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Good evening

I have one unusual question. Are there some Harry Potter symbols in LaTeX (pictures below) ?

Thanks for an answer.

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  • 11
    \includegraphics ....
    – Joseph Wright
    Commented Sep 24, 2016 at 16:29
  • The Deathly Hallows one is easy enough to make I suppose, but whether it already exists I have no idea. Commented Sep 24, 2016 at 16:37
  • Related/duplicate: Creating Logo with Fancy Font
    – Werner
    Commented Sep 24, 2016 at 18:22
  • See also tex.stackexchange.com/questions/244368/tikz-draw-a-cooking-pot (cauldrons), tex.stackexchange.com/questions/39149/… (code for a cat - there's a version sitting on Meta, too, I think and the colours can be configured to e.g. black or ginger for Hermione's or whatever). Doubtless more elsewhere - I'm only remembering the ones I've drawn, I expect.
    – cfr
    Commented Sep 25, 2016 at 3:33
  • Be aware of copyright issues for the lettering. The Deathly Hallows symbol should not reach the threshold of originality, though.
    – chaosflaws
    Commented Sep 25, 2016 at 12:34

2 Answers 2

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The second symbol is easy:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=0]
    \def\a{1cm}
    \pgfmathsetlengthmacro\radius{\a/2 * tan(30)}
    \draw[thick]
      (0, 0) -- (60:\a) -- (\a, 0) -- cycle
      (\a/2, 0) -- (60:\a)
      (\a/2, \radius) circle[radius=\radius]
    ;
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Result

A slight modification, some images show a smaller inner circle, e.g.:

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=0]
    \def\a{1cm}
    \pgfmathsetlengthmacro\radius{\a/2 * tan(30)}
    \draw[thick]
      (0, 0) -- (60:\a) -- (\a, 0) -- cycle
      (\a/2, 0) -- (60:\a)
      (\a/2, \radius) circle[radius=\radius-.75\pgflinewidth]
    ;
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Result

The first one can also be drawn with TikZ. A grid can be put on the symbol to get the coordinates of the vertices. Easier would be to include is as image.

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There's the Parry Hotter font. It's a TTF, so you'll need XeLaTeX to use it.

Of course, you could google for any other font and use that as well.

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  • I can open Parry Hotter on Word 2013... Are you sure it's a TTF?
    – bleh
    Commented Sep 24, 2016 at 22:15
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    @bleh , I'm no expert on fonts or Word... but aren't you supposed to open the TTF with Windows Font Viewer ? It worked well after installation on my machine. Look in this link for more help microsoft.com/en-us/Typography/TrueTypeInstall.aspx
    – Elad Den
    Commented Sep 25, 2016 at 5:21

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