Jigsaw puzzle with text in each piece

Question

I am following the second answer from this post and I want to add text to each piece of the puzzle, centered in the middle. What should be added? Here is the code:

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newcommand{\side}[1]{
(0.5,0.5) -- 
(0.0,#10.00) .. controls (0.0,#10.00) and (0.4,#1-0.04) .. 
(0.4,#10.04) .. controls (0.4,#10.11) and (0.2,#10.26) .. 
(0.5,#10.26) .. controls (0.8,#10.26) and (0.6,#10.11) .. 
(0.6,#10.04) .. controls (0.6,#1-0.04) and (1.0,#10.00) .. 
(1.0,#1*0.00)
}
\newcommand{\piece}[5][white]{
    \fill[#1] 
    \side{#2}
    [rotate around={90:(0.5,0.5)}] \side{#3} 
    [rotate around={180:(0.5,0.5)}] \side{#4} 
    [rotate around={270:(0.5,0.5)}] \side{#5} 
    -- cycle;
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{scope}
    \piece[red]{1}{1}{0}{0}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=1cm]
    \piece[blue]{1}{-1}{-1}{0}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=2cm]
    \piece[green]{1}{0}{1}{0}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[yshift=-1cm]
    \piece[green]{1}{-1}{0}{-1}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=1cm,yshift=-1cm]
    \piece[red]{1}{-1}{1}{-1}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=2cm,yshift=-1cm]
    \piece[blue]{-1}{0}{1}{-1}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[yshift=-2cm]
    \piece[blue]{0}{-1}{0}{-1}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=1cm,yshift=-2cm]
    \piece[green]{0}{-1}{1}{-1}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=2cm,yshift=-2cm]
    \piece[red]{0}{0}{1}{1}
\end{scope}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Steven B. Segletes · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-27T13:41:02.370

I added an extra argument (#6) to \piece, and this to the end of its definition" \node [white] at (.5,.5) {#6};

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newcommand{\side}[1]{
(0.5,0.5) -- 
(0.0,#10.00) .. controls (0.0,#10.00) and (0.4,#1-0.04) .. 
(0.4,#10.04) .. controls (0.4,#10.11) and (0.2,#10.26) .. 
(0.5,#10.26) .. controls (0.8,#10.26) and (0.6,#10.11) .. 
(0.6,#10.04) .. controls (0.6,#1-0.04) and (1.0,#10.00) .. 
(1.0,#1*0.00)
}
\newcommand{\piece}[6][white]{
    \fill[#1]
    \side{#2}
    [rotate around={90:(0.5,0.5)}] \side{#3} 
    [rotate around={180:(0.5,0.5)}] \side{#4} 
    [rotate around={270:(0.5,0.5)}] \side{#5} 
    -- cycle;
    \node [white] at (.5,.5) {#6};
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{scope}
    \piece[red]{1}{1}{0}{0}{A}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=1cm]
    \piece[blue]{1}{-1}{-1}{0}{B}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=2cm]
    \piece[green]{1}{0}{1}{0}{C}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[yshift=-1cm]
    \piece[green]{1}{-1}{0}{-1}{D}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=1cm,yshift=-1cm]
    \piece[red]{1}{-1}{1}{-1}{E}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=2cm,yshift=-1cm]
    \piece[blue]{-1}{0}{1}{-1}{F}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[yshift=-2cm]
    \piece[blue]{0}{-1}{0}{-1}{G}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=1cm,yshift=-2cm]
    \piece[green]{0}{-1}{1}{-1}{H}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=2cm,yshift=-2cm]
    \piece[red]{0}{0}{1}{1}{I}
\end{scope}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

If you wanted to be able to add more text, I would recommend invoking as \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=2] (or some other value). This will grow the size of the pieces without changing the size of the overlaid text. For example, with a scale of 2, it looks thus:

SUPPLEMENT

Based on an OP follow up: how to get an outline? And how to add more text?

Two things need to change. The \fill[#1] command is changed to \draw[#1,postaction={fill=gray!10}] and the interior \node's color may need re-evaluation, here as \node [black].

To increase the amount of text in the puzzle piece, I use a \Centerstack from the stackengine package. I also grew the scale= of the tikzpicture, which can always be shrunk down later, after the fact.

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz,stackengine}
\setstackEOL{\}
\newcommand{\side}[1]{
(0.5,0.5) -- 
(0.0,#10.00) .. controls (0.0,#10.00) and (0.4,#1-0.04) .. 
(0.4,#10.04) .. controls (0.4,#10.11) and (0.2,#10.26) .. 
(0.5,#10.26) .. controls (0.8,#10.26) and (0.6,#10.11) .. 
(0.6,#10.04) .. controls (0.6,#1-0.04) and (1.0,#10.00) .. 
(1.0,#1*0.00)
}
\newcommand{\piece}[6][white]{
    \draw[#1,postaction={fill=gray!10}]
    \side{#2}
    [rotate around={90:(0.5,0.5)}] \side{#3} 
    [rotate around={180:(0.5,0.5)}] \side{#4} 
    [rotate around={270:(0.5,0.5)}] \side{#5} 
    -- cycle;
    \node [black] at (.5,.5) {\Centerstack{#6}};
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=3.5]
\begin{scope}
    \piece[red]{1}{1}{0}{0}{my text\goes right\here}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=1cm]
    \piece[blue]{1}{-1}{-1}{0}{B}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=2cm]
    \piece[green]{1}{0}{1}{0}{C}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[yshift=-1cm]
    \piece[green]{1}{-1}{0}{-1}{D}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=1cm,yshift=-1cm]
    \piece[red]{1}{-1}{1}{-1}{E}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=2cm,yshift=-1cm]
    \piece[blue]{-1}{0}{1}{-1}{F}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[yshift=-2cm]
    \piece[blue]{0}{-1}{0}{-1}{G}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=1cm,yshift=-2cm]
    \piece[green]{0}{-1}{1}{-1}{H}
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[xshift=2cm,yshift=-2cm]
    \piece[red]{0}{0}{1}{1}{I}
\end{scope}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

I forgot to ask......What about the outline of each piece? The code has \fill. However, by adding \draw didn't work like a traditional node... — aripod, May 27 '21 at 10:11
That worked perfectly! I currently have font=\sffamily\tiny to make the text fit (I have more text, not letters). That's why I chose \tiny. I would like to have a larger font but that makes the text overlap with the edges. Is it possible to make the pieces larger? — aripod, May 27 '21 at 13:30
@aripod As I indicated in my answer, the scale= parameter will grow the figure, which you can later scale down. Also, you could use, for example, a \Centerstack (from the stackengine package) to get multi-line text in the puzzle piece. — Steven B. Segletes, May 27 '21 at 13:36
Ugh, yes! I left scale at 2 and missed it! Thanks for the great help! — aripod, May 27 '21 at 13:55

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 15 '22 at 19:07

You can draw jigsaw pieces including text like this:

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{jigsaw}
\tikzset{
  every node/.style={draw},
  foo/.style={draw=none,gray,xshift=0.5cm,yshift=0.5cm}
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\path (0,1) pic [fill=red] {piece={1}{1}{0}{0}} node[foo] {A};
\path (1,1) pic [fill=green] {piece={1}{0}{0}{-1}} node[foo] {B};
\path (0,0) pic [fill=blue] {piece={0}{-1}{-1}{0}} node[foo] {C};
\path (1,0) pic [fill=yellow] {piece={0}{0}{-1}{1}} node[foo] {D};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Jigsaw puzzle with text in each piece

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