[pstricks] Big arrow with text inside
Herbert Voss
Herbert.Voss at FU-Berlin.DE
Thu Mar 12 17:45:52 CET 2009
David Arnold schrieb:
> I'd like to create a large arrow with shaded fill and solid border.
> Inside the arrow I'd like to center the text "Increasing", with the
> arrow pointing to the right. I'd like to be able to translate this
> arrow to a desired position. Similarly, I'd like a left pointed arrow
> with the word "decreasing" inside.
>
> Any suggestions?
a simple one ...
Herbert
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\SpecialCoor
\makeatletter
\def\bigArrow{\pst at object{bigArrow}}
\def\bigArrow at i(#1,#2){%
\begin at ClosedObj
\pspolygon(#1,0)(#1,0.4)(!#2 0.75 sub 0.4)
(!#2 0.75 sub 0.8)(#2,0)(!#2 0.75 sub -0.8)
(!#2 0.75 sub -0.4)(#1,-0.4)
\end at ClosedObj%
\ignorespaces}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}[showgrid=true](-3.5,-3.5)(3.5,3.5)
\bigArrow(-1,3)\rput(1,0){Increasing}
\rput(0,1.5){\bigArrow[fillcolor=red!40,fillstyle=solid](-1,3)}
\rput(1,1.5){Increasing}
\rput{180}(2,-1.5){\bigArrow[fillcolor=blue!40,fillstyle=solid](-1,3)}
\rput(1,-1.5){Decreasing}
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}
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