Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ colored lines

[izza]

Hi there,

I'm writing a report in/with Latex and I need to draw some colored lines like:

---------------xxxxxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx------------


where ------ is a red line and xxxxx blue

And it would be perfect if it can be thick lines also...

Does anyone have an idea how to create this in/with latex. Is there some kind of package that I would need?

I really appreciate all kinds of help!

Regards
A.

[gmedina]

Hi,

in the following example code I defined two new commands to draw colored lines with variable thickness. The code explains the syntax:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}

\makeatletter
% \cvhrulefill{<color>}{<thickness>}
\newcommand*\cvhrulefill[2]{%
  \leavevmode\color{#1}\leaders\hrule\@height#2\hfill \kern\z@\normalcolor}
% \crule{<color>}{<width>}{<thickness>}
\newcommand*\crule[3]{%
  \color{#1}\rule{#2}{#3}\normalcolor}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\cvhrulefill{red}{2pt}\cvhrulefill{red}{2pt}\cvhrulefill{blue!40}{2pt}

\cvhrulefill{blue}{3pt}\cvhrulefill{red}{1pt}\cvhrulefill{green}{4pt}
\cvhrulefill{gray}{6pt}

\crule{orange}{4cm}{.4pt}\crule{purple}{4cm}{.4pt}\crule{yellow}{4cm}{.4pt}

\vspace*{1cm}

\crule{olive}{4cm}{2cm}

\end{document}

[izza]

Hi

Thank you very very very much!!!