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Drawing minimal xy axis

can anybody help me to draw this minimal example of an xy axis? I couldn't find anything similar on the forum. The axis should be black but the grid behind it a shade o gray, dashed. It would be ...
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How can I make a horizontal dashed line?

How can I make a horizontal dashed line in LaTeX? Just writing lots of single dashes results in a continuous horizontal line.
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Aligning a text in 3d diagram

This question led to a new library in TikZ: perspective (PGF manual, chapter 63) I have a 3d object created with inkscape as shown below: Now I am trying to place a text in the same orientation as ...
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2 answers
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Draw Text in different shapes

I'm trying to draw text in shapes (using scaling and path). I want text to show up like this: I've tried a lot of different methods, but I'm having trouble doing so. I can get close to it using ...
Hiemanshu Sharma's user avatar
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1 answer
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"Star wars" text effect

I would like to apply a transformation to some text so that it is slanted following a trapezoidal shape, such as the famous opening text of the Star Wars franchise: This seems tricky to do since it ...
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Perspective transform

The following piece of eye candy: was produced using the following code: \documentclass[a4paper]{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{shapes.arrows} \usetikzlibrary{shadows.blur} \...
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Text in TikZ with perspective (not just slant)

I want to display text in TikZ that is perspectively distorted, like so: (checkered pattern added for illustration only) There are many similar solutions on TeX.SE (here, here, or here), but all of ...
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Tikz create perspective grid

i was wondering how i could create a perspective 2D grid like this blue one on the left: https://tinytutorials.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/illustrator-cs5-perspective-grid-manipulating-the-perspective-...
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improve code - formulas in perspectives and rotated

I want to reproduce the next image or improve it, that has depth and an effect of small points like stars. \documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{...
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Draw perspectively on the faces of a cube

I am looking for a solution to draw on the faces of a cube (or similar 3d plane surfaces with perspective) preferably with the means of tikz. The basics are given in Tikz : texture cube faces using ...
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Distorting tikz picture to look like it's a picture from a book?

Can a tikzpicture be distorted to look like it's a picture from a book in an easy way (not exporting to pdf, printing, taking picture and using said picture)? something like: \tikz[distorted=jpg] \...
Thorbjørn E. K. Christensen's user avatar
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How can I use Contour plots in a trapezoidal domain?

As a follow up to an earlier question, How can I use Contour plots in a skew domain? I'd like to apply a trapezoidal angle (fe) to my plot, similarly to what's shown in the image on the right.
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bounding an image by 4 corners and making them set the perspective

Edit new question formulation I wan't to distort an image so it fits within 4 poins defining a plane. @abcdefg suggested an answer and I took a look at it: Text in TikZ with perspective (not just ...
Thorbjørn E. K. Christensen's user avatar