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I'm using the tikzsymbols package (documented here: https://ctan.math.washington.edu/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikzsymbols/tikzsymbols.pdf).

So far I've been able to create a stick figure, scale it and adjust the arms and feet.

What I can't seem to work out is how to adjust the thickness of the lines and the line color.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tikz}

\usepackage{tikzsymbols}


\begin{document}
\begin{center}


\begin{tikzpicture}
    \Strichmaxerl[10][45][16][89][35]
\end{tikzpicture}


\end{center}
\end{document}

It doesn't seem that \Strichmaxerl supports changing the color or thickness. Is there some other way to do it?

The above gives me a very thick figure (in black color):

enter image description here

The end goal is to have the head and body in different colors (yellow and blue), but for starters, at least changing the overall color would be ideal.

Ryan Austar
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  • Color is straightforward: \begin{tikzpicture} \node[blue] {\Strichmaxerl[20][45][16][89][35]}; \end{tikzpicture}. First parameter is the overall scale. However, there does not appear to be a way to adjust the line thickness relative to the scale. See https://ctan.math.washington.edu/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikzsymbols/tikzsymbols.pdf – Steven B. Segletes Oct 02 '21 at 00:31
  • See also https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/377331/customising-the-person-symbol – Steven B. Segletes Oct 02 '21 at 00:45
  • Thanks @steven. I ended up going for a simpler approach of just using plain tikz, which gives great flexibility. – Ryan Austar Oct 02 '21 at 02:08

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I ended up using pure tikz due to limitations with the other package.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tikz}


\begin{document}
\begin{center}


\begin{tikzpicture}


% head
\draw[blue, very thick] (0,0.4) circle (0.4);


% body
\draw[red, very thick] (0,0) -- (0,-0.8);


% arms
\draw[red, very thick] (0,-0.5) -- (250:1cm);
\draw[red, very thick] (0,-0.5) -- (-20:0.6cm);


% feet
\draw[red, very thick] (0,-0.8) -- (305:1.3cm);
\draw[red, very thick] (0,-0.8) -- (280:1.5cm);


\end{tikzpicture}


\end{center}
\end{document}

You have better control over the color and thickness with \draw.

Ironically, "very thick" worked best in this case!

Great intro here: https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/TikZ_package

enter image description here

Ryan Austar
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