Creating vector graphics with LaTeX and TikZ
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Conclusion
With the basic functions of TikZ, you can quickly and easily create vector graphics with LaTeX. But, there's more: With the accompanying libraries that you can download with TikZ, you can create calendars, class schedules, mind maps, function graphs, circuit diagrams, flowcharts, and more.
TikZ is good not only for spicing up text with graphics, it also can meet even the highest demands of scientific texts. l
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01 \tikz{\draw[|-|] (0,0) node[above left]{Start} -- (5,0) node[below right]{target};}
02 \tikz{\path (0,0) node[draw,fill=yellow,align=center] {text\\\textit{text}\\$x+1$};}
Infos
- "The XColor Package" by Dr. Uwe Kern: http://ctan.mackichan.com/macros/latex/contrib/xcolor/xcolor.pdf
- Integrating external graphics in LaTeX: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Importing_Graphics
- TikZ: http://www.ctan.org/pkg/pgf
- KTikZ: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/ktikz+-+Editor+for+the+TikZ+language?content=63188
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