Drawing a trapezium with multiple-line text inside it

Question

Using the following code

\documentclass{beamer}
\beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}[t]
\frametitle{}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.8, transform shape]
\node[draw, trapezium, red, rotate=-90, trapezium stretches body, text width=3cm, align=center] at (0,0) {\rotatebox{90}{Investment}};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

How can I insert a 3-line text inside the trapezium without changing its dimensions.

Steven B. Segletes · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-11T11:19:31.193

2

Before and after:

\documentclass{beamer}
\beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{tikz,stackengine}
\setstackEOL{\\}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}[t]
\frametitle{}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.8, transform shape]
\node[draw, trapezium, red, rotate=-90, trapezium stretches body, 
  text width=3cm, align=center] at (0,0) {\rotatebox{90}{Investment}};
\end{tikzpicture}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.8, transform shape]
\node[draw, trapezium, red, rotate=-90, trapezium stretches body, 
  text width=3cm, align=center] at (0,0) {\rotatebox{90}{%
  \color{red}\Centerstack{My\\Big\\Investment}}};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Here is a version without addition packages, using a \parbox. However, the result is extremely sensitive to the \parbox width, here chosen precisely as 1.75cm:

\documentclass{beamer}
\beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}[t]
\frametitle{}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.8, transform shape]
\node[draw, trapezium, red, rotate=-90, trapezium stretches body, 
  text width=3cm, align=center] at (0,0) {\rotatebox{90}{Investment}};
\end{tikzpicture}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.8, transform shape]
\node[draw, trapezium, red, rotate=-90, trapezium stretches body, 
  text width=3cm, align=center] at (0,0) {\rotatebox{90}{%
  \parbox{1.75cm}{\centering My\\Big\\Investment}}};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

edited Apr 11 '19 at 11:19

answered Apr 11 '19 at 10:55

Steven B. Segletes

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Thank you. I forgot to mention that due to security reasons I can not install new packages into my workplace computer. – Hany Apr 11 '19 at 10:58
@Hany stackengine is standard for most distributions. – Steven B. Segletes Apr 11 '19 at 10:59
Unfortunately, I do not have it – Hany Apr 11 '19 at 11:00
@Hany You must have a very old installation. – Steven B. Segletes Apr 11 '19 at 11:01
Can it be done without using the stackengine. Thank you – Hany Apr 11 '19 at 11:03
@Hany See my edit, using \parbox. Unfortunately, the specified width, if not chosen just so, will change the trapezoid shape. – Steven B. Segletes Apr 11 '19 at 11:07
Thank you. Could the text be centered inside the parbox – Hany Apr 11 '19 at 11:14
@Hany Sure. I just added \centering at the appropriate spot. – Steven B. Segletes Apr 11 '19 at 11:20
@StevenThank you very much for your time. – Hany Apr 11 '19 at 11:25

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 11 '19 at 11:09

I would just rotate the border instead of first rotating the full thing and then rotating the text back. (Note that one has to feed in a bit counter-intuitive values in shape border rotate when not used with shape uses incircle because there is some strange rounding going on.)

\documentclass{beamer}
\beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}[t]
\frametitle{}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.8, transform shape]
\node[draw, trapezium, red, rotate=-90, trapezium stretches body, text width=3cm, 
align=center] at (0,0) {\rotatebox{90}{Investment}};
\end{tikzpicture}
\quad
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.8, transform shape]
\node[draw, trapezium, red,minimum width=5.5cm,
shape border rotate=-135, trapezium stretches body, 
align=center] at (0,0) {Investment\\ Ducks\\ Latex};
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{frame}
\end{document}

@marmotThank you very much for your answer – Hany Apr 11 '19 at 11:27 — Hany, Apr 11 '19 at 11:27

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