A rather elaborate frame for text

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I am creating a worksheet in TeX and would like to separate the questions using boxes. The attached file shows the box I have created to house the questions. I was wondering if anyone could write a code to describe a text box like this, as my skills aren't so advanced. The 'Q' should be centered as shown in the diagram and should only be slightly larger than the example text (which I've set at 12pt).

The color of the shapes and text-box should be as they are in the diagram (dark grey). Since the problem is quite elaborate, I really would appreciate some help as I am struggling to code this myself.

Two questions:does the external box have width equal to \textwidth? Will the text in the box have to break across pages, or is just a title box? — Bernard, Oct 30 '16 at 16:34
Yes \textwidth would look better on the page. It's really just a box for a short question so it wouldn't break across a page. — wrb98, Oct 30 '16 at 16:38
Please always provide a minimal example showing what you've got or at least giving people something to work with. We don't know whether your document is LaTeX, plain, ConTeXt or what. And it really isn't fair to ask this and then, after getting an answer, demand that the gear be movable with the text still wrapping around it! If that is really now required for an answer, you should make it very clear in the question so that people know not to try to offer help in LaTeX. (The requirement makes this extremely difficult, perhaps impossible, in LaTeX.) — cfr, Oct 30 '16 at 23:01

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 30 '16 at 15:00

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The bclogo package might be a good starting point:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[tikz]{bclogo} 

\begin{document}

\begin{bclogo}[logo=\bcoutil,marge=8]{Mon titre}%
\lipsum[2]
\end{bclogo}

\end{document}

answered Oct 30 '16 at 15:00

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz

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This doesn't really give the right look. – wrb98 Oct 30 '16 at 15:05
The gear icon that I'm after should ideally be as sharp as possible rather than an image file that blurs on zoom. Is there any way of constructing the icon in TeX? – wrb98 Oct 30 '16 at 15:15
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You can use whatever image you want with the package. If you choose a vector image, it will not blur. – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Oct 30 '16 at 15:19
see http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/58702/creating-gears-in-tikz – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Oct 30 '16 at 15:20
How could I then edit it so that the box is rounded, the position of the vector can change and the text indents around the icon, as in my image? – wrb98 Oct 30 '16 at 15:22
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@wrb98 Have a look at the bclogo manual. It is in French, but it contains many illustrative examples that you will understand without French. – gernot Oct 30 '16 at 16:56
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@wrb98 Why do you think this will blur on zoom? It is using MPS images for the default logos as far as I can tell. – cfr Oct 30 '16 at 23:29

A rather elaborate frame for text

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