. \end{document} When using the more recent \usepackage{newtx} I get error messages. LaTeX Error: Command \openbox already defined. amsthm.sty:426 Or name \end... illegal, see p.192 of the manual.name \@backslashchar \@qend ... illegal, see p.192 of the manual. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help\@err@ l.426 \vrule\hfil}} Your command was ignored. Type I <command> <return> to replace it with another command, or <return> to continue without it. LaTeX Error: Command `\Bbbk' already defined. amssymb.sty:261 See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ->\errmessage LaTeX Error: Command `\string \Bbbk ' already defined. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help\@err@ l.261 \DeclareMathSymbol{\Bbbk} {\mathord}{AMSb}{"7C} Your command was ignored. Type I <command> <return> to replace it with another command, or <return> to continue without it. Afficher moins

Extension of my question for half plane. I want to be able to draw figures like the following one (i.e. figures for the classic Boussinesq/Lamb problems). After some trial and error, inspired by the following answer in a recent question of mine I got something not bad. \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{amsmath} \usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathmorphing, shadings, arrows.meta, calc} \tikzset{ potato/.style={ rounded corners=2pt, decorate, decoration={random steps, segment length=5mm, amplitude=3pt}, } } \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \pgfmathsetseed{2345} \begin{scope} \clip (-4, -6) rectangle (4, 0); \draw[potato, top color=gray!15, bottom color=gray!50] (0,0) ellipse[x radius=3.2cm, y radius=3.2cm]; \end{scope} \fill[gray!10] (0,0) ellipse[x radius=3.2cm, y radius=0.9cm]; \draw[thick] (0,0) ellipse[x radius=3.2cm, y radius=0.9cm]; \draw[-{latex}, thick] (0,0) -- (0, -2.4) node[below] {$z$}; \draw[-{latex}, thick] (0,0) -- (3.8, 0) node[right] {$x$}; \draw[-{latex}, thick] (0,0) -- (-2.55, -0.93) node[below left] {$y$}; \filldraw[black] (0,0) circle (2pt) node[below left] {$O$}; \draw[-{Stealth}, very thick] (0, 2.0) -- (0, 0.05) node[right, yshift=1.5cm] {$P$}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} There are a couple of issues as shown in the figure. First why the white space below the figure and second it appears to me that the 'wiggy' curve does not fit correctly to the ellipse. Thanks for any improvements.

Follow-up to my previous question. How to fill/shade the plotted area? % Source - https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/762539 % Posted by kabenyuk % Retrieved 2026-05-04, License - CC BY-SA 4.0 \documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[>=latex] % Draw the wavy boundary % We use a parabola-like base: 0.2*x^2 - 2 % We add a small sine component for the "roughness" \begin{scope} \clip (-3.5,-2.5) rectangle (3.5,0); \draw[thick] plot [domain=-3.3:3.3, samples=100, smooth] (\x, {0.2*\x*\x - 2 + 0.08*sin(200*\x)}); \end{scope} % Draw Horizontal Axis (x) \draw[->] (-3.5,0) -- (3.5,0) node[below right] {$x$}; % Draw Vertical Axis (y) \draw[->] (0,0.25) -- (0,-1.5) node[right] {$y$}; % Origin label \node[below left] at (0,0) {$0$}; %--- Material label --- \node at (-1.5,-1) {$\lambda,\,\mu,\,\rho$}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}

Using tikzposter, if I create 2 blocks in a column environment, and put inside of each the same picture, I obtain block of different size. I would like both blocks to have the same size, given they should have the same content. Minimal example: \documentclass[25pt,a1paper]{tikzposter} \begin{document} \begin{columns} \column{0.45} \block[]{AAA}{ \begin{tikzfigure}[] \includegraphics[width=0.8\colwidth]{Figure/2026-05-05_17-53.png} \end{tikzfigure} } \column{0.45} \block[]{AAA}{ \begin{tikzfigure}[] \includegraphics[width=0.8\colwidth]{Figure/2026-05-05_17-53.png} \end{tikzfigure} } \end{columns} \end{document} With the results below: I have tried to create more than two columns, and the behaviour was strange (this was done with 4 columns of size 0.22, and 2 pictures per block). The first block has a different size than the next four, and the the final three have again a different size.

In LateX, there are many ways to have the bibliography distributed into different sections depending on the nature of the references cited, eg. “Primary Sources” for ancient authors and “Secondary Sources” for modern authors. Examples follow. LaTeX Sample \begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib} @Article{Dols1987, author = {Dols, Michael W.}, date = 1987, journaltitle = {Bulletin of the History of Medicine}, entrysubtype = {secondary}, langid = {english}, pages = {367--390}, title = {The Origins of the Islamic Hospital: Myth and Reality}, volume = 61, } @Inbook{endress1992, author = {Endress, Gerhard}, editor = {Fisher, Wolfdietrich}, location = {Wiesbaden}, entrysubtype = {secondary}, publisher = {Reichert}, booktitle = {Grundriß der arabischen Philologie}, date = 1992, langid = {german}, note = {Supplement}, pages = {3--152}, title = {Die Wissenschaftliche Literatur}, volume = 3, } @Mvbook{al-nadim, author = {{Ibn an-Nadīm}}, editor = {Flügel, Gustav}, location = {Leipzig}, entrysubtype = {primary}, date = {1871/1872}, entrysubtype = {primary}, shorthand = {{Ibn an-Nadīm}, \mkbibemph{{Fihrist}}}, title = {{Fihrist}}, volumes = 2, } @Book{al-qifti, author = {{Ibn al-Qifṭī}}, editor = {Lippert, Julius}, location = {Leipzig}, entrysubtype = {primary}, date = 1903, entrysubtype = {primary}, shorthand = {{al-Qifṭī}, \mkbibemph{{Taʾrīḫ}}}, title = {{Taʾrīḫ al-ḥukamāʾ}}, } \end{filecontents} \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} \usepackage[style=oxnotes]{biblatex} \addbibresource{\jobname.bib} \begin{document} This file illustrates how such a field as \verb|entrysubtype| can be used to have the bibliography distributed into two different sections, namely ``primary sources'' for ancient authors and ``secondary sources'' for modern literature (commentaries, books, articles, chapters and the like). For example the two references that follow are taken from modern authors: one\footcite{Dols1987} and two.\footcite{endress1992} Whereas these other two are taken from ancient authors: one\footcite{al-nadim} and two.\footcite{al-qifti} \printbibliography[title={Primary Sources}, subtype=primary] \printbibliography[title={Secondary Sources}, subtype=secondary] \end{document} My question: how can the same be achieved with OpTeX? A way would be to use a dedicated BibTeX field as entrysubtype. Right now, OpTeX can do the sorting based on sortedby, but without inserting, of course, the headings. It would be great to have an option that would allow for multiple lists in OpTeX! OpTeX Sample @Article{Dols1987, author = {Dols, Michael W.}, year = 1987, journal = {Bulletin of the History of Medicine}, entrysubtype = {secondary}, sortedby = {02-secondary}, langid = {english}, pages = {367--390}, title = {The Origins of the Islamic Hospital: Myth and Reality}, volume = 61, } @Inbook{endress1992, author = {Endress, Gerhard}, editor = {Fisher, Wolfdietrich}, address = {Wiesbaden}, entrysubtype = {secondary}, sortedby = {02-secondary}, publisher = {Reichert}, booktitle = {Grundriß der arabischen Philologie}, year = 1992, langid = {german}, note = {Supplement}, pages = {3--152}, title = {Die Wissenschaftliche Literatur}, volume = 3, } @book{al-nadim, author = {{Ibn an-Nadīm}}, editor = {Flügel, Gustav}, address = {Leipzig}, entrysubtype = {primary}, sortedby = {01-primary}, year = {1871/1872}, entrysubtype = {primary}, title = {{Fihrist}}, volumes = 2, } @Book{al-qifti, author = {{Ibn al-Qifṭī}}, editor = {Lippert, Julius}, address = {Leipzig}, entrysubtype = {primary}, sortedby = {01-primary}, year = 1903, entrysubtype = {primary}, title = {{Taʾrīḫ al-ḥukamāʾ}}, } \nonumcitations \fontfam[NewCM] \verbchar| \nonum\sec \OpTeX/ sample With \LaTeX/, such a field as |entrysubtype| can be used to have the bibliography distributed into two different sections, namely ``primary sources'' for ancient authors and ``secondary sources'' for modern literature (commentaries, books, articles, chapters and the like). How would the same be achieved with \OpTeX/? For example the two references that follow are taken from modern authors: one\fnote{\rcite[Dols1987].} and two.\fnote{\rcite[endress1992].} Both must be printed {\em below} references taken from ancient authors. Whereas these other two are taken from ancient authors: one\fnote{\rcite[al-nadim].} and two.\fnote{\rcite[al-qifti].} Both must be printed {\em above} references taken from modern authors. In the list that follows, I managed to have the ancient authors printed first by using the |sortedby| field. This works, but there is no way to insert headings like {\bf Primary Sources} and {\bf Secondary Sources } as above in the \LaTeX/ example in the list of references. Besides, this is not the way |sortedby| is meant to be used. \nonum\sec References \usebib/s (simple) test-entrysubtype \bye

I'm trying to use the exercise package to collect solutions and then print them later. This is mostly working, but if I have answers typeset in a separate file and included into a main file, any labels introduced within the answers of that separate file cannot be referenced. In case it's relevant, if I input the file instead of include it, the reference is correctly resolved. Here's a MWE. In the main file, we have \documentclass{article} \usepackage[lastexercise,answerdelayed]{exercise} \begin{document} \include{extra} \begin{Exercise} \Question This is a second question. \end{Exercise} \begin{Answer} \Question \begin{equation}\label{eq:test2} x^2 \end{equation} Have a look at (\ref{eq:test2}). \end{Answer} Answers go here \shipoutAnswer \end{document} A second file, extra.tex contains the following: \begin{Exercise} \Question This is a question. \end{Exercise} \begin{Answer} \Question \begin{equation}\label{eq:test} x^2 \end{equation} Have a look at (\ref{eq:test}) \end{Answer} So, we have 2 questions + answers that are essentially the same. The answers are both typeset after the "Answers go here" text. The reference to eq:test2 works, the reference to eq:test does not work. How can I fix this?

I am trying to draw a simple closed loop using circuitikz. I noticed that using -- cycle does not work here (as shown in the figure on the right). Here is a minimal example: \documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage[american]{circuitikzgit} \begin{document} \begin{circuitikz}[line width=2pt] \draw (0,0) to[isource] (0,3) -- (2,3) to[R] (2,0) -- (0,0); \end{circuitikz} \begin{circuitikz}[line width=2pt] \draw (0,0) to[isource] (0,3) -- (2,3) to[R] (2,0) -- cycle; \end{circuitikz} \end{document} Note that I used a thick line width only to make the issue more visible with manually closing the loop. Why does -- cycle not work properly here, and what is the correct way to fix this?

Is there a version of the original display Computer Modern font cminch extended with German umlauts – letters with diaeresis – ÄÖÜ? I have found csinch and plinch fonts with Czech and Polish letters but still missing umlauts. Or which alternatives do you suggest for notice plate?

So I'm compiling with lualatex, using fontspec with unicode-math. It seems that both NewComputerModernMath and LatinModernMath produce a kerning issue with the letter "T". Just build $(T)$ or $\bigl( T \bigr)$ - or see the screenshot below. With the help from AI, I currently have a totally MYSTERIOUS result: for math inside \[ \], the patch only works for sized parentheses (e.g. T \bigr)), but not the plain ones; for math inside \begin{aligned*} \end{aligned*}, the patch only works for plain parentheses, but not the sized ones. Any help for a fix is appreciated - I mean, at least it's a fun puzzle, not trivially solved by an AI 🙂 MWE Code: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[no-math]{fontspec} \usepackage{mathtools} \usepackage{unicode-math} \AtBeginDocument{\directlua{ local glyph_id = node.id("glyph") local kern_id = node.id("kern") local hlist_id = node.id("hlist") local invocation = 0 luatexbase.add_to_callback("post_mlist_to_hlist_filter", function(head) invocation = invocation + 1 local inv = invocation for n in node.traverse(head) do if n.id == glyph_id and (n.char == 0x54 or n.char == 0x1D447) then local k = n.next if k then if k.id == kern_id then local after = k.next if after and after.id == glyph_id and (after.char == 0x29 or after.char == 0x28) then texio.write_nl("[" .. inv .. "] removing plain kern") head = node.remove(head, k) node.free(k) end elseif k.id == hlist_id and k.subtype == 2 then texio.write_nl("[" .. inv .. "] inserting big kern") local new_k = node.new(kern_id, 1) new_k.kern = 113643 head = node.insert_after(head, n, new_k) end end end end return head end, "fix_T_parens") }} \begin{document} \[ (T) \bigl(T\bigr) \Bigl(T\Bigr) \biggl(T\biggr) \Biggl(T\Biggr) \] \begin{align*} (T) \bigl(T\bigr) \Bigl(T\Bigr) \biggl(T\biggr) \Biggl(T\Biggr) \end{align*} \end{document} Also see these questions for some context: LuaLaTeX ignores kerning pairs among math glyphs, Kerning with Lualatex

I am trying to include some blocks of code in a ltx-talk slide. The code below uses listings as an example that works for me if I use Beamer, but now I get the errors shown below. How can I show some python code in ltx-talk? (If a solution using listings is not possible, I would be fine even with something like a verbatim block.) \DocumentMetadata{lang = en, tagging = on} \documentclass{ltx-talk} \usepackage{listings} \begin{document} \begin{frame}{Important talking point} \begin{lstlisting}[language=python] print('Help, World!') \end{lstlisting} \end{frame} \end{document} pdflatex run 1...error Errors: mwe.tex:13: Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup mwe.tex:13: LaTeX Error: \begin{lstlisting} on input line 13 ended by \end{frame} mwe.tex:13: Missing } inserted mwe.tex:13: Paragraph ended before \lst@next was complete mwe.tex:15: LaTeX Error: \begin{frame} on input line 7 ended by \end{document} mwe.tex:15: You can't use `\end' in internal vertical mode

I am using a MiKTex Windows distribution of LaTeX and trying to create a custom package. I am unclear how Latex parses arguments and expl3 makes absolutely no sense to me! For now, what I would like to accomplish is a routine the passes arguments to a .sty file and for the file to do basic error checking and print the values passed to it for confirmation. Thanks for any assistance! I am trying to learn and improve. Here is a MWE of what i have so far % test function using custom package called mypackage.sty located in same folder as .tex file % I am using a MiKTeX for Windows distribution. I have been unsuccessful locating .sty files anywhere else ! % % What I am trying to accomplish is to create some functions in a custom package with optional arguments and % error handling i.e. non-existent function or value out of range % % i am able to sucessfuly compile my functions in a standalone .tex file, but unable to create a package % with arguments and do not no how latex parses arguements % % This is my MWE: % % project1.tex \documentclass{article} \usepackage[draft]{MyPackage} % Just checking to see if I cans successfully pass an argument at package call \usepackage{lipsum} \newcommand{\mycolor}{black} \newcommand{\mylocation}{(0,0)} % (x,y) for cartesian coordinates or (r:Angle) for polar coordinates \newcommand{\myshow}{T} % a boolean value T or F \newcommand{\argfour}{} % mandatory vale that error handling should catch and display appropriate % message "required argument not present" or "argument out of range" \begin{document} \lipsum[1][1-2]\\ \myfunctA[\mycolor,\mylocation,\myshow] % optional arguments, location can be (x,y) or (r:Angle) \myfunctB{\argfour} % mandatory argunt that error handler flags as out off range \myfunctC % non-existent funtion that error handling routine should flag and print error msg. \end{document} The .sty file looks like this: % This is my custom package MWE % It dosn't perform any functions right now, but I would like it to perform basic error handling % and print the agruments and values pased to it. do these routines care what order optional arguments % are passed to them? how do you refer to the individedual arguments passes? % Currently, this code just handles a parameter passed at the "usepackage[]{MyPackage}" level. [draft or final] \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} \ProvidesPackage{MyPackage}[2026/05/03 My Custom Package] \RequirePackage{xcolor-2022-06-12} \newif\if@draft \DeclareOption{draft}{\@drafttrue} \DeclareOption{final}{\@draftfalse} \ProcessOptions\relax \if@draft \newcommand{\myfunctA}[1]{\textcolor{yellow}{\textbf{\Huge SORRY! FEATURE Under Construction}}} \else \newcommand{\functB}[1]{\textcolor{red}{\textbf{\Huge HTTP 404! Command Not Found}}} \fi

For one of my statistics projects I need to calculate some confidence intervals. I put them all in a table, but it bothers me that the square brackets are not lining up. Is there a way to make it so that all of them line up at the beginning and at the end? I added a MWE and a picture. \documentclass[11pt]{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{float} \usepackage[margin=2.5cm]{geometry} \begin{document} \begin{table}[h] \centering \begin{tabular}{lccc} \toprule Variable & Confidence interval mean & Confidence interval median & Confidence interval variance \\ \midrule BMI & $[27.31,29.02]$ & $[26.52,28.06]$ & $[37.53,54.90]$ \\ WHR & $[0.86,0.88]$ & $[0.86,0.89]$ & $[0.004,0.006]$ \\ MAP & $[99.06,102.86]$ & $[97.33,101.33]$ & $[183.93,282.34]$\\ CHR & $[4.08,4.45]$ & $[3.70,4.25]$ & $[1.71,2.61]$ \\ Age & $[42.19,46.09]$ & $[40.00,45.00]$ & $[206.73,287.33]$ \\ Stab\_glu & $[89.34,95.99]$ & $[85.00,89.00]$ & $[283.18,1405.86]$ \\ Glyhb & $[4.69,4.87]$ & $[4.62,4.79]$ & $[0.43,0.64]$ \\ \bottomrule \end{tabular} \caption{Confidence intervals for diabetic negative data} \label{tab:CI diabetic negative} \end{table} \end{document}

A question similar to Capitalize French part name. What I wish : I would like the headers to be written uppercase : on even pages : CHAPITRE X. TITLE OF THE CHAPTER on odd pages : PREMIÈRE PARTIE. TITLE OF THE PART What I tried : I used the fancyhdr package and here is a minimal working example : \documentclass[twoside]{book} \usepackage[french]{babel} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{fancyhdr} \usepackage{lipsum} % Defining command \parttitle \newcommand*\parttitle{} \let\origpart\part \renewcommand*{\part}[2][]{% \ifx\\#1\\% argument optionnel absent ? \origpart{#2}% \renewcommand*\parttitle{#2}% \else \origpart[#1]{#2}% \renewcommand*\parttitle{#1}% \fi } % Defining command \chaptertitle \newcommand*\chaptertitle{} \let\origchapter\chapter \renewcommand*{\chapter}[2][]{% \ifx\\#1\\% argument optionnel absent ? \origchapter{#2}% \renewcommand*\chaptertitle{#2}% \else \origchapter[#1]{#2}% \renewcommand*\chaptertitle{#1}% \fi } %Defining right and left marks \renewcommand{\leftmark}{\MakeUppercase{\chaptername \ \thechapter. \ \chaptertitle}} \renewcommand{\rightmark}{\MakeUppercase{\partname. \ \parttitle}} % Defining header style \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyfoot{} \fancyfoot[C]{\thepage} \fancyhead{} \fancyhead[RO]{\emph{\rightmark}} \fancyhead[LE]{\emph{\leftmark}} \begin{document} \part{Titre de la partie} \chapter{Titre du chapitre} \lipsum[1-10] \end{document} Doing this yields the correct result for even pages (btw it matches the default setting of fancyhdr) : Yet, on odd pages, the part title is written uppercase but not the partname : I would like the "Première partie" to be written uppercase. What I understand so far : With babel in French, part names are by default written as "Première partie", "Deuxième partie", etc. (and not as "Partie 1", "Partie 2", etc.). The doc of the babel french package explains (p.38-39) : \StartBabelCommands*{french}{captions}[unicode, fontenc=TU EU1 EU2, charset=utf8] \SetString{\partnameord}{partie} \SetString{\partfirst}{Première} \SetString{\partsecond}{Deuxième} When PartNameFull=true (default), \part{} is printed in French as “Première partie’’ instead of “Partie I’’. As logic is prohibited inside \SetString, let’s hide the test about PartNameFull in \FB@partname. \SetStringLoop{ordinal#1}{% \frenchpartfirst,\frenchpartsecond,Troisième,Quatrième,% Cinquième,Sixième,Septième,Huitième,Neuvième,Dixième,Onzième,% Douzième,Treizième,Quatorzième,Quinzième,Seizième,% Dix-septième,Dix-huitième,Dix-neuvième,Vingtième} \AfterBabelCommands{% \NewDocumentCommand\FB@emptypart{}{\def\thepart{\unskip}}% \NewDocumentCommand\FB@partname{}{% \ifFBPartNameFull \csname ordinal\romannumeral\value{part}\endcsname\space \partnameord\FB@emptypart \else Partie% \fi}% } \SetString{\partname}{\FB@partname} \EndBabelCommands When setting the babel in another language, the part is expressed as "Parte 1", "Part 1", "Teil 1" and not as "Première partie" as in french-babel. As well, when setting PartNameFull = false, the part is written in French as "Partie 1". In those cases, the command \MakeUppercase{\partname} works well and I get the part name uppercase as wanted. For instance in English : So I guess the issue is in the composition of the part name when PartNameFull = true, but I couldn't figure where the problem is and how to solve it.

How can one create a figure like the following? Here is my attempt. I use the plot function with a combination of a parabola (for the general shape) and a sine wave (to create the "wiggles"). \documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[>=latex] % Draw the wavy boundary % We use a parabola-like base: 0.2*x^2 - 2 % We add a small sine component for the "roughness" \draw[thick] plot [domain=-3.2:3.2, samples=100, smooth] (\x, {0.2*\x*\x - 2 + 0.08*sin(600*\x)}); % Draw Horizontal Axis (x, u) \draw[->] (-3.5,0) -- (3.5,0) node[below right] {$x, u$}; % Draw Vertical Axis (y, v) \draw[->] (0,-2.5) -- (0,0.8) node[right] {$y, v$}; % Origin label \node[below left] at (0,0) {$0$}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} My problem is that the boundary appears too 'wavy'. Also there is a small unecessary part above the x-axis. Any ideas to improve the figure?

From the following tex, \documentclass[a4paper,14pt]{extarticle} \usepackage[a4paper,left=0.75in,top=0.25in,bottom=0.25in,landscape]{geometry} \usepackage{fontspec} \usepackage{polyglossia} \setmainfont[Ligatures=TeX]{Gentium} \usepackage[Latin,Greek]{ucharclasses} \usepackage{multicol} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{multirow} \setromanfont{Gentium-Regular} \setmainlanguage{greek} \setotherlanguage{english} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{10pt} \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} \begin{document} \thispagestyle{empty} \begin{table}[!ht] \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.25} \begin{tabular}{l c l} \multicolumn{3}{c}{\textsc{First Declension}}\\ \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textsc{Masc.}} & & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\textsc{Fem.}} \\ xxx, xxxx & & xxx, xxx, x \\ xxx, [xxx] & & xxx, xxxx \\ x, x & & x, x \\ xxx, xxxx & & xxx, xxx, xxxx \\ xxx, xxx, x & & xxx, xxx, x \\ \multicolumn{3}{c}{x} \\ \multicolumn{3}{c}{xxx} \\ \multicolumn{3}{c}{xxx} \\ \multicolumn{3}{c}{xxx, [xxxx]} \\ \multicolumn{3}{c}{xxx, [xxx, xxxx, xxxx, xxx, xxxx]} \\ \multicolumn{3}{c}{xxxx} \\ \end{tabular} \end{table} \end{document} I get this output: I would like to know how to get the right-hand column, specifically, the top 5 rows of the right-hand column, moved to the right, to give a better appearance of the bottom 6 rows being centered.

I have a Lua based package. I want to make error messages that count. I can make obvious ones which are dependent on common sense, such as type checking in some places, but I want to know what broader considerations I should make before going in with error reporting. \documentclass{article} \ExplSyntaxOn \lua_load_module:n { main } \NewDocumentCommand { \myfunction } {} { \__jasper_myfunction: } \ExplSyntaxOff \begin{document} \myfunction \end{document} local function register_tex_cmd(name, func, args, protected) name = "__jasper_" .. name .. ":" .. ("n"):rep(#args) local scanners = {} for _, arg in ipairs(args) do scanners[#scanners+1] = token['scan_' .. arg] end local scanning_func = function() local values = {} for _, scanner in ipairs(scanners) do values[#values+1] = scanner() end func(table.unpack(values)) end local index = luatexbase.new_luafunction(name) lua.get_functions_table()[index] = scanning_func if protected then token.set_lua(name, index, "protected") else token.set_lua(name, index) end end local myfunction = function() luatexbase.module_info('mypackage', "For your information") end register_tex_cmd("myfunction", function() myfunction() end, { })

The task is to draw a line with an end marker x: The code \documentclass[tikz,border=5pt]{standalone} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw (0,0)--(2,3) node[pos=1] {$\times$}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} produces the output How to draw an end marker x that is rotated relative to the line?

Deformed and undeformed configurations of the beam Hello everyone, I am trying to reproduce this image using LaTeX TikZ. I have written the code below, but I am encountering difficulties when drawing the curved line through the thickness (the yellow line). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. \documentclass[tikz,border=5mm]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta, decorations.pathmorphing, positioning, calc} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[>=Stealth, scale=1.5] % Styles \tikzset{ zigzag/.style={decoration={zigzag, segment length=2mm, amplitude=1mm}, decorate}, break/.style={decoration={zigzag, segment length=4mm, amplitude=2mm}, decorate}, dot/.style={circle, fill=black, inner sep=1.2pt}, hollowdot/.style={circle, draw=black, fill=white, inner sep=1.2pt} } % --- Undeformed Beam (Top Part) --- \begin{scope}[shift={(0,2.5)}] % Beam edges \draw (-1.5, 0.4) -- (2, 0.4); \draw (-1.5, -0.4) -- (2, -0.4); \draw [zigzag] (-1.5, -0.4) -- (-1.5, 0.4); \draw [zigzag] (2, -0.4) -- (2, 0.4); % Neutral axis \draw [dotted, thick] (-1.5, 0) -- (2.5, 0) node[right] {$x, u$}; \draw [->] (2.3, 0) -- (2.7, 0); % Center vertical line and z-axis indicator \draw (0, 0.4) -- (0, -0.4); \node [hollowdot] at (0,0) {}; \draw [->] (0.2, 0) -- (0.2, -0.3); \node [right, font=\small] at (0.2, -0.15) {$z$}; % Left coordinate system and x-dimension \draw (-2.8, 0) -- (-2.3, 0); \draw [break] (-2.3, 0) -- (-1.9, 0); \draw (-1.9, 0) -- (-1.5, 0); \draw (-2.8, 0) -- (-2.8, -0.8) node[below, font=\small] {$z, w$}; \draw [->] (-2.8, -0.6) -- (-2.8, -1); \draw [->] (-2.8, -0.6) -- (0, -0.6); \node [fill=white, inner sep=1pt, font=\small] at (-1.4, -0.6) {$x$}; % Vertical reference line extending down \draw [thin, gray!60] (0, -0.4) -- (0, -3.5); \end{scope} % --- Deformed Beam (Bottom Part) --- \begin{scope}[shift={(0,1)}] % Curved beam boundaries \draw (-1.5, 0.4) to[bend right=15] (2, 0.4); \draw (-1.5, -0.4) to[bend right=15] (2, -0.4); \draw [zigzag] (-1.5, -0.4) -- (-1.5, 0.4); \draw [zigzag] (2, -0.4) -- (2, 0.4); \draw [dashed] (-1.8, 0) to[bend right=15] (2.3, 0); % Reference point (u0, w0) on the neutral axis \coordinate (P0) at (0.8, -0.30); \node [hollowdot] at (P0) {}; \node [below right, xshift=50pt, yshift=-20pt, font=\small] (L0) {$(u_0, w_0)$}; \draw [->, shorten >=2pt] (L0.west) -- (P0); % Vertical dashed reference line through P0 %\draw [red,dashed] ($(P0) + (0, 1.2)$) -- ($(P0) + (0, -0.5)$); \draw [red,dashed] (P0) -- ($(P0) + (115:1.0)$); % Deformed cross-section line \draw [yellow,thick] ($(P0) + (-0.3, 0.6)$) to[bend left=25] ($(P0) + (0.1, -0.6)$); % Point (u, w) on the cross-section \coordinate (P) at ($(P0) + (-0.01, -0.25)$); \node [dot] at (P) {}; \node [left, xshift=-2pt, yshift=2pt, font=\small] at (P) {$(u, w)$}; % Rotation angles at the top % Angle phi_x (rotation of the cross-section) \draw [->] ($(P0) + (0, 0.8)$) arc (90:115:0.8); \node [left, font=\small] at ($(P0) + (105:0.9)$) {$\phi_x$}; % Angle -dw0/dx (rotation of the normal) \draw [->] ($(P0) + (0, 0.8)$) arc (95:90:0.8); \node [right, xshift=6pt, font=\small] at ($(P0) + (80:0.8)$) {$-\frac{\partial w_0}{\partial x}$}; \draw [green,dashed] (P0) -- ($(P0) + (90:1.2)$); % Slope angle at the neutral axis \draw [blue,dashed] (P0) -- ($(P0) + (1.5, 0)$); \draw [yellow,dashed] ($(P0) + (-0.5, -0.1)$) -- ($(P0) + (1.3, 0.20)$); % tangent line \draw [->] ($(P0) + (1.4, 0)$) arc (0:10:1.2); \node [right, font=\small] at ($(P0) + (5:1.4)$) {$-\frac{\partial w_0}{\partial x}$}; \end{scope} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}

Fonts I've tried the following to no avail: Libertinus Math Latin Modern Math STIX Two Math New Computer Modern Math Asana Math TeX Gyre Termes Math TeX Gyre Pagella Math TeX Gyre Schola Math

I want to draw this dotplot: The only way I could think of is: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepackage{statistics} \usetikzlibrary{patterns} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ width=12cm, height=5cm, ymin=0, ymax=20, xmin=0, xmax=1.3, axis y line=left, axis x line=bottom, ytick=\empty, xlabel={$x$}, tick style={draw=none} ] % Dotplot (voorbeelddata) \addplot[ only marks, mark=*, mark size=2.5pt, green!70!black ] coordinates { % linkerzijde (0.35,1) (0.40,1) (0.45,1) (0.40,2) (0.45,2) (0.50,2) (0.45,3) (0.50,3) (0.55,3) (0.50,4) (0.55,4) (0.60,4) % midden (hoogste stapel) (0.60,1) (0.65,1) (0.70,1) (0.75,1) (0.60,2) (0.65,2) (0.70,2) (0.75,2) (0.60,3) (0.65,3) (0.70,3) (0.75,3) (0.65,4) (0.70,4) (0.65,5) (0.70,5) (0.65,6) (0.65,7) % rechterzijde (0.80,1) (0.85,1) (0.80,2) (0.85,2) (0.85,3) }; \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} Resulting in this not very satisfying result: Any suggestions?

I'm playing with a book cover (a novel) with the title separated on three lines. The first part is left aligned to the page, the middle part is centered, and the last part is (should be) right aligned. Currently, my title page is almost right, but I'm experiencing an horizontal glitch that I don't understand. Here's the MWE code that shows the issue. What is wrong with it? \documentclass[11pt,twoside]{book} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[tt=false]{libertinus} \usepackage[french]{babel} \usepackage[stretch=50]{microtype} \usepackage[letterpaper,left=1.25in,right=1in,top=0.5in,bottom=0.5in,includeheadfoot,headheight=15pt]{geometry} % Option showframe pour montrer les bordures. \raggedbottom \hyphenpenalty=2000 \exhyphenpenalty=2000 \usepackage{titlesec} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor} \usepackage{float} \usepackage[titles]{tocloft} \usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor} \usepackage{transparent} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{calc} \titleformat{\chapter}[display] {\normalfont\huge\bfseries\centering} {\chaptertitlename\ \thechapter}{20pt}{\Huge} \begin{document} \frontmatter \begin{titlepage} \definecolor{lightbrown}{RGB}{177, 149, 93} \definecolor{darkred1}{RGB}{60, 25, 0} \pagecolor{darkred1} \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay] \draw[line width = 1in,color = white] ($(current page.north west) + (0.25in,0.25in)$) rectangle ($(current page.south east) + (0.25in,-0.25in)$); \draw[line width = 0.25pt,color = black] ($(current page.north west) + (0.75in,-0.25in)$) rectangle ($(current page.south east) + (-0.25in,0.25in)$); \draw[line width = 1pt,color = white] ($(current page.north west) + (1in,-0.5in)$) rectangle ($(current page.south east) + (-0.5in,0.5in)$); \end{tikzpicture} \centering {\textcolor{lightbrown}{\Huge\sffamily Author's name}} \vfill \raggedright {\textcolor{lightbrown}{\fontsize{58}{0}\selectfont\sffamily\textbf{{WOORLDS}}}} \\[2.5\baselineskip] \centering {\textcolor{lightbrown}{\fontsize{48}{0}\selectfont\sffamily\textbf{{of}}}} \\[2.5\baselineskip] \raggedleft {\textcolor{lightbrown}{\fontsize{58}{0}\selectfont\sffamily\textbf{{WOORMS}}}} \\[2\baselineskip] \vfill \centering \vfill \vfill \vfill {\textcolor{brown}{\Large\selectfont\sffamily Copyright Notice}} \end{titlepage} \pagecolor{white} \end{document} Also, the middle part should be well centered, horizontally AND vertically between the first and last part of the title. I'm not sure the code is properly done. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. Here's a preview of what this code is doing (don't mind about the weird title. This is just for the the MWE): As you could see on the picture, the last part of the title ("WOORMS") have more space to its right that the left of the fist part ("WOORLDS"). Also, I'm not sure that the middle part ("of") is well centered, vertically and horizontally.

What I want to achieve is something like: Noted that the "glow" here is somewhat like a "shadow" path out of the border. However, I have tried blur shadow={shadow xshift=0pt,shadow yshift=0pt,shadow scale=1.05}: \documentclass[tikz,border=5pt]{standalone} \usetikzlibrary{shadows.blur,spy} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[spy using outlines={circle, magnification=3, size=3cm}] \draw[fill=gray!25,draw,rounded corners,blur shadow={shadow xshift=0pt,shadow yshift=0pt,shadow scale=1.05}] (40:4) arc[start angle=40,end angle=140,radius=4] -- (140:2) arc[start angle=140,end angle=40,radius=2] -- cycle; \draw[fill=white] (0,2.75) -- ++(.5,-.25) -- (0,3.5) -- ++(-.5,-1) -- cycle; \spy[red] on (140:2) in node at (-2,-1); \spy[blue] on (40:2) in node at (+2,-1); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} The shadow glow is not what I was after: Is that possible to provide the shadows for such ideal glow for irregular shape?

In the following example I am getting an additional unwanted empty line in the header text and I am looking to get the header text in the right cell aligned left. Is there an easy way to achieve this? \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[demo]{graphicx} \usepackage{array} \usepackage{lastpage} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage{fancyhdr} \usepackage[hmargin=20mm,top=3cm,headheight=65pt,footskip=10pt]{geometry} \usepackage{tgheros} \renewcommand*\familydefault{\sfdefault} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \pagestyle{fancy} \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} \fancyhead[CE,CO,LE,LO,RE,RO]{} %% clear out all headers \fancyhead[C]{% \begin{tabular}{|m{3.0cm}|m{9.3cm}|m{3.2cm}|} \hline \raisebox{-.2\height}{\includegraphics[height=7mm]{logo.png}} & \centering \raisebox{-.2\height}{\fontsize{18}{18}\selectfont{\textbf{Operating Procedure}}} & \centering {\fontsize{6.5}{6.5}\selectfont{Doc. Ref.: abcdef\\ REV1 of \today\\ Page \thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}}}\tabularnewline \hline \end{tabular}% } \fancyfoot[CE,CO,LE,LO,RE,RO]{} %% clear out all footers \begin{document} \chapter{Chapter title} \thispagestyle{fancy} \section{Section title} \lipsum[1-10] \end{document}```

When polyglossia is loaded it seems that \AtBeginDocument fails to do its work. The following code \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{fontsetup} \usepackage{polyglossia} \setmainlanguage{english} \setotherlanguage{greek} \AtBeginDocument{\addfontfeatures{StylisticSet=6,StylisticSet=7}} \begin{document} θυμήθηκα \addfontfeatures{StylisticSet=6,StylisticSet=7} θυμήθηκα \end{document} produces So the \AtBeginDocument did not work (the thetas must be different as in the second line). Now if you comment out the lines of polyglossia, things work as expected, that is both lines produce the same output as in the second line of the picture above. What is wrong with the above code or with polyglossia?

I have my doubts about the wisdom of this… But with LuaLaTeX, babel is really great at switching between fonts and languages automatically without mark up. And the settings for the language can by included in an ini file. I wondered about using this feature in a document that is already multilinugual and uses babel so I can just insert emojis wherever without thinking. This following MWE works, but I was wondering: Is this really a good idea? Is there a better way? Can the set up be done wihtout a separate babel-emoji.ini file? MWE %! TeX Program = lualatex \documentclass{article} \begin{filecontents}[overwrite]{babel-emoji.ini} [identification] charset = utf8 script.name = emoji [characters] ranges = 1F300..1F9FF 2600..26FF 2700..27BF \end{filecontents} \usepackage[english]{babel} \babelprovide[import=emoji, onchar=fonts]{emoji} \babelfont[emoji]{rm}{Noto Color Emoji} \begin{document} A \texttt{babel} integrated emoji: 😀 \end{document}

I am trying to use TiKZ to draw a Borromean knot with 3 Wasp figures. I am getting the wrong superpositions. A single wasp is produced by the following code. Can someone help me to write a TiKZ code for this Brunnian entanglement with 12 crossings. Wasp: \documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} % Estilos para o anel do mosaico \tikzset{ vespa ring/.style={ draw=red, line width=11pt, line join=round }, white stripe/.style={ draw=white, line width=2pt, % Removida a opacidade para evitar manchas line join=round } } % Macro final da "Cintura de Vespa" com cabeça circular e elevada \newcommand{\vespawaist}{ (0.8, 0) % Cintura direita .. controls (0.8, 1.0) and (2.0, 1.8) .. (1.5, 2.4) % Ombro .. controls (1.0, 3.0) and (-1.0, 3.0) .. (-1.5, 2.4) % Topo elevado .. controls (-2.0, 1.8) and (-0.8, 1.0) .. (-0.8, 0) % Cintura esquerda .. controls (-0.8, -1.0) and (-2.0, -1.8) .. (-1.5, -2.4) % Ombro inferior .. controls (-1.0, -3.0) and (1.0, -3.0) .. (1.5, -2.4) % Base elevada .. controls (2.0, -1.8) and (0.8, -1.0) .. (0.8, 0) % Fecha -- cycle } % Desenho em camadas para garantir o branco puro \draw[vespa ring] \vespawaist; \draw[white stripe] \vespawaist; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}

I want to create a multi part parallelogram input block for a flowchart. There is no multi part trapezium shape that exist so for now I used a standard rectangular multi part shape with the xslant option to make it look like a parallelogram. I defined a style that I can easily reuse. The problem is that the text is also slanted, and if possible I would like it normal. Is there a way to apply xslant only to the shape and not to the text ? I tried creating a second node only for the text but the problem is that the paralellogram doesn't resize properly to fit the text. My MWE : \documentclass[class=article]{standalone} \usepackage[]{xcolor} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{shapes} \tikzstyle{io} = [rectangle split, rectangle split parts=2, xslant=0.4, draw, rectangle split part fill={blue!50,blue!20}, text centered, minimum width=4.25cm, minimum height=2cm] \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw (0,0) node[io,name = ,align = center]{Parameters\nodepart{two} $\alpha$, $\eta$}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} Thanks for your help.

Is there a way to continue a path we draw using \draw with a plot, just as we do for instance also with arc or similar commands? In the example below I have a straight line, but I'd like the plot to append directly to that line, as indicated by the red dots. I can of course do that e.g. with plot[shift={(1,1)},...], but that means that I have to repeat that second coordinate in the path, which makes it again more cumbersome to use if we want to change something later (and the second straight line segment then points to the original endpoint without the shift). So this is more a question about "ergonomically" using this plot command inside other paths. E.g., I also like using the ++ syntax to precisely extend a path a certain distance horizontally, without having to repeat the previous y-coordinate, and I was wondering whether there is something similar we can do with the plot command inside such a path. \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage{pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=1.17} \usetikzlibrary{calc} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[domain=0:4] \draw[black!10!white, dashed] (0, 0) grid (4, 2); \draw (0, 1) -- (1, 1) node[left] {} plot[domain=0:1, samples=100] function{sin(6.3*x)} node[right] {} -- ++(1, 0); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}

My question is essentially the same as this question, but I'm asking again because the answer provided is not very resilient. In particular, it doesn't work for the kind of diagram I want. I want to use Tikz to draw a diagram with lots of nodes and arrows; essentially, a flowchart. The diagram should start with a single node which is centered on the page (in the MWE below, this is the "Hello there" box). If I try to just use the \centering command, the whole picture gets centered, which is not what I want. The answer I linked above suggests using the \useasboundingbox command. However, this doesn't seem to do what I want. Here is my minimal working example: \documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} This is a line of text which has been written with no purpose other than to help illustrate how the figure below appears on a page. \begin{figure}[ht] \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[rect/.style={rectangle, draw=black, thin}] \node[rect] (box1) at (0,0) {Hello there}; % Location 1 \node[rect] (box2) at (5,-1) {Hi}; % Location 2 \end{tikzpicture} \end{figure} This is a line of text which has been written with no purpose other than to help illustrate how the figure above appears on a page. \end{document} The linked answer suggests using the command \useasboundingbox (box1.south east) rectangle (box1.north west);. If I put this command at location 2, then the bounding box includes both boxes "Hello there" and "Hi", and the box "Hello there" is not centered (see below). If I put this command at location 1, then the bounding box only includes the "Hello there" box; this centers it the way I want, but then the box "Hi" ends up overlapping with the text below (see below). How can I make the "Hello there" box be centered on the page?