Creating text symbols with TikZ

Question

I seem to recall a macro which was used to create symbols which could be inserted into text, but cannot remember the name nor find it using search.

I could do it myself easy enough

\newcommand{\reddot}{\tikz{\fill[red] (0,0) circle (4pt);}}

but don't want to reinvent the wheel.

Don't know. I just checked the Comprehensive List of LaTeX Math Symbols. (Found \checkmark and \bigstar.) Symbols I can use in http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/149942/special-table-with-diagonal-lines/150222#150222 — John Kormylo, Dec 17 '13 at 19:10
I think this answer http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/103438/1952 can help you. It explains how to insert plotmarks in regular text. — Ignasi, Dec 18 '13 at 08:02
Two more useful references: how-to-look-up-a-symbol-or-identify-a-math-alphabet, how-to-write-checkmark-in-latex — Ignasi, Dec 18 '13 at 08:21
It seems my memory is in error. The tikzsymbol manual did give me some ideas about adding optional arguments. — John Kormylo, Dec 18 '13 at 14:58

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 17 '13 at 19:10

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Well for "Symbols" there is tikzsymbols:

You can use TikZ as well:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.misc}
\newcommand*\circled[1]{{\scriptsize\tikz[baseline=(char.base)]{
            \node[shape=circle, draw, inner sep=1pt, align=center] (char) {#1};}}}
\usepackage{tikzsymbols}
\begin{document}

 Something like that \circled{E} or like {%
            \protect\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.17]
               \protect\draw (0,0) -- (.5,1);
               \protect\draw (.5,1) -- (1.5,1);
               \protect\draw (1.5,1) -- (1,0);
               \protect\draw (1,0) -- (0,0);
            \protect\end{tikzpicture}%
            }% 
\,that? Or like that \tikzsymbolsuse{Smiley}[]?

\end{document}

edited Dec 17 '13 at 19:10

Claudio Fiandrino

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answered Dec 17 '13 at 19:08

Louis

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The existing tikzsymbol package symbol set is not that useful. – John Kormylo Dec 17 '13 at 19:25
Nice solution! Mind that such fragile macros can be problematic inside a \caption, so call your \newcommand with \protect. – F1iX Aug 30 '21 at 13:48
This solution doesn't respect the local change of font size via \Large for example. – projetmbc Mar 19 '23 at 13:52

Creating text symbols with TikZ

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