Tikz \pmb results in 2 overlapping letters

Asked Jul 27 '15 at 21:28

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For some reason, there seem to be 2 overlapped images of letters inside \pmb{} of the tikz draw feature. Here is a MWE

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=10]
    \draw (0,0) node {$\pmb{B}$};
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

I didn't notice it at first, but if you zoom in, you can see two of the same letter overlapped.. Any idea how to make only one bold letter appear? Any help or work-arounds are appreciated!

edited Jul 27 '15 at 21:29

Torbjørn T.

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asked Jul 27 '15 at 21:28

Charles

This has nothing to do with TikZ, try $\pmb{B}$ outside the tikzpicture. – Torbjørn T. Jul 27 '15 at 21:30
See How can I get bold math symbols?/ For latin letters use \mathbf{...}. – Torbjørn T. Jul 27 '15 at 21:35
Thanks! I was just about to accept the posted answer. Makes sense. – Charles Jul 27 '15 at 21:39
How about non-italic bold? – Charles Jul 27 '15 at 21:39
Well, I deleted the answer because I realized it didn't actually answer your question about how to not get the double-letter effect, it only said why that effect occurs. Then I remembered the question I linked to above, which is more comprehensive. – Torbjørn T. Jul 27 '15 at 21:42
Oh, shoot! Did you and @TorbjørnT. agree this was a duplicate? I didn't realise my voting to close would just close it immediately. (I am pretty sure you are both saying it is a duplicate but I'm not that sure.) – cfr Jul 27 '15 at 23:13
The other post answers my question, so yeah, that's fine. – Charles Jul 27 '15 at 23:36

Tikz \pmb results in 2 overlapping letters

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