Boxing a number and aligning it vertically along the baseline

Question

I am making a big list of exercises and I'd like to box the number of the exercise at each line.

I found this:

\tikzstyle{square}=[minimum width=0.5cm,
  minimum height=0.3cm,
  rectangle,
  rounded corners=1pt,
  draw,
  text=Blue,
  font=\bfseries]

  \newcommand{\square}[2]{%
    \begin{tikzpicture} \node[square] (N) at (0,0) {\bfseries $#1$};
    \end{tikzpicture}}

  \square{345} bla bla bla

I am almost satisfied but the square is not aligned with my bla bla bla.

How can I get the box aligned?

Hi Damien, please could you provide a small compilable .tex file, so I can easily reproduce your problem on my machine? — John Wickerson, May 16 '13 at 19:23
BTW: IIRC \tikzstyle{square}=[...] is deprecated and \tikzset{square/.style={...}} should be used instead. — cgnieder, May 16 '13 at 19:28
I tried \ovalbox, but the result is not as nice as with tikz. — Damien L, May 16 '13 at 19:33

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered May 16 '13 at 19:40

6

Combine anchor=base and the baseline option (no need to name the node).

Code

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz,bm}
\tikzset{square/.style={
  minimum width=0.5cm,
  minimum height=0.3cm,
  shape=rectangle,
  rounded corners=1pt,
  draw,
  text=blue,
  font=\boldmath,
  anchor=base}}
\newcommand*{\square}[2][]{\tikz[baseline]{\node[square,#1] {$#2$};}}
\begin{document}
\square{345} bla bla bla
\end{document}

Output

enter image description here

answered May 16 '13 at 19:40

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I have to say, the 15 character limit on comments is TOTAL BS. – Nicholas Hamilton May 16 '13 at 20:20
See the above comment circumvents the 15 character limit, and is more useless than almost anything! – Nicholas Hamilton May 16 '13 at 20:22
Yep, really nice… – Damien L May 16 '13 at 20:36

score 3 · Answer 2 · 2013-05-16T21:20:56.720

3

I suggest you to use:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{color}


\begin{document}

{\colorbox{yellow}{345}} - blah blah blah

\end{document}

Output:

enter image description here

edited May 16 '13 at 21:20

answered May 16 '13 at 19:49

Boxing a number and aligning it vertically along the baseline

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