How to make a line with ornament like one below {TEX} logo on this site?
What is specific term for it?
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Well, Yiannis's answer is the earliest.– Leo LiuCommented Feb 17, 2011 at 21:24
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sorry guys, it seems that we all replied more or less at the same time. If you are ok Krule, we can summarise it directly in the question...– MortimerCommented Feb 17, 2011 at 22:13
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See also asterism, and this question, Asterism and similar breaking / non-breaking options.– John KemenyCommented Feb 18, 2016 at 14:33
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Try this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fourier-orns}
\begin{document}
\Huge
\hrulefill\hspace{0.2cm} \floweroneleft\floweroneright \hspace{0.2cm} \hrulefill
\end{document}
For fonts of ornament, see question Free ornaments font.
I raised the line a little.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pifont}
\usepackage{fourier-orns}
\newcommand\crulefill[1][1ex]{\leavevmode\leaders\hrule depth \dimexpr-#1+0.4pt height #1\hfill\kern0pt}
\newcommand\ornline[2][1ex]{\trivlist\item\crulefill[#1]#2\crulefill[#1]\endtrivlist}
\begin{document}
\ornline{\ding{100}}
\ornline[0.6ex]{\decoone}
\end{document}
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But this generates a "line" made from this symbols, doesn't it? I think to OP wants "---- (symbol) ----" instead. Commented Feb 17, 2011 at 16:35
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to have a line with some symbol in the middle, just use
\hrulefill WHATEVERSYMBOL \hrulefill
You can use the ornaments cited by Leo. You might also want to add spaces around the ornament:
\hrulefill~ WHATEVERSYMBOL~ \hrulefill
You might also want to move the symbol around to align it with the rules and avoid the indent:
\noindent \hrulefill~ \raisebox{-4pt}[10pt][10pt]{\textxswup}~ \hrulefill
Here is what you would get:
Clearly, you will want to make a new macro to use that more easily.
If you want to use "ornements" to make a frame (cadre in french), some links very interesting in french, you have some sources and some explanations to install fonts :
http://jacques-andre.fr/fontex/ornements-charte.pdf
http://jacques-andre.fr/faqtypo/orn/
http://jacques-andre.fr/fontex/casseaux.pdf
You can find a lot of documents on this site
answered Mar 30, 2011 at 19:49
