Character within a rounded textbox

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this will be my first question here so sorry for asking such a noob question. How do you render the image(python text inside a rounded corner textbox) below using pure LaTeX?

You can use TikZ for this. Something like \tikz\node[draw,rounded corners]{Python}; — fractal, Dec 31 '19 at 06:24
But I believe this is an XY problem, you might want to draw a diagram or something like that. — fractal, Dec 31 '19 at 06:26
There is the menukeys package, try `\documentclass{article} \usepackage{menukeys}
\begin{document} \keys{Python} \end{document}`. But I agree with @Fractal that you might be better off if you just used TikZ. — , Dec 31 '19 at 06:55
Does this answer your question? How to add a small rounded rectangle around a word inline — AndréC, Dec 31 '19 at 10:07

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 31 '19 at 09:53

If you don't need colour, a box from the simple fancybox package will do:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fancybox} 

\begin{document}

\ovalbox{\quad\sffamily Python\quad}
\bigskip 

\Ovalbox{\quad\sffamily Python\quad}

\end{document}

For more sophisticated needs, you have the mdframed or tcolorbox package.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 31 '19 at 10:01

Another solution using the TikZ package.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newcommand\HappyNewYear[1]{\tikz[baseline=(x.base)]{
  \node[draw,rounded corners] (x) {#1};
}}
\begin{document}
\HappyNewYear{Python} is a programming language, but \HappyNewYear{snake} isn't.
\end{document}

Character within a rounded textbox

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