Text reflection effect

Question

How could I achieve with LaTeX a trendy text reflection effect as the following one? enter image description here

The code for this is actually on the cover of PGF/TikZ manual. — percusse, Oct 29 '14 at 22:59
Indeed: though I heavily searched a solution in the TikZ manual, I just didn't look at the cover page :) — Denis Bitouzé, Oct 30 '14 at 09:41

Paul Gaborit · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-30T11:18:47.983

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Here is a solution:

\documentclass[tikz,margin=2mm]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{fadings}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
  \def\mytext{Reflec\textcolor{red}{t}ion}
  \tikzset{mynode/.style={anchor=south,inner sep=0,font=\ttfamily\Huge}}
  \node[mynode]{\mytext};
  \node[scope fading=south,opacity=0.4,yscale=-1,mynode]{\mytext};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

enter image description here

Note: To remove the gap between the node and its reflection, you may use anchor=base or line width=0.

Note 2: Unlike Inkscape, TikZ does not know the true bounding box of glyphs:

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edited Oct 30 '14 at 11:18

answered Oct 29 '14 at 22:23

Paul Gaborit

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What is the name of the anchor on the baseline center? – Sigur Oct 29 '14 at 22:51
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@Sigur Its name is base... – Paul Gaborit Oct 29 '14 at 22:52
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@SIgur ... and I edited my answer. ;-) – Paul Gaborit Oct 30 '14 at 11:20

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