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I recently came across this screaming ghost graphic in the book of "The Elements of Statistical Learning". I searched for tex packages for this but could not find one. Are there any packages which already contain this?

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SKPS
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  • You can make your own, given an image. See, for example, https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/175443/how-to-use-a-custom-scalable-symbol-in-latex, https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/270351/a-ruler-symbol-in-latex, https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/554460/scale-own-math-symbol-image-appropriately, https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/292638/writing-google-logo-in-latex – Steven B. Segletes Sep 24 '20 at 22:27
  • That’s from “The Scream,” by Edvard Munch. If it looks like a ghost to you, that’s a valid interpretation. – Davislor Sep 24 '20 at 22:29
  • @Davislor : Yes I am aware of it! My use of the adjective "screaming" probably comes from there. – SKPS Sep 24 '20 at 22:31
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    Great. Should not be hard to find a thumbnail, then. If you can convert to a scalable format that won’t pixelate, even better. – Davislor Sep 24 '20 at 22:32
  • @Davislor : Seems like that's the only option. I thought this could be already in a package that I am possibly not aware of. Let us see if someone knows any relevant package. – SKPS Sep 24 '20 at 22:51
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    https://openclipart.org/detail/249738/scream (and https://openclipart.org/detail/219603/the-scream and https://openclipart.org/detail/320833/the-scream-1895-by-edvard-munch) – Thérèse Sep 24 '20 at 23:04
  • @Thérèse Good finds! I think the best approach, technically, would be to download and crop the SVG version of your third link, then include the SVG in your document. That said, pixelation on a thumbnail should not be noticeable. – Davislor Sep 24 '20 at 23:39

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I’m not aware of any LaTeX package that has Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.”

However, LaTeX lets you include any picture you want, and that one is in the public domain. The approach I would recommend would be to download the clip art as a SVG, such as this one Thérèse found, crop the part of it you want with a program like Inkscape, and include the SVG graphic in your document.

That will get you a vector graphic that doesn’t pixelate, but pixelation on a thumbnail would probably not be noticeable anyway. So you can use your format of choice.

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