Squiggly arrows with tail or two heads with/without tikz

Question

I'm using squiggly arrows with two heads or with tails in diagrams with tikz-cd, and I'd like to use similar-looking arrows inline. I know that there are e.g. \rightsquigarrow and \rightarrowtail in amsmath, but I couldn't find a squiggly arrow with a tail in the symbol list.

What's the easiest way to get such arrows (squiggly with tail or two heads)? I've found answers on how to use inline tikz diagrams for arrows with labels here and here, but this looks pretty complicated and I don't need labels.

Is there a simple and performant way of using tikz arrow shapes inline? Or how else could I create the desired arrows?

Answer 1

The legacy font family lasy has a (repeatable) squiggle in it at slot 58, and arrowhead at slot 59:

MWE

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{fonttable}
\begin{document}
\xfonttable{U}{lasy}{m}{n}
\newcommand\squiggle{%
{\usefont{U}{lasy}{m}{n}\char58\char58\char58\char58\char58\char58\char58\char58\char59}
}
\newcommand\squigglea{%
{\usefont{U}{lasy}{m}{n}\char58}
}
\newcommand\squiggleb{%
{\usefont{U}{lasy}{m}{n}\char59}
}
\newcommand\squigglec{%
{\usefont{U}{lasy}{m}{n}\char58\char59\char59}
}
\squiggle :: \squigglea + \squiggleb + \squiggleb = \squigglec
\end{document}

Answer 2

Note: to use squiggle arrows in tikzcd you must load the decorations.pathmorphing library. You can use tikzcd inline using the cramped option:

Here is an inline map \begin{tikzcd}[cramped]A\arrow[r, leftrightsquigarrow]&B\end{tikzcd} with a squiggle.

If you will use this construction frequently, you may want to define a macro. But then you must use ampersand replacement. You can do the same for leftsquigarrow.

To get a tail you can use P\arrow[r, rightsquigarrow, tail]&Q:

You can also change the arrowhead using the squiggly option. For example: P\arrow[r, -stealth, squiggly, tail]

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz-cd}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathmorphing}
\newcommand{\lrsquig}[2]{\begin{tikzcd}[cramped, ampersand replacement=&]#1\arrow[r, leftrightsquigarrow]&#2\end{tikzcd}}
\begin{document}
Here is an inline map \lrsquig{A}{B} with a squiggle. It also works in display:
[
\lrsquig{X}{Y}
]
Here is the next line.
\end{document}