Looking for symbol: Fire

Question

I am looking for a "Fire" symbol: Like this, or more minimalistic:

I found this code for a Shield, and thought that maybe you could make a Fire symbol that way?

  \documentclass{article}
  \usepackage{tikz}
  \begin{document}
  \newcommand\shield{%
  \tikz [baseline] \draw (0,1.75ex) -- (0,0.75ex) arc [radius=0.75ex, start 
   angle=-180, end angle=0] -- (1.5ex,1.75ex) -- cycle;%
   }

   A shield: \shield
   \end{document}

Link: Looking for symbol: Shield

The code for the Shield gives this output:

Any suggestions - either for where to find a Fire symbol, or how to "create" it through other ways?

If you can save your fire image as a graphic, then the answer to this question could be of use, https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/224357/create-latex-symbol-from-vector-graphics — Steven B. Segletes, May 31 '17 at 19:37

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 01 '17 at 03:14

A tikzsymbols option and extreme overkill in the form of a .pic.

\documentclass[border=10pt,x11names,dvipsnames,svgnames]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{hobby,backgrounds,positioning}
\usepackage{tikzsymbols}
\tikzsymbolsset{%
  after-symbol={},
}
\pgfdeclareradialshading[fradialcolour1,fradialcolour2,fradialcolour3]{fncyradial}{\pgfpoint{0}{0}}{% manual 1082-1083; later - shading is assumed to be 100bp diameter ??
  color(0)=(fradialcolour1);
  color(20bp)=(fradialcolour2);
  color(40bp)=(fradialcolour3);
  color(50bp)=(fradialcolour3)
}
\tikzset{%
  fradial/.code={%
        \tikzset{%
          fancy radial/.cd,
          shading=fncyradial,
          #1
        }
  },
  fancy radial/.search also={/tikz},
  fancy radial/.cd,
  fancy radial inner colour/.code={
        \colorlet{fradialcolour1}{#1}
  },
  fancy radial mid colour/.code={
        \colorlet{fradialcolour2}{#1}
  },
  fancy radial outer colour/.code={
        \colorlet{fradialcolour3}{#1}
  },
  fancy radial inner colour=black,
  fancy radial outer colour=black,
  fancy radial mid colour=white,
  inner color/.style={
        fancy radial inner colour=#1,
  },
  outer color/.style={
        fancy radial outer colour=#1,
  },
  mid color/.style={
        fancy radial mid colour=#1,
  },
}
\tikzset{
  tan/.pic={%
    \path (0,0) [out angle=0, save Hobby path={ff1}, curve through={(.4,.5) (.175,1)}] to (0,1.5)  (0,1.5) [in angle=180, curve through={(-.175,1) (-.4,.5)}, save Hobby path=ff2] to (0,0);
    \path (0,0) [out angle=0, save Hobby path=ff3, curve through={(.2,.25) (.1,.65)}] to (0,1)  (0,1) [in angle=180, curve through={(-.1,.65) (-.2,.25)}, save Hobby path=ff4] to (0,0);
    \begin{scope}[local bounding box/.expanded=#1, blend mode=hard light]%
      \foreach \i/\j/\k [count=\n from 1, evaluate=\n as \m using {isodd(\n) ? (9-\n) : (-10+\n)}, remember=\i as \ilast, remember=\j as \jlast, remember=\k as \klast] in {%
        DarkOrange1/Firebrick2/Firebrick4,% 1 -8
        DarkGoldenrod1/Red2/Sienna4,% 2 8
        Orange1/Red1/DarkOrange3,% 3 -6
        Gold2/RedOrange/Red4,% 4 6
        Goldenrod1/DarkOrange1/Tomato1,% 5 -4
        Gold1/Orange2/DarkRed,% 6 4
        Orange1/OrangeRed1/Red1,% 7 -2
        Gold/BurntOrange/OrangeRed,% 8 2
        yellow/orange/red% 9 0
      }%
      {%
        \begin{scope}[on background layer]%
          \shade [%
          fradial={inner color=\i, outer color=\k, mid color=\j}, scale={.8+2*\n/90}, rotate around={\m:(0,-15mm)}, rotate={\m}] (0,0) [restore and use Hobby path={ff1}{}] [restore and use Hobby path={ff2}{}];
        \end{scope}%
        \pgfsetadditionalshadetransform{\pgftransformyshift{-5mm}}%
        \shade [inner color=\i, outer color=\k, opacity=.75, scale={.75+3.5*\n/90}, rotate around={{-1.25*\m}:(0,-15mm)}, rotate={-1.25*\m}] (0,0) [restore and use Hobby path={ff3}{}] [restore and use Hobby path={ff4}{}];
      }%
    \end{scope}%
  },
}
\begin{document}
\Fire
\tikz{\pic {tan=t};}
\end{document}

See https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/429862/4427 if the code raises an error. — egreg, Oct 02 '18 at 06:45
As for manual 1082-1083; later - shading is assumed to be 100bp diameter ??: I believe that these are simply hard coded distances. That's it. No auto adjustment to the shape one is shading. So if the shape is too small, the mid color will effectively become the outer color. — , Jan 06 '19 at 21:52

score 8 · Answer 2 · 2017-05-31T19:49:54.387

8

The fontawesome package provides \faFire, which 'resembles' a bonfire ;-)

 \documentclass{article}
 \usepackage{tikzsymbols}
 \usepackage{fontawesome}
 \begin{document}
 \faFire\ needs a \faFireExtinguisher

  And there is \Fire from \texttt{tikzsymbols}
 \end{document}

edited May 31 '17 at 19:49

answered May 31 '17 at 19:43

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered May 31 '17 at 20:14

Using the free OpenSansEmoji font and XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\newfontfamily\emojifont{OpenSansEmoji} % https://github.com/MorbZ/OpenSansEmoji
\DeclareTextFontCommand{\emoji}{\emojifont}
\begin{document}
\Huge\emoji{}
\end{document}

Looking for symbol: Fire

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