19 questions linked to/from Stroke with variable thickness
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### Simulating paintbrush strokes in TikZ

I am wondering if there exists a way to simulate paintbrush strokes in TikZ when filling in a shape. So given the following: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{...
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### Randomly curved arrows in TikZ

Any suggestions on how to draw something like this picture using TikZ? Thanks!
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### Looking for TikZ flourishes and vignettes

I'm a sucker for the fancy section markers (commonly called vignettes or ornaments). For an example, look at the beautiful symbol beneath the {TeX} logo on this site, or this flourish below However, ...
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### How do I draw a plot with a variable line width in pgfplots?

I have highly dimensional data for which I'd like to draw a plot where I vary the line-width, somewhat similar to the famous Minard chart: I suspect this can be done with some combination of point ...
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### lines with variable width in TikZ (to convert handwritten Xournal files to tikz)

I am trying to convert handwritten text or handdrawn sketches to TikZ. Usually the thickness of a pen stroke varies when the writer applies more or less pressure to the surface. I am looking for a ...
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### How can I draw an arc with varying line thickness?

I'm trying to redraw existing figures with TikZ as an exercise to learn it. This time I have choosen an interesting logo and I'm having difficulties drawing the arc. Here is the logo I noticed that ...
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### MetaPost: Randomly variably thick curves

Overview Looking to emulate the following sinusoidal wave having random variations in both its filled and outline thickness: The wave has two parts: a variably thick filling and a variably thick ...
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### Drawing Curved Arrow Using Tikz

I have the figure like the below one: The image is produced using the code below: \documentclass[tikz, border=3mm]{standalone} \usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,chains,matrix,decorations.pathreplacing} ...
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### TikZ decoration to draw a winding or twisting ribbon

I enjoy TikZ styles and decorations a lot, but I still dabble with them. I know how to draw ribbons with a style, if they aren't meant to twist. But I'd like to define a style that has a twist of the ...
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### tikz: draw multicolor curve with smooth gradient

Yes, I know there are several topics about, but no one referred to my case. While colormap seems works only with plots, how can I draw a multicolor curve with smooth gradient? This is my attempt: \...
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### Wedged/tapering paths in TikZ

Initial question Is there an easy way to vary the thickness of a path along its length to create a wedge (for instance, to create a stereochemical cue)? e.g. cis-cyclohexane-1,2-diol, drawn in ACD/...
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### Is it possible to increase the line's width from its start to its end?

I was wondering if it is possible to let the line's width dynamically increase from its start to its end. I found such an illustration in a book: I am a TikZ noob but what I came up with would be the ...
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### Custom line cap to simulate inked line in TikZ

Looking for a way to add a custom line cap (slight bulbous) like one would get when inking a line on real paper.