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As the author of the free and open-source package matlab2tikz, I was going to create a nice-looking logo for the software that is easily recognized on MATLAB's file exchange and representative of matlab2tikz' capabilities.
Any ideas for combining MATLAB with the awesomeness of LaTeX in one iconic figure?
My little contribution to a great package which helped me lot of times. I am grateful to @Nico.
Scroll down for various versions.
\documentclass[tikz,margin=0pt,dvipsnames]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations, decorations.text,shadows}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[draw=white,line width=4pt,rounded corners = 10pt,fill=Orange!20,anchor=south west,inner sep=-1pt,outer sep=0pt] (image) at (0,0) {\includegraphics[width=4cm]{Matlab-Logo}};
\begin{scope}[
x={(image.south east)},
y={(image.north west)}
]
\path[anchor=west, postaction={
decoration={raise=.37ex,
text along path,
text format delimiters={|}{|},
text={%
|\bfseries\footnotesize\color{red!70!black}|
matlab2tikz
},
text align=center,
reverse path
},
decorate
}
]
(0.55,0.85) arc (80:180:1.5cm); % (0,.45) -- (.6,.88);
\path[line cap = round,color = OliveGreen,-latex, line width=2] (0.6,0.6) edge[bend left=28,opacity = .7] (0.8,0.18);
\node[draw=Goldenrod!50!red,double,fill=olive!20,drop shadow] at (0.8,0.095) {Ti\textit{\color{orange}k}Z};
\end{scope}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Matlab-Logo is from http://commons.wikimedia.org/
I am not a lawyer and hence have no idea if I am making mathworks angry !!!
\documentclass[tikz,margin=0pt,dvipsnames]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations, decorations.text,shadows}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[draw=white,line width=4pt,rounded corners = 10pt,fill=Orange!20,anchor=south west,inner sep=-1pt,outer sep=0pt] (image) at (0,0) {\includegraphics[width=4cm,angle=90]{Matlab-Logo}}; %% Matlab-Logo or membrane1
\begin{scope}[
x={(image.south east)},
y={(image.north west)}
]
\path[anchor=west, postaction={
decoration={raise=.37ex,
text along path,
text format delimiters={|}{|},
text={%
|\bfseries\footnotesize\color{red!70!black}|
matlab2tikz
},
text align=center,
reverse path
},
decorate
}
]
(0.75,0.9) arc (80:140:3cm); % (0,.45) -- (.6,.88);
\node[draw=Goldenrod!50!red,double,fill=olive!20,drop shadow,anchor=south](tikz) at (0.37,0.095) {\Huge Ti\textit{\color{orange}k}Z};
\path[line cap = round,color = OliveGreen,-latex, line width=2] (0.72,0.75) edge[in=0, out =0,opacity = 1] (tikz.east);
\end{scope}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Let us not annoy mathworks ;-)
\documentclass[tikz,margin=0pt,dvipsnames]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations, decorations.text,shadows}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[draw=white,line width=4pt,rounded corners = 10pt,fill=Orange!20,anchor=south west,inner sep=-1pt,outer sep=0pt] (image) at (0,0) {\includegraphics[width=4cm]{logo2}}; %% Matlab-Logo or membrane1
\begin{scope}[
x={(image.south east)},
y={(image.north west)}
]
\path[anchor=west, postaction={
decoration={raise=.37ex,
text along path,
text format delimiters={|}{|},
text={%
|\bfseries\footnotesize\color{red!70!black}|
matlab2tikz
},
text align=center,
reverse path
},
decorate
}
]
(0.55,0.85) arc (80:180:1.5cm); % (0,.45) -- (.6,.88);
\node[draw=Goldenrod!50!red,double,fill=olive!20,drop shadow,anchor=south] (tikz) at (0.8,0.045) {\LARGE Ti\textit{\color{orange}k}Z};
\node[draw=Blue!50!red,double,fill=blue!10,anchor=south] (matlab) at (0.2,0.25) {\fontsize{3}{4}\selectfont\scshape Matlab};
\path[line cap = rect,color = Red!80!green,-latex, line width=1] (matlab.east) edge[out=0,in=180,opacity = 1] (tikz.west);
\end{scope}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
And the logo2 -- membrane plotted in matlab:
and the matlab code:
L = membrane;
s = surf(L) , view(-52,30), axis off; colormap('cool');
camlight; shading interp;
set(s, 'facelighting', 'phong', 'facealpha', 0.9);
Nico wants LaTeX to appear and I don't want to drop TikZ ;-)
\documentclass[tikz,margin=0pt,dvipsnames]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations, decorations.text,shadows}
\usepackage{palatino}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[draw=white,line width=4pt,rounded corners = 10pt,fill=Orange!20,anchor=south west,inner sep=-1pt,outer sep=0pt] (image) at (0,0) {\includegraphics[width=4cm]{logo3}}; %% Matlab-Logo or membrane1
\begin{scope}[
x={(image.south east)},
y={(image.north west)}
]
\node[text width= 4cm,align=center,opacity=.15,color=Orange!20] at (0.5,0.5){
\LaTeX\ \LaTeX\ \LaTeX\ \LaTeX\ \LaTeX\ \LaTeX
\LaTeX\ \LaTeX\ \LaTeX\ \LaTeX\ \LaTeX\ \LaTeX
\LaTeX\ \LaTeX\ \LaTeX\ \LaTeX\ \LaTeX\ \LaTeX
\LaTeX\ \LaTeX\ \LaTeX\ \LaTeX\ };
\path[anchor=west, postaction={
decoration={raise=.37ex,
text along path,
text format delimiters={|}{|},
text={%
|\bfseries\footnotesize\color{red!70!black}|
matlab2tikz
},
text align=center,
reverse path
},
decorate
}
]
(0.55,0.85) arc (80:180:1.5cm); % (0,.45) -- (.6,.88);
\node[draw=Goldenrod!50!red,double,fill=olive!20,drop shadow,anchor=south] (tikz) at (0.8,0.045) {\LARGE Ti\textit{\color{orange}k}Z};
\node[draw=Blue!50!red,double,fill=blue!10,anchor=south] (matlab) at (0.2,0.25) {\fontsize{3}{4}\selectfont\scshape Matlab};
\path[line cap = rect,color = Red!80!green,-latex, line width=1] (matlab.east) edge[out=0,in=180,opacity = 1]node[midway,sloped,color=white,scale=0.6,transform shape]{\fontsize{3}{4}\selectfont \raisebox{-1.8ex}{{\large{2}}}} (tikz.west);
\end{scope}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Play around by putting
\node[draw=Goldenrod!50!red,double,fill=olive!20,drop shadow,anchor=south] (tikz) at (0.8,0.045) {\LARGE .tikz};
\node[draw=Blue!50!red,double,fill=blue!10,anchor=south] (matlab) at (0.2,0.25) {\fontsize{3}{4}\selectfont .fig};
to indicate the conversion.
matlab2tikz.
Sep 18, 2013 at 18:36
A more playful proposal
It's a pity TikZ does not have a mascot!
Here is what I think about your wonderful contribution :)
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[font=\Huge\bfseries]
{\textbackslash\hspace{-1ex} \includegraphics[height=19pt,trim=0 150 0 0]{matlablogo};};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Matlab Logo is taken from here under the impression that it is CC license. But I'm pretty sure mathworks will try to deny that. So it's best to change a color tiny bit and change the view angle exactly 1 degrees such that it's not the official logo any more but a mathematical function that has nothing to do with mathworks.
membrane plot though.
Sep 18, 2013 at 15:25
I tried something like this in MATLAB:
surf(membrane), view(-52,30), axis off
Plus my favorite package (thank you @Nico):
matlab2tikz(['C:\...\logo.tex'])
Put this line to add the text in the logo file (tikZ):
\path (9,5) node[left,scale=6,rotate=15]{\LaTeX};
Included it in a file with all the necessary preambules
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{pstricks}
And came up with this:
Feel free to change stuff. Just wanted to add something to the community.
Made a draft version with Sketch ->TeX for the arm (default example + tweaks) and MATLAB->TeX for the logo.
If interested, I can add all the parameters and code later.
Here's a simple logo:
It can be easily altered to fit a horizontal format or to have a dark background.
This may also serve as a starting point for something fancier - I'm no designer and my creativity is not great in the graphical department.
Fun contribution in the style of David O'Reilly from someone who wants to remain anonymous.
