7.46.1 Top new questions this week

7.46.1.1 tikz pic custom keys

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The example code below defines a tikz pic that displays an n-by-m grid of circles. It is called by using code like pic {grid={3}{5}} in a tikz path. 
However, when code like this starts to have a large ... 
[tikz-pgf] [pgfkeys]
 

asked by Nathaniel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=12461 9 votes

answered by Nathaniel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=12461 8 votes

7.46.1.2 TikZ nodes: how to pretend that all characters have ascenders and descenders?

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I would like to draw a few boxes with TikZ, each of them containing one or more words, sometimes with multiple lines. Something like this: 
\documentclass{standalone} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\usetikzlibrary{... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by Matthias https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13684 7 votes

answered by Zarko https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=18189 6 votes

7.46.1.3 TikZ, transparency and PDF/A

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So I am trying to validate my document as PDF/A, and I'm almost there. The last remaining problem concerns graphics generated by TikZ. Consider this MWE: 
% !TeX program  = lualatex 
\documentclass{... 
[tikz-pgf] [transparency] [pdf-a]
 

asked by Ingmar https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=26614 7 votes

answered by Ulrike Fischer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2388 10 votes

7.46.1.4 How to draw a crescent (similar to slur or tie) using Tikz?

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I need to draw a crescent symbol (used for Indic music notation) using tikz. I have almost done with the drawing but got a problem with the output. The outcome is given below 
The code is given below 
\... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by Chandan https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=69893 7 votes

answered by Jasper Habicht https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=47927 11 votes

7.46.1.5 Overriding the German Old-Style `s' When Using the Schwabacher Font

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Consider 
\documentclass[12pt]{article} 
\usepackage{yfonts} 
\begin{document} 
\noindent{\textbf{\textswab{\huge{\emph{Schwabacher}}}}} \vskip 25pt 
\noindent{\textbf{\textswab{\huge{\emph{Sc{h}wabac{h}... 
[fonts] [german] [yfonts]
 

asked by mlchristians https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=192836 7 votes

answered by Steven B. Segletes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=25858 7 votes

7.46.1.6 How to make a very large forward slash in math mode?

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this is the result I'd like to achieve: 
I tried various commands to make the forward slash larger, for instance I tried the \left. (...) \right / or composing multiple \mathlarger commands but I ... 
[math-mode] [symbols]
 

asked by Baffo rasta https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=201069 6 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 7 votes

7.46.1.7 Keep the title in the first column instead of above both

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I'm using the following code: 
\documentclass[twocolumn]{article} 
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry} 
\usepackage{lipsum, parskip} 
\geometry{a4paper, twoside, left=1.5cm, right=1.5cm, marginparwidth=1.2cm,... 
[titles] [two-column]
 

asked by Algorythmis https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=225043 6 votes

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 5 votes