pgf/TiKZ

Drawing trees with TikZ/PGF and LuaLaTeX

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TikZ/PGF is a flexible and powerful package for creating graphics in LaTeX. It’s syntax can be somewhat overwhelming at the beginning. In this post I show the basics of tree drawing using TikZ and LuaLaTeX.   The following code only works with LuaLaTeX. Make sure you use the lualatex engine rather than standard tex/latex for … [Read more…]

Cropping the output file to its content in LaTeX

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The documentclass options a4paper or letterpaper are certainly not the right choices when creating a set of equations or vector graphics using TiKZ for embedding in another document or standalone usage. Ideally, the output file is automatically set to fit its content, possibly with some whitespace around it. The following post describes two possible ways: … [Read more…]