Math & Science ⇒ Small Squares with special Filling

[sdelandtsheer]

Hello,

I proposed my wife to re-format her PhD thesis in LaTeX, but today she challenged me with this difficult figure legend:

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If there is a way to do this I would be really happy to know, as the submission date is very soon. I would be surprised, however... In Word it's made with rectangles, not with special characters.

Thanks in advance

[localghost]

Could be done with pgf/tikZ. The package manual should be a good start.


Thorsten

[sdelandtsheer]

Could be done with pgf/tikZ. The package manual should be a good start.


Thorsten

The example I provided did not show the right thing. Can you have another look? Now I edited the link and made it as an image...
Sorry

Thanks for the fast reply

[localghost]

My last reply still applies.

[sdelandtsheer]

My last reply still applies.

Yes indeed it seems to be possible with tikZ. Thanks. I am now reading the manual. However it seems not too straightforward at first glance to get the thing aligned with the text, within a figure caption...

I know I'm asking a lot here, but if somebody efficient in this package could provide me with an example code that I can modify, this would save me a sleepless night...

Thanks anyway. This is one of the best communities of the web!

[localghost]

[…] I know I'm asking a lot here, but if somebody efficient in this package could provide me with an example code that I can modify, this would save me a sleepless night. […]

I'd suggest that you start on your own and report back with some code when running into trouble. So we would be able to do corrections almost instantly. Otherwise this sounds like "Do this for me", you know.

[sdelandtsheer]

Got it. It was easier than expected. Great package I'll post some code later for the example

Thanks a lot

[sdelandtsheer]

Here it is, for the beginning :

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}

Figure 1: Structure of the GR gene (NR3C1; OMIM + 138040; NR3C1; 5q31-q32), the potential mRNA transcripts and the binding sites within the CpG island. 
Panel A The genomic structure of the GR. 
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) rectangle (0.33,0.33);
\draw[gray, ultra thick](0.05,0) -- (0.05,0.33) (0.17,0) -- (0.17,0.33) (0.29,0) -- (0.29,0.33); 
\end{tikzpicture}
 5' untranslated distal exons;

\end{document}

[localghost]

You can simplify that a bit by defining some useful macros in order to avoid always inserting a tikzpicture environment.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{patterns}

\newcommand*{\fillbox}[1][white]{%
  \tikz\draw[fill=#1] (0,0) rectangle (1.75ex,1.75ex);%
}
\newcommand{\patternbox}[2][black]{%
  \tikz\draw[pattern=#2,pattern color=#1] (0,0) rectangle (1.75ex,1.75ex);%
}

\begin{document}
  The quick brown fox jumps over the pazy dog (\patternbox[gray]{grid}). The quick brown fox jumps over the pazy dog. (\fillbox[gray!50]).
\end{document}

The pattern option simplifies a different style for the boxes. For an overview of available patterns take a look at Section 42 of the pgf/tikZ manual.