How to get larger fonts than \Huge in nodes with tikz?

Question

I need to write large fonts which are included in nodes of a tikzpicture. When I change scale, everything changes but not fonts. Here´s my code:

\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{book}

\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=2.5]

\path [fill=red] (0cm,1.5576cm)--(0cm,.6227cm).. controls (.05cm,.28cm) and (.25cm,.17cm) ..(.6512cm,0cm)--(.6512cm,.9076cm) .. controls (.4cm,1cm)and(.1cm,1.1cm)..(0cm,1.5576cm)--cycle;

\path [fill=red](0cm,1.5576cm).. controls (.12cm,1.2cm)and(.45cm,1.1cm)..(.8118cm,.9918cm)--(.8118cm,.0931cm)--(.9764cm,.2014cm)--(.9764cm,1.0681cm) .. controls (.45cm,1.12cm)and(.15cm,1.31cm)..(0cm,1.5576cm)--cycle;

\path [fill=red](0cm,1.5576cm).. controls (.2cm,1.32cm)and(.7cm,1.21cm)..(1.141cm,1.1644cm)--(1.141cm,.3418cm) .. controls (1.2781cm,.4793cm).. (1.3016cm,.6227cm)--(1.3016cm,1.2727cm) .. controls (.7cm,1.3cm)and(.2cm,1.4cm)..(0cm,1.5576cm)--cycle;

\path [fill=red] (0cm,1.5576cm).. controls (.2cm,1.47cm)and(.7cm,1.3cm)..(1.3016cm,1.4212cm)--(1.3016cm,1.5576cm) .. controls (.7cm,1.42cm)and(.2cm,1.49cm)..(0cm,1.5576cm)--cycle;

\draw (2,1.5) node {\fontsize{52}{58}\sffamily\bfseries TEXT};

\end{tikzpicture}



\end{document}

Fonts are also resizeable using \resizebox{!}{20cm}{\sffamily\bfseries text} with graphicx. — Werner, Feb 03 '13 at 02:33
Load the fix-cm package or load the lmodern fonts instead. — Alan Munn, Feb 03 '13 at 02:33
@percuße It doesn't work, I've just change the code to depict. — Isai, Feb 03 '13 at 03:07
It should be supplied to the node not the tikzpicture environment such as \node[scale=5] {\Huge Text}; — percusse, Feb 03 '13 at 03:15

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

If you load a font that will scale properly, then your example will work without scaling. If you want to use the standard Computer Modern, then load the fix-cm package. Otherwise, load the lmodern package. Scaling on the picture specifically doesn't apply to node text in TikZ by default.

As noted in the comments, it's better style to put the font parameters as part of the font key of the node rather than directly inside the node itself.

See How to specify an arbitrary (possibly non-integer) font size in LaTeX for more information on font sizes.

\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{book}

\usepackage{tikz}
%\usepackage{fix-cm}
\usepackage{lmodern} 
\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}

\path [fill=red] (0cm,1.5576cm)--(0cm,.6227cm).. controls (.05cm,.28cm) and
   (.25cm,.17cm) ..(.6512cm,0cm)--(.6512cm,.9076cm) .. controls
   (.4cm,1cm)and(.1cm,1.1cm)..(0cm,1.5576cm)--cycle;

\path [fill=red](0cm,1.5576cm).. controls (.12cm,1.2cm)and(.45cm,1.1cm)..
   (.8118cm,.9918cm)--(.8118cm,.0931cm)--(.9764cm,.2014cm)--(.9764cm,1.0681cm) ..
   controls (.45cm,1.12cm)and(.15cm,1.31cm)..(0cm,1.5576cm)--cycle;

\path [fill=red](0cm,1.5576cm).. controls (.2cm,1.32cm)and(.7cm,1.21cm)..
   (1.141cm,1.1644cm)--(1.141cm,.3418cm) .. controls (1.2781cm,.4793cm)..
   (1.3016cm,.6227cm)--(1.3016cm,1.2727cm) .. controls (.7cm,1.3cm)and(.2cm,1.4cm)..
   (0cm,1.5576cm)--cycle;

\path [fill=red] (0cm,1.5576cm).. controls (.2cm,1.47cm)and(.7cm,1.3cm)..
   (1.3016cm,1.4212cm)--(1.3016cm,1.5576cm) .. controls
   (.7cm,1.42cm)and(.2cm,1.49cm)..(0cm,1.5576cm)--cycle;

\draw (2,1.5) node[font=\fontsize{52}{58}\sffamily\bfseries]{TEXT};

\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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How to get larger fonts than \Huge in nodes with tikz?

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