What is a simple way to draw a line in tikz with a style similar to the following line created in Apple Keynote?
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1If you don't mind, what is the purpose of this ? – BambOo Sep 9 at 8:40
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@BambOo That's a good question to ask. However, one can also ask from Apple the same question, and why did they add this line style in Keynote. For me, I have a scientific paper that I am splitting parts of a matrix with different line styles. I prefer simple styles as my figure is already occupied with different shapes, and using tikz decorative lines is not an option. – The Legend of 1991 Sep 10 at 2:25
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My question was simply related to the weight of such plots. I'm pretty sure using such lines is very bad in terms of document size. – BambOo Sep 10 at 14:53
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\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
%The targeted space (for reference)
%\draw[blue](0,0.25)--(5,0.25); % Top line
%\draw[red](0,0)--(5,0); % Bottom line
\foreach \x in {1,2,...,2000}{ % 2000 random marks
% rnd generates a number between [0, 1]
% X coordinate values are between [0, 5]
% Y coordinate values are between [0, 0.25]
\filldraw[red] (rnd*5,rnd/4) circle (0.3pt);
% Or draw rectanges instead.
%\filldraw[red] (rnd*5,rnd/4) rectangle ++ (0.5pt, 0.5pt);
}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
