Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Bubble text

[bstex]

Hi.
I would like to place an image (a talking man) with a bubble text on it, just like in the image:

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I followed some tutorials, but no luck.
Can you help me please?
Thank you.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

welcome to the forum!

This can be a start:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,shapes.callouts}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
  \node (man) {\includegraphics{man}};
  \node [draw, align=center,
         cloud callout, cloud puffs = 17, cloud puff arc=140,
         callout pointer segments = 3, anchor = pointer,
         callout relative pointer = {(330:2cm)},
         aspect = 3, above left = 1.2 and 2 cm of man.north west]
    {This is some text\\and some more in the next line.\\That's all.};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

You can read about cloud callouts in the tikz manual.

Stefan

[bstex]

Hi Stefan,
I didn't even know that they are called "callouts".
Thank you so much for your help.

[bstex]

Hi again,
I changed my preamble to this:

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\usepackage[Greek,Latin]{ucharclasses}

% Language declaration
\usepackage{xltxtra}

\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setmainlanguage{greek}
\setotherlanguages{english}

\setTransitionsForGreek{\selectlanguage{greek}}{\selectlanguage{english}}

% Fonts
\setmainfont[Kerning=On,Mapping=tex-text]{Myriad Pro}

because it's much easier to switch languages inside my book.

Since then, my callout code:

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\begin{flushright}
\begin{tikzpicture}
  \node (man) {\includegraphics{man}};
  \node [draw, align=center,
         cloud callout, cloud puffs = 19.5, cloud puff arc=90,
         callout pointer segments = 2, anchor = pointer,
         callout relative pointer = {(345:2.5cm)},
         aspect = 3, above left = -1.5 and 2.5 cm of man.north west]
    {Ένα δύο τρία\\
	τέσσερα πέντε έξι\\
	επτά οκτώ εννιά\\
	δέκα έντεκα};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{flushright}

shows me this error:

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! Package tikz Error: Giving up on this path. Did you forget a semicolon?.
See the tikz package documentation for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
l.100 ^^Iτ
έσσερα πέντε έξι\\
This error message was generated by an \errmessage
command, so I can't give any explicit help.
Pretend that you're Hercule Poirot: Examine all clues,
and deduce the truth by order and method.
Missing character: There is no = in font nullfont!
! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).
<to be read again>
=
l.100 ^^Iτ
έσσερα πέντε έξι\\
Dimensions can be in units of em, ex, in, pt, pc,
cm, mm, dd, cc, bp, or sp; but yours is a new one!
I'll assume that you meant to say pt, for printer's points.
To recover gracefully from this error, it's best to
delete the erroneous units; e.g., type `2' to delete
two letters. (See Chapter 27 of The TeXbook.)
Missing character: There is no = in font nullfont!
Missing character: There is no ^^B in font nullfont!
Missing character: There is no τ in font nullfont!
Missing character: There is no έ in font nullfont!

When I insert english text inside the callout, it works fine.
Why does greek text have problem with the tikzpicture?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

It works when you hide it in a \parbox:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage[Greek,Latin]{ucharclasses}
 
% Language declaration
\usepackage{xltxtra}
 
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setmainlanguage{greek}
\setotherlanguages{english}
 
\setTransitionsForGreek{\selectlanguage{greek}}{\selectlanguage{english}}

% Fonts
\setmainfont[Kerning=On,Mapping=tex-text]{Times New Roman}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,shapes.callouts}
\begin{document}
\begin{flushright}
\begin{tikzpicture}
  \node (man) {\includegraphics{man}};
  \node [draw, align=center,
         cloud callout, cloud puffs = 19.5, cloud puff arc=90,
         callout pointer segments = 2, anchor = pointer,
         callout relative pointer = {(345:2.5cm)},
         aspect = 3, above left = -1.5 and 2.5 cm of man.north west]
    {\parbox{3cm}{\centering Ένα δύο τρία\\
	τέσσερα πέντε έξι\\
	επτά οκτώ εννιά\\
	δέκα έντεκα}};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{flushright}

Stefan

[bstex]

Thanks again, Stefan.