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…]
Ideally, tables are quickly and easily readable. Removing repetitive content helps the reader to grasp the essential result quicker and makes tables more readable. A possible option to make a table more readable is to replace repetitive content across a column with an arrow. Preparations We will use TikZ to draw an arrow from … [Read more…]
I was looking for a simple schematic representation of DNA – protein interaction and didn’t find anything of the sort on the web. Below is what I came up with. I hope that some of you might find it useful. DNA The two strands of DNA are represented by two wavy lines, using the … [Read more…]
Seth Godin mentioned in his recent blog post on simple typography that certain fonts remind us of something. I’m not a professional. But for to fun it, I tried to reproduce Seth’s first example using PGF/TikZ. And here is the result (using LaTeX’s standard font Computer Modern). Below is the code. Just copy and paste … [Read more…]
I recently wrote an article on side-by-side figures in LaTeX (TUGboat 34:1), based on a series of posts on this blog. For illustration of the code samples, I created a series of very basic Smileys faces for which I publish the code here. Let me know below if you have suggestions for improvement or ideas … [Read more…]