plus/minus signs look as 3D objects

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I use the following code to draw plus/minus signs

documentclassbeamer
setbeamertemplatenavigation symbols
usepackagetikz 
begindocument
beginframe[fragile,t]
frametitle
begintikzpicture[scale=.9, transform shape]
vspace 1.cm
draw [thick,orange,fill=yellow] (.25,.25) -- ++(0:.25) -- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(90:.25) -- cycle;
draw [thick,green,fill=green](0,-1) -- ++(0:.75) -- ++(-90:.25) -- ++(180:.75)-- ++(90:.25)-- cycle;
endtikzpicture
endframe
enddocument 

which gives me

Is it possible to make them look as 3-D objects as any one of the following drawings?

tikz-pgf

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I use the following code to draw plus/minus signs

documentclassbeamer
setbeamertemplatenavigation symbols
usepackagetikz 
begindocument
beginframe[fragile,t]
frametitle
begintikzpicture[scale=.9, transform shape]
vspace 1.cm
draw [thick,orange,fill=yellow] (.25,.25) -- ++(0:.25) -- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(90:.25) -- cycle;
draw [thick,green,fill=green](0,-1) -- ++(0:.75) -- ++(-90:.25) -- ++(180:.75)-- ++(90:.25)-- cycle;
endtikzpicture
endframe
enddocument 

which gives me

Is it possible to make them look as 3-D objects as any one of the following drawings?

tikz-pgf

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I use the following code to draw plus/minus signs

documentclassbeamer
setbeamertemplatenavigation symbols
usepackagetikz 
begindocument
beginframe[fragile,t]
frametitle
begintikzpicture[scale=.9, transform shape]
vspace 1.cm
draw [thick,orange,fill=yellow] (.25,.25) -- ++(0:.25) -- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(90:.25) -- cycle;
draw [thick,green,fill=green](0,-1) -- ++(0:.75) -- ++(-90:.25) -- ++(180:.75)-- ++(90:.25)-- cycle;
endtikzpicture
endframe
enddocument 

which gives me

Is it possible to make them look as 3-D objects as any one of the following drawings?

tikz-pgf

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asked 13 hours ago

Hany

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I use the following code to draw plus/minus signs

documentclassbeamer
setbeamertemplatenavigation symbols
usepackagetikz 
begindocument
beginframe[fragile,t]
frametitle
begintikzpicture[scale=.9, transform shape]
vspace 1.cm
draw [thick,orange,fill=yellow] (.25,.25) -- ++(0:.25) -- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(90:.25) -- cycle;
draw [thick,green,fill=green](0,-1) -- ++(0:.75) -- ++(-90:.25) -- ++(180:.75)-- ++(90:.25)-- cycle;
endtikzpicture
endframe
enddocument 

which gives me

Is it possible to make them look as 3-D objects as any one of the following drawings?

tikz-pgf

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Hany

543213

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This is what works for 3D marmots

documentclassbeamer
setbeamertemplatenavigation symbols
usepackagetikz 
begindocument
beginframe[fragile,t]
frametitle
begintikzpicture[scale=.9, transform shape]
vspace 1.cm
shade [ball color=orange] (.25,.25) -- ++(0:.25) -- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(90:.25) -- cycle;
shade [ball color=orange](0,-1) -- ++(0:.75) -- ++(-90:.25) -- ++(180:.75)-- ++(90:.25)-- cycle;
endtikzpicture
endframe
enddocument 

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answered 12 hours ago

samcarter

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  Thank you very much. Just one enquiry please. Is it possible to control the colours for example using inner color= , outer color=; and center/angle of shading
  – Hany
  12 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  @Hany No, for this kind of shading you can only set the ball color. But you could try other shading, e.g. radial fo which you can controll the colours with inner color= , outer color=
  – samcarter
  12 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  How to use radial shading?
  – Hany
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Hany By using inner color= , outer color=
  – samcarter
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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up vote
9
down vote

This is just a proposal; it can serve like a “base“ for further things:

documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]standalone
usetikzlibrarycalc
begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 node[inner sep=2cm] (a) ;
 fill[red] ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=-1.5cm,xshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
 ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
 ([xshift=1.5cm,yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
 ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=1.5cm,xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([xshift=-1.5cm,yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) --
 cycle;
 draw[red!70!black,ultra thick] ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) --
 ([xshift=1.5cm,yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$);
 draw[red!70!black,ultra thick] ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([yshift=1.5cm,xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([xshift=-1.5cm,yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$);
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

The output:

EDIT: Here are some more examples:

documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]standalone
usepackagefourier
begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 node at (0.02,-0.02) Hier steht ein kurzer Text;
 node[blue!70] at (0,0) Hier steht ein kurzer Text;
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

Output:

And:

documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]standalone
usetikzlibrarybackgrounds,calc
usepackagetimes
begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 node[blue,text width=1.5cm,align=center,draw,fill=white] (a) bfLARGETeX\[3pt]normalsize Users\Group;
 draw[blue,shorten >=1.2cm,shorten <=.1cm] ([yshift=6]a.west) -- ([yshift=6]a.east);
 draw[blue,shorten >=1.2cm,shorten <=.1cm] ([yshift=6]a.east) -- ([yshift=6]a.west);
 beginpgfonlayerbackground
 fill[blue] ($(a.north west)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.south west)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.south east)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.north east)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- cycle;
 endpgfonlayer
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

And here is the output:

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current_user

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  Thank you very much. It is very lengthy, but it works fine.
  – Hany
  11 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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Really just for fun, using the tricks of this answer and that answer. This works with annotations of 3D ducks. ;-)

documentclass[margin=1cm]standalone
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryfadings,decorations.text,calc
usepackagecontour
contourlength0.3pt
usepackagecalc
renewcommand*sfdefaultugq
usepackage[T1]fontenc
usepackagesoul
newsaveboxBlackHole

newcommandblackHole[1][1cm]tikz%
shade[ball color=black] circle(#1);
sboxBlackHoleblackHole[0.6cm]


newcommandPlaceCharOverBlackHole[2][20]%
begintikzfadingfrompicture[name=temp]
node[transparent!0,scale=#1] 
contourblackbfseriessffamily textcolorwhite#2;
endtikzfadingfrompicture%
tikz[baseline=(X.base)]node[inner sep=0pt,outer sep=0pt,scale=#1] (X) contourblackbfseriessffamily 
textcolorwhite#2;
pgfmathsetmacromyscale1.2*max(width("#2"),height("#2"))/1cm
path[path fading=temp,fit fading=false,overlay,scale=myscale] node useboxBlackHole;%


makeatletter % from https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/2709/121799
defSOUL@soeverytoken%
 PlaceCharOverBlackHole[2]theSOUL@token
makeatother

begindocument
so+~so$-$~soabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
enddocument

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up vote
9
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This is what works for 3D marmots

documentclassbeamer
setbeamertemplatenavigation symbols
usepackagetikz 
begindocument
beginframe[fragile,t]
frametitle
begintikzpicture[scale=.9, transform shape]
vspace 1.cm
shade [ball color=orange] (.25,.25) -- ++(0:.25) -- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(90:.25) -- cycle;
shade [ball color=orange](0,-1) -- ++(0:.75) -- ++(-90:.25) -- ++(180:.75)-- ++(90:.25)-- cycle;
endtikzpicture
endframe
enddocument 

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answered 12 hours ago

samcarter

70.5k776226

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thank you very much. Just one enquiry please. Is it possible to control the colours for example using inner color= , outer color=; and center/angle of shading
  – Hany
  12 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Hany No, for this kind of shading you can only set the ball color. But you could try other shading, e.g. radial fo which you can controll the colours with inner color= , outer color=
  – samcarter
  12 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  How to use radial shading?
  – Hany
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Hany By using inner color= , outer color=
  – samcarter
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
9
down vote

This is what works for 3D marmots

documentclassbeamer
setbeamertemplatenavigation symbols
usepackagetikz 
begindocument
beginframe[fragile,t]
frametitle
begintikzpicture[scale=.9, transform shape]
vspace 1.cm
shade [ball color=orange] (.25,.25) -- ++(0:.25) -- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(90:.25) -- cycle;
shade [ball color=orange](0,-1) -- ++(0:.75) -- ++(-90:.25) -- ++(180:.75)-- ++(90:.25)-- cycle;
endtikzpicture
endframe
enddocument 

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answered 12 hours ago

samcarter

70.5k776226

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thank you very much. Just one enquiry please. Is it possible to control the colours for example using inner color= , outer color=; and center/angle of shading
  – Hany
  12 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Hany No, for this kind of shading you can only set the ball color. But you could try other shading, e.g. radial fo which you can controll the colours with inner color= , outer color=
  – samcarter
  12 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  How to use radial shading?
  – Hany
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Hany By using inner color= , outer color=
  – samcarter
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
9
down vote

up vote
9
down vote

This is what works for 3D marmots

documentclassbeamer
setbeamertemplatenavigation symbols
usepackagetikz 
begindocument
beginframe[fragile,t]
frametitle
begintikzpicture[scale=.9, transform shape]
vspace 1.cm
shade [ball color=orange] (.25,.25) -- ++(0:.25) -- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(90:.25) -- cycle;
shade [ball color=orange](0,-1) -- ++(0:.75) -- ++(-90:.25) -- ++(180:.75)-- ++(90:.25)-- cycle;
endtikzpicture
endframe
enddocument 

share|improve this answer

answered 12 hours ago

samcarter

70.5k776226

This is what works for 3D marmots

documentclassbeamer
setbeamertemplatenavigation symbols
usepackagetikz 
begindocument
beginframe[fragile,t]
frametitle
begintikzpicture[scale=.9, transform shape]
vspace 1.cm
shade [ball color=orange] (.25,.25) -- ++(0:.25) -- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(-90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(180:.25)-- ++(90:.25)-- ++(0:.25)-- ++(90:.25) -- cycle;
shade [ball color=orange](0,-1) -- ++(0:.75) -- ++(-90:.25) -- ++(180:.75)-- ++(90:.25)-- cycle;
endtikzpicture
endframe
enddocument 

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answered 12 hours ago

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answered 12 hours ago

samcarter

70.5k776226

answered 12 hours ago

samcarter

70.5k776226

answered 12 hours ago

samcarter

70.5k776226

70.5k776226

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thank you very much. Just one enquiry please. Is it possible to control the colours for example using inner color= , outer color=; and center/angle of shading
  – Hany
  12 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Hany No, for this kind of shading you can only set the ball color. But you could try other shading, e.g. radial fo which you can controll the colours with inner color= , outer color=
  – samcarter
  12 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  How to use radial shading?
  – Hany
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Hany By using inner color= , outer color=
  – samcarter
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thank you very much. Just one enquiry please. Is it possible to control the colours for example using inner color= , outer color=; and center/angle of shading
  – Hany
  12 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Hany No, for this kind of shading you can only set the ball color. But you could try other shading, e.g. radial fo which you can controll the colours with inner color= , outer color=
  – samcarter
  12 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  How to use radial shading?
  – Hany
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Hany By using inner color= , outer color=
  – samcarter
  12 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

Thank you very much. Just one enquiry please. Is it possible to control the colours for example using inner color= , outer color=; and center/angle of shading
– Hany
12 hours ago

Thank you very much. Just one enquiry please. Is it possible to control the colours for example using inner color= , outer color=; and center/angle of shading
– Hany
12 hours ago

2

2

@Hany No, for this kind of shading you can only set the ball color. But you could try other shading, e.g. radial fo which you can controll the colours with inner color= , outer color=
– samcarter
12 hours ago

@Hany No, for this kind of shading you can only set the ball color. But you could try other shading, e.g. radial fo which you can controll the colours with inner color= , outer color=
– samcarter
12 hours ago

How to use radial shading?
– Hany
12 hours ago

How to use radial shading?
– Hany
12 hours ago

2

2

@Hany By using inner color= , outer color=
– samcarter
12 hours ago

@Hany By using inner color= , outer color=
– samcarter
12 hours ago

add a comment | 

up vote
9
down vote

This is just a proposal; it can serve like a “base“ for further things:

documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]standalone
usetikzlibrarycalc
begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 node[inner sep=2cm] (a) ;
 fill[red] ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=-1.5cm,xshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
 ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
 ([xshift=1.5cm,yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
 ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=1.5cm,xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([xshift=-1.5cm,yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) --
 cycle;
 draw[red!70!black,ultra thick] ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) --
 ([xshift=1.5cm,yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$);
 draw[red!70!black,ultra thick] ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([yshift=1.5cm,xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([xshift=-1.5cm,yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$);
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

The output:

EDIT: Here are some more examples:

documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]standalone
usepackagefourier
begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 node at (0.02,-0.02) Hier steht ein kurzer Text;
 node[blue!70] at (0,0) Hier steht ein kurzer Text;
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

Output:

And:

documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]standalone
usetikzlibrarybackgrounds,calc
usepackagetimes
begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 node[blue,text width=1.5cm,align=center,draw,fill=white] (a) bfLARGETeX\[3pt]normalsize Users\Group;
 draw[blue,shorten >=1.2cm,shorten <=.1cm] ([yshift=6]a.west) -- ([yshift=6]a.east);
 draw[blue,shorten >=1.2cm,shorten <=.1cm] ([yshift=6]a.east) -- ([yshift=6]a.west);
 beginpgfonlayerbackground
 fill[blue] ($(a.north west)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.south west)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.south east)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.north east)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- cycle;
 endpgfonlayer
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

And here is the output:

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edited 12 hours ago

answered 12 hours ago

current_user

87315

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thank you very much. It is very lengthy, but it works fine.
  – Hany
  11 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
9
down vote

This is just a proposal; it can serve like a “base“ for further things:

documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]standalone
usetikzlibrarycalc
begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 node[inner sep=2cm] (a) ;
 fill[red] ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=-1.5cm,xshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
 ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
 ([xshift=1.5cm,yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
 ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=1.5cm,xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([xshift=-1.5cm,yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) --
 cycle;
 draw[red!70!black,ultra thick] ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) --
 ([xshift=1.5cm,yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$);
 draw[red!70!black,ultra thick] ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([yshift=1.5cm,xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([xshift=-1.5cm,yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$);
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

The output:

EDIT: Here are some more examples:

documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]standalone
usepackagefourier
begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 node at (0.02,-0.02) Hier steht ein kurzer Text;
 node[blue!70] at (0,0) Hier steht ein kurzer Text;
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

Output:

And:

documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]standalone
usetikzlibrarybackgrounds,calc
usepackagetimes
begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 node[blue,text width=1.5cm,align=center,draw,fill=white] (a) bfLARGETeX\[3pt]normalsize Users\Group;
 draw[blue,shorten >=1.2cm,shorten <=.1cm] ([yshift=6]a.west) -- ([yshift=6]a.east);
 draw[blue,shorten >=1.2cm,shorten <=.1cm] ([yshift=6]a.east) -- ([yshift=6]a.west);
 beginpgfonlayerbackground
 fill[blue] ($(a.north west)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.south west)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.south east)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.north east)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- cycle;
 endpgfonlayer
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

And here is the output:

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  11 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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up vote
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This is just a proposal; it can serve like a “base“ for further things:

documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]standalone
usetikzlibrarycalc
begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 node[inner sep=2cm] (a) ;
 fill[red] ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=-1.5cm,xshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
 ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
 ([xshift=1.5cm,yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
 ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=1.5cm,xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([xshift=-1.5cm,yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) --
 cycle;
 draw[red!70!black,ultra thick] ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) --
 ([xshift=1.5cm,yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$);
 draw[red!70!black,ultra thick] ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([yshift=1.5cm,xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([xshift=-1.5cm,yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$);
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

The output:

EDIT: Here are some more examples:

documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]standalone
usepackagefourier
begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 node at (0.02,-0.02) Hier steht ein kurzer Text;
 node[blue!70] at (0,0) Hier steht ein kurzer Text;
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

Output:

And:

documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]standalone
usetikzlibrarybackgrounds,calc
usepackagetimes
begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 node[blue,text width=1.5cm,align=center,draw,fill=white] (a) bfLARGETeX\[3pt]normalsize Users\Group;
 draw[blue,shorten >=1.2cm,shorten <=.1cm] ([yshift=6]a.west) -- ([yshift=6]a.east);
 draw[blue,shorten >=1.2cm,shorten <=.1cm] ([yshift=6]a.east) -- ([yshift=6]a.west);
 beginpgfonlayerbackground
 fill[blue] ($(a.north west)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.south west)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.south east)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.north east)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- cycle;
 endpgfonlayer
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

And here is the output:

share|improve this answer

edited 12 hours ago

answered 12 hours ago

current_user

87315

This is just a proposal; it can serve like a “base“ for further things:

documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]standalone
usetikzlibrarycalc
begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 node[inner sep=2cm] (a) ;
 fill[red] ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=-1.5cm,xshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
 ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
 ([xshift=1.5cm,yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) -- 
 ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=1.5cm,xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([xshift=-1.5cm,yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$) --
 cycle;
 draw[red!70!black,ultra thick] ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$) --
 ([xshift=1.5cm,yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.south west)$);
 draw[red!70!black,ultra thick] ([xshift=-.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([yshift=1.5cm,xshift=.5cm]$(a.south west)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([yshift=-.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) --
 ([xshift=-1.5cm,yshift=.5cm]$(a.north east)!.5!(a.south east)$) -- 
 ([xshift=.5cm]$(a.north west)!.5!(a.north east)$);
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

The output:

EDIT: Here are some more examples:

documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]standalone
usepackagefourier
begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 node at (0.02,-0.02) Hier steht ein kurzer Text;
 node[blue!70] at (0,0) Hier steht ein kurzer Text;
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

Output:

And:

documentclass[border=5pt,tikz]standalone
usetikzlibrarybackgrounds,calc
usepackagetimes
begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 node[blue,text width=1.5cm,align=center,draw,fill=white] (a) bfLARGETeX\[3pt]normalsize Users\Group;
 draw[blue,shorten >=1.2cm,shorten <=.1cm] ([yshift=6]a.west) -- ([yshift=6]a.east);
 draw[blue,shorten >=1.2cm,shorten <=.1cm] ([yshift=6]a.east) -- ([yshift=6]a.west);
 beginpgfonlayerbackground
 fill[blue] ($(a.north west)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.south west)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.south east)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- ($(a.north east)+(-.1,-.1)$) -- cycle;
 endpgfonlayer
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

And here is the output:

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answered 12 hours ago

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edited 12 hours ago

edited 12 hours ago

edited 12 hours ago

answered 12 hours ago

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87315

answered 12 hours ago

current_user

87315

answered 12 hours ago

current_user

87315

87315

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thank you very much. It is very lengthy, but it works fine.
  – Hany
  11 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thank you very much. It is very lengthy, but it works fine.
  – Hany
  11 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

Thank you very much. It is very lengthy, but it works fine.
– Hany
11 hours ago

Thank you very much. It is very lengthy, but it works fine.
– Hany
11 hours ago

add a comment | 

up vote
4
down vote

Really just for fun, using the tricks of this answer and that answer. This works with annotations of 3D ducks. ;-)

documentclass[margin=1cm]standalone
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryfadings,decorations.text,calc
usepackagecontour
contourlength0.3pt
usepackagecalc
renewcommand*sfdefaultugq
usepackage[T1]fontenc
usepackagesoul
newsaveboxBlackHole

newcommandblackHole[1][1cm]tikz%
shade[ball color=black] circle(#1);
sboxBlackHoleblackHole[0.6cm]


newcommandPlaceCharOverBlackHole[2][20]%
begintikzfadingfrompicture[name=temp]
node[transparent!0,scale=#1] 
contourblackbfseriessffamily textcolorwhite#2;
endtikzfadingfrompicture%
tikz[baseline=(X.base)]node[inner sep=0pt,outer sep=0pt,scale=#1] (X) contourblackbfseriessffamily 
textcolorwhite#2;
pgfmathsetmacromyscale1.2*max(width("#2"),height("#2"))/1cm
path[path fading=temp,fit fading=false,overlay,scale=myscale] node useboxBlackHole;%


makeatletter % from https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/2709/121799
defSOUL@soeverytoken%
 PlaceCharOverBlackHole[2]theSOUL@token
makeatother

begindocument
so+~so$-$~soabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
enddocument

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up vote
4
down vote

Really just for fun, using the tricks of this answer and that answer. This works with annotations of 3D ducks. ;-)

documentclass[margin=1cm]standalone
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryfadings,decorations.text,calc
usepackagecontour
contourlength0.3pt
usepackagecalc
renewcommand*sfdefaultugq
usepackage[T1]fontenc
usepackagesoul
newsaveboxBlackHole

newcommandblackHole[1][1cm]tikz%
shade[ball color=black] circle(#1);
sboxBlackHoleblackHole[0.6cm]


newcommandPlaceCharOverBlackHole[2][20]%
begintikzfadingfrompicture[name=temp]
node[transparent!0,scale=#1] 
contourblackbfseriessffamily textcolorwhite#2;
endtikzfadingfrompicture%
tikz[baseline=(X.base)]node[inner sep=0pt,outer sep=0pt,scale=#1] (X) contourblackbfseriessffamily 
textcolorwhite#2;
pgfmathsetmacromyscale1.2*max(width("#2"),height("#2"))/1cm
path[path fading=temp,fit fading=false,overlay,scale=myscale] node useboxBlackHole;%


makeatletter % from https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/2709/121799
defSOUL@soeverytoken%
 PlaceCharOverBlackHole[2]theSOUL@token
makeatother

begindocument
so+~so$-$~soabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
enddocument

share|improve this answer

edited 11 hours ago

answered 12 hours ago

marmot

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up vote
4
down vote

up vote
4
down vote

Really just for fun, using the tricks of this answer and that answer. This works with annotations of 3D ducks. ;-)

documentclass[margin=1cm]standalone
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryfadings,decorations.text,calc
usepackagecontour
contourlength0.3pt
usepackagecalc
renewcommand*sfdefaultugq
usepackage[T1]fontenc
usepackagesoul
newsaveboxBlackHole

newcommandblackHole[1][1cm]tikz%
shade[ball color=black] circle(#1);
sboxBlackHoleblackHole[0.6cm]


newcommandPlaceCharOverBlackHole[2][20]%
begintikzfadingfrompicture[name=temp]
node[transparent!0,scale=#1] 
contourblackbfseriessffamily textcolorwhite#2;
endtikzfadingfrompicture%
tikz[baseline=(X.base)]node[inner sep=0pt,outer sep=0pt,scale=#1] (X) contourblackbfseriessffamily 
textcolorwhite#2;
pgfmathsetmacromyscale1.2*max(width("#2"),height("#2"))/1cm
path[path fading=temp,fit fading=false,overlay,scale=myscale] node useboxBlackHole;%


makeatletter % from https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/2709/121799
defSOUL@soeverytoken%
 PlaceCharOverBlackHole[2]theSOUL@token
makeatother

begindocument
so+~so$-$~soabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
enddocument

share|improve this answer

edited 11 hours ago

answered 12 hours ago

marmot

47.6k34090

Really just for fun, using the tricks of this answer and that answer. This works with annotations of 3D ducks. ;-)

documentclass[margin=1cm]standalone
usepackagetikz
usetikzlibraryfadings,decorations.text,calc
usepackagecontour
contourlength0.3pt
usepackagecalc
renewcommand*sfdefaultugq
usepackage[T1]fontenc
usepackagesoul
newsaveboxBlackHole

newcommandblackHole[1][1cm]tikz%
shade[ball color=black] circle(#1);
sboxBlackHoleblackHole[0.6cm]


newcommandPlaceCharOverBlackHole[2][20]%
begintikzfadingfrompicture[name=temp]
node[transparent!0,scale=#1] 
contourblackbfseriessffamily textcolorwhite#2;
endtikzfadingfrompicture%
tikz[baseline=(X.base)]node[inner sep=0pt,outer sep=0pt,scale=#1] (X) contourblackbfseriessffamily 
textcolorwhite#2;
pgfmathsetmacromyscale1.2*max(width("#2"),height("#2"))/1cm
path[path fading=temp,fit fading=false,overlay,scale=myscale] node useboxBlackHole;%


makeatletter % from https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/2709/121799
defSOUL@soeverytoken%
 PlaceCharOverBlackHole[2]theSOUL@token
makeatother

begindocument
so+~so$-$~soabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
enddocument

share|improve this answer

edited 11 hours ago

answered 12 hours ago

marmot

47.6k34090

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share|improve this answer

edited 11 hours ago

edited 11 hours ago

edited 11 hours ago

answered 12 hours ago

marmot

47.6k34090

answered 12 hours ago

marmot

47.6k34090

answered 12 hours ago

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47.6k34090

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