Symbol or dingbat of a calculator?

Question

I looked all over but could not find anything. Is there a package out there that has a symbol/dingbat of a calculator? I know there probably isn't, but I've seen much stranger stuff out there before...

Answer 1

There are three different calculator symbols available at The Noun Project:

_{Calculator symbols by The Noun Project and Scott Lewis, from The Noun Project.}

The first two are published under Creative Commons - Attribution (CC BY 3.0), the third one under Creative Commons CC0 - No Rights Reserved.

I think Martin Scharrer was at some point thinking about turning this fabulous icon collection into a package, but I don't know what the status on this is; there might have been some licensing issues.

You'll have to convert the SVG files into some format that LaTeX can work with, e.g. with IrfanView. Then I recommend a \newcommand that embeds the images with a height in ex, so that it'll be scaled according to the current font size, something like this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{mwe} % Just for the demo image
\newcommand{\mysymbol}{\protect\includegraphics[height = 1.5ex]{example-image-a}}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\section{Foo \mysymbol\ bar}
{\Huge Bar baz \mysymbol!}

Foo bar baz \mysymbol\ baz bar foo.

{\tiny Baz bar \mysymbol?}
\end{document}

Answer 2

My calculator :

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} 
\usepackage[upright]{fourier}
\usepackage[pdftex,usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,matrix,backgrounds}%

\begin{document}
\newcommand*{\grbl}{green!30!black}

\tikzstyle{ButtonRect}=[minimum width   = 1.2 cm,
                        minimum height  = 16 pt,
                        rounded corners = 8 pt] 

\tikzstyle{ButtonCircle}=[circle, minimum height   = 20pt]
\tikzstyle{ButtonEllipse}=[ellipse,
                           inner sep        = 0pt,
                           minimum height   = 16pt,
                           minimum width    = 1cm]


\newcommand*{\button}[3]{
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[line width=.6pt,
      color=black,draw,#2,
      fill=#3,text=white](T){\footnotesize\textsf{#1}};
\end{tikzpicture}}

\tikzstyle{background rectangle}=
[ultra thick,draw=black,fill=SeaGreen!40,rounded corners=12pt]
\begin{tikzpicture}[label distance=-1.5pt,outer sep=0pt,%
  text = white,show background rectangle]%

\matrix [matrix of  nodes](M1)
{\button{F1}{ButtonCircle,label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{Trace}}}{\grbl}
&\button{F2}{ButtonCircle,label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{Zoom}}}{\grbl}
&\button{F3}{ButtonCircle,label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{V-Window}}}{\grbl}
&\button{F4}{ButtonCircle,label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{Sketch}}}{\grbl}
&\button{F5}{ButtonCircle,label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{G-Solv}}}{\grbl}
&\button{F6}{ButtonCircle,label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{G$\leftrightarrow$T}}}{\grbl}%
\\
 \button{\tiny SHIFT}{ButtonEllipse, minimum width = 30pt}{Goldenrod}
&\button{\tiny OPTN}{ButtonEllipse}{RoyalBlue}
&\button{\tiny VARS}{ButtonEllipse,label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{PRGM}}}{RoyalBlue}
&\button{\tiny MENU}{ButtonEllipse,
   label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{SET UP}}}{PineGreen!60}
&&&\\

\button{\tiny ALPHA}{ButtonEllipse,
  label={[red]above:\tiny \textsf{\fboxsep 0pt \fbox{A}-LOCK}}}{red!70!black}%
  &\button{$x^2$}{ButtonEllipse,label={[red]60: \textsf{r}},%
label ={[red]120:\tiny \textsf{$\sqrt{\ }$}}}{RoyalBlue}
&\button{$\bigwedge$}{ButtonEllipse,label={[red]60: \textsf{$\scriptstyle{\othertheta}$}},%
label ={[red]120:\tiny \textsf{$\root x \of{\ }$}}}{RoyalBlue}
&\button{\tiny EXIT}{ButtonEllipse,label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{QUIT}}}{RoyalBlue}
& &\\

 \button{\tiny X,$\othertheta$,T}%
             {ButtonEllipse,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{A}}}{RoyalBlue}%
&\button{log}{ButtonEllipse,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{B}},%
label ={[red]100:\tiny \textsf{$\text{10}^x$}}}{RoyalBlue}
&\button{ln}{ButtonEllipse,label ={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{C}},%
label ={[red]120:\tiny \textsf{$\text{e}^x$}}}{RoyalBlue}
&\button{sin}{ButtonEllipse,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{D}},%
label ={[red]100:\tiny \textsf{Asn}}}{RoyalBlue}
&\button{cos}{ButtonEllipse,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{E}},%
label ={[red]100:\tiny \textsf{Acs}}}{RoyalBlue}
&\button{tan}{ButtonEllipse,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{F}},%
label ={[red]100:\tiny \textsf{Atn}}}{RoyalBlue}
\\

 \button{a+{\tiny b/c}}{ButtonEllipse,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{G}},%
label ={[red]100:\tiny \textsf{d/c}}}{RoyalBlue}
&\button{F$\leftrightarrow$D}{ButtonEllipse,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{H}}}{RoyalBlue}
&\button{(}{ButtonEllipse,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{I}},%
label ={[red]120:\tiny \textsf{$\root\text{\tiny\textsf{3}} \of{\ }$}}}{RoyalBlue}
&\button{)}{ButtonEllipse,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{J}},%
label ={[red]120:\tiny \textsf{$x^{ \text{\tiny\textsf{-1}}}$}}}{RoyalBlue}
&\button{\LARGE,}{ButtonEllipse,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{K}}}{RoyalBlue}
&\button{\large$\rightarrow$}{ButtonEllipse,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{L}}}{RoyalBlue}%
\\};

\matrix [matrix of  nodes,yshift=-2.5cm] at (M1.south)
{\button{\large 7}{ButtonRect,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{M}}}{\grbl}
&\button{\large 8}{ButtonRect,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{N}}}{\grbl}
&\button{\large 9}{ButtonRect,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{O}}}{\grbl}
&\button{\normalsize DEL}{ButtonRect,label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{INS}}}{PineGreen!60}
&\button{\normalsize $\text{AC}^\text{\tiny /ON}$}{ButtonRect,label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{OFF}}}{PineGreen!60}
\\
 \button{\large 4}{ButtonRect,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{P}}}{\grbl}
&\button{\large 5}{ButtonRect,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{Q}}}{\grbl}
&\button{\large 6}{ButtonRect,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{R}}}{\grbl}
&\button{\Large $\times$}{ButtonRect,label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{\{ \hspace{14pt}S}}}{\grbl}
&\button{\Large $\div$}{ButtonRect,label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{\} \hspace{14pt}T}}}{\grbl}
\\
 \button{\large 1}{ButtonRect,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{U}}}{\grbl}
&\button{\large 2}{ButtonRect,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{V}}}{\grbl}
&\button{\large 3}{ButtonRect,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{W}}}{\grbl}
&\button{\large $+$}{ButtonRect,label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{[ \hspace{14pt}X}}}{\grbl}
&\button{\large $-$}{ButtonRect,label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{] \hspace{14pt}Y}}}{\grbl}
\\
  \button{\large 0}{ButtonRect,label={[red]60:\tiny \textsf{Z}}}{\grbl}
&\button{\Huge .}{ButtonRect,label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{= \hspace{8pt} SPACE}}}{\grbl}
&\button{\normalsize $\times\text{10}^x$}{ButtonRect,label={[red]90:\normalsize  \textsf{$\pi$}}}{\grbl}
&\button{\large$( - )$}{ButtonRect,label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{ANS}}}{\grbl}
&\button{\normalsize EXE}{ButtonRect,label={[red]90:\tiny \textsf{$\hookleftarrow$}}}{blue!50!black}
\\
};
\node[fill=lightgray,draw,ultra thick,text width=7cm,yshift=1cm,rounded corners,text=black] at (M1.north) {\(\sin(1)\)\\\hfill \(0.841470984\)};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document} 

Answer 3

There are some awesome tikz calculators. I though I will try something different, a small calculator icon that will fit in text, and rescale with the font size.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}

\newcommand\calculator{\tikz{
\node (c) [inner sep=0pt, draw, fill=black, anchor=south west]{\phantom{N}};
\begin{scope}[x=(c.south east),y=(c.north west)]
   \fill[white] (.1,.7) rectangle (.9,.9);
   \foreach \x in {.1, .33, .55, .79}{
   \foreach \y in {.1, .24, .38, .53}{
   \fill[white] (\x,\y) rectangle +(.11,.07);}}
\end{scope}
}}

\def\calctest#1{\noindent#1 This: \calculator\ is a calculator\par}
\begin{document}
\calctest{\tiny}

\calctest{\normalsize}

\calctest{\large}

\calctest{\Huge}
\end{document}

The result is

Answer 4

Since no font symbol of calculators exist (as far as I know), a colourful display is available from OpenClipArt Library:

All the images, unless stated otherwise, are in the public domain as downloadable SVG or (lossy) PNG images.

For inclusion of SVG images in LaTeX, see How to include SVG diagrams in LaTeX? Alternatively, pdflatex supports native inclusion of PNG images.

Answer 5

The code:

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{adjustbox}

\newcommand\ab[1]{\adjustbox{
padding=0ex 0ex 0ex 0ex,
margin=-.5ex -.5ex -.5ex -.5ex, 
valign=M, 
cfbox=blue!50!black!50 2pt, 
margin=-.7ex -1ex -1ex -.7ex,
cfbox=blue!30!black!70 2.5pt, 
bgcolor=cyan!10!white,
margin=0ex .5ex 0ex .5ex,
}{#1}}


\newcommand\bb[1]{\adjustbox{
padding=0ex 0ex 0ex 0ex,
margin=-.5ex -.5ex -.5ex -.5ex, 
valign=M, 
cfbox=blue!50!black!50 2pt, 
margin=-.7ex -1ex -1ex -.7ex,
cfbox=blue!30!black!70 2.5pt, 
bgcolor=blue!20!black!60,
margin=0ex .5ex 0ex .5ex,
}{#1}}



\newcommand\kb[1]{
\ab{
\begin{minipage}[c][1em][c]{1em}
\centering#1
\end{minipage}
}}


\newcommand\calculator[1]{
\raisebox{.5ex}{\resizebox{#1}{!}{
\fboxrule=1.5pt
\bb{
\sffamily\bfseries
\begin{tabular}{l@{}l@{}l@{}l@{~}l}
\vspace{-.3cm}\\
\multicolumn{3}{l}{\bb{\fcolorbox{black!40!green!60}{black!30!green!30}{\Large ~~~~0.73122}}} & & \kb{\scriptsize ON} \\
\vspace{-.4cm}\\
\kb{1} & \kb{2} & \kb{3} & & \kb{+} \\
\kb{4} & \kb{5} & \kb{6} & & \kb{--}  \\
\kb{7} & \kb{8} & \kb{9} & & \kb{=}  \\
\end{tabular}
}}}}


\newcommand\calicon[1]{
\raisebox{.5ex}{\resizebox{#1}{!}{
\fboxrule=1.5pt

\bb{
\sffamily\bfseries
\begin{tabular}{l@{}l@{}l@{}l@{~}l}
\vspace{-.3cm}\\
\multicolumn{3}{l}{\bb{\fcolorbox{black!40!green!60}{black!30!green!30}{\Large ~~~~~}}} & & \kb{\scriptsize } \\
\vspace{-.4cm}\\
\kb{} & \kb{} & \kb{} & & \kb{} \\
\kb{} & \kb{} & \kb{} & & \kb{}  \\
\kb{} & \kb{} & \kb{} & & \kb{}  \\
\end{tabular}
}}}}



\begin{document}


\noindent Poor man's calculators in poor \LaTeX{} without Ti\emph{k}Z: \\ 
\calicon{1em} \calculator{2em} 
\calicon{2em} \calculator{4em}
\calicon{4em} \calculator{8em}

\end{document}

\begin{minipage}[c]{1cm}
\begin{tabular}{c@{ }c}
$\div$&{--}\\
+&{\footnotesize M}\\
x&=\\
\end{tabular}

\end{minipage}

A simpler coding with tcolorbox and menukeys packages:

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{menukeys}
\usepackage[skins]{tcolorbox}
% http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/96300/how-to-change-the-style-of-menukeys
\renewmenumacro{\keys}[>]{shadowedroundedkeys}
\begin{document}
Another poor man's calculator:

\begin{minipage}{14em}
\tcbset{colback=red!5!white,colframe=red!75!black,coltitle=blue!50!black,
fonttitle=\bfseries}
\begin{tcolorbox}
[skin=widget,
boxrule=.3mm,
bottomrule=.75mm,rightrule=.75mm,
coltitle=red,
colframe=black!65!white,
colback=blue!15!white,
width=(.9\linewidth),before=\hfill,after=\hfill,
interior style={left color=gray!40!white,right color=blue!10!white},
adjusted title={
\renewmenumacro{\keys}[>]{roundedkeys}
\sffamily \keys{~~~~~~0.123456}    \hfill
\renewmenumacro{\keys}[>]{typewriterkeys}
  \keys{On}    }]
\keys{1} \keys{2} \keys{3}~~\keys{{+}}\keys{/} \\
\keys{4} \keys{5} \keys{6}~~\keys{--}\keys{{$\times$}} \\
\keys{7} \keys{8} \keys{9}~~\keys{=}\keys{M}
\end{tcolorbox}
\end{minipage}
\end{document}

Answer 6

This could be viewed ever so slightly as overkill ...

\documentclass{article}
%\url{http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/40095/86}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{%
  positioning,
  backgrounds%
}
\colorlet{onepressed}{cyan}
\colorlet{sinpressed}{cyan}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[every node/.style={draw,fill=cyan!50!white,minimum width=2em, minimum height=1.5em, text=red,node distance=5mm},show background rectangle,background rectangle/.style={draw=blue!50,fill=blue!20,rounded corners=2ex}]
\node[fill=onepressed] (1) {\(1\)};
\node[base right=of 1] (2) {\(2\)};
\node[base right=of 2] (3) {\(3\)};
\node[above=of 1] (4) {\(4\)};
\node[base right=of 4] (5) {\(5\)};
\node[base right=of 5] (6) {\(6\)};
\node[above=of 4] (7) {\(7\)};
\node[base right=of 7] (8) {\(8\)};
\node[base right=of 8] (9) {\(9\)};
\node[below=of 1] (0) {\(0\)};
\node[base right=of 9] (div) {\(\div\)};
\node[base right=of 6] (times) {\(\times\)};
\node[base right=of 3] (minus) {\(-\)};
\node[base right=of 0] (dot) {\(\cdot\)};
\node[base right=of dot] (equals) {\(=\)};
\node[base right=of equals] (plus) {\(+\)};
\node[fill=sinpressed,above=of 7] (sin) {\(\scriptstyle\sin\)};
\node[base right=of sin] (cos) {\(\scriptstyle\cos\)};
\node[base right=of cos] (tan) {\(\scriptstyle\tan\)};
\node[base right=of tan] (exp) {\(\scriptstyle\exp\)};
\node[minimum width=11.8em,above=of sin.north west,anchor=south west,fill=white,] (disp) {\(0.841470984807897\)};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

(Just in case anyone was interested, I happened to have that "lying around". I use it in my lectures for introducing a topic on approximation by getting the students to try to imagine what the calculator is actually doing when one asks it to compute sin(1).)

Answer 7

A mono-button binary calculator.

\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}
\psset{fillstyle=solid}
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(3,4)
    \psframe[fillcolor=gray,framearc=0.2](3,4)
    \rput(2.2,3.8){\psscalebox{.4}{\color{white}CASIO fx-666}}
    \rput(2.2,3.65){\psscalebox{.3}{\color{white}\it mono-button}}
    \psframe[fillcolor=lightgray](.5,3)(2.5,3.5)    
    \rput(1.5,3.25){1000010110}
    \pscircle(1.5,1.5){1}
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}