Caleb
What should we use for this site's identicon (also used for the top level site chat)?
TopAnswers
TeX
Top Answer
samcarter
# TeX Tophat
...for topanswers:
PNG with 24px:
```
\documentclass[margin=0.3mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{scope}[transform shape,rotate=-17.5,font=\sffamily]
% brim
\fill[black] (0.62, 0.66) .. controls (0.62, 0.52) and (0.34, 0.37) .. (0, 0.37) .. controls (-0.34, 0.37) and (-0.62, 0.52) .. (-0.62, 0.66) .. controls (-0.62, 0.8) and (-0.34, 0.7) .. (0, 0.7) .. controls (0.34, 0.7) and (0.62, 0.8) .. (0.62, 0.66) -- cycle;
% top ellipse
\fill[black] (0,1.13) ellipse (0.42 and 0.1);
\fill[black] (-0.37,0.61) -- (0.37,0.61) -- (0.42,1.13) -- (-0.42,1.13) -- cycle;
% bottom ellipse
\fill[black] (0,0.61) ellipse (0.37 and 0.1);
% text
\begin{scope}[yshift=-0.05cm]
\node[white] at (-0.2,0.92) {T};
\node[white] at (-0.04,0.84) {E};
\node[white] at (0.16,0.92) {X};
\end{scope}
\end{scope}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
```
The tophat can also be combined with colour:
PNG with 24px:
```
\documentclass[margin=0.3mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\definecolor{dred}{RGB}{159,57,61}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{scope}[transform shape,rotate=-17.5,font=\sffamily]
% brim
\fill[black] (0.62, 0.66) .. controls (0.62, 0.52) and (0.34, 0.37) .. (0, 0.37) .. controls (-0.34, 0.37) and (-0.62, 0.52) .. (-0.62, 0.66) .. controls (-0.62, 0.8) and (-0.34, 0.7) .. (0, 0.7) .. controls (0.34, 0.7) and (0.62, 0.8) .. (0.62, 0.66) -- cycle;
% top ellipse
\fill[black] (0,1.13) ellipse (0.42 and 0.1);
\fill[black] (-0.37,0.61) -- (0.37,0.61) -- (0.42,1.13) -- (-0.42,1.13) -- cycle;
% bottom ellipse
\fill[dred] (0,0.61) ellipse (0.37 and 0.1);
\fill[dred] (-0.37,0.61) -- (0.37,0.61) -- (0.38,0.73) -- (-0.38,0.73) -- cycle;
% cutout
\fill[black] (0,0.73) ellipse (0.38 and 0.1);
% text
\node[white] at (-0.2,0.92) {T};
\node[white] at (-0.04,0.84) {E};
\node[white] at (0.16,0.92) {X};
\end{scope}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
```
Answer #2
Raaja
[Latex lion](https://ctan.org/lion?lang=en)
Answer #3
samcarter
# TeX Speech Ballon   This would be a simple icon for most situations and could be combined with e.g. ducksay, tikzducks or tikzlings if we need some funny image somewhere. PNG with 24px: 
Answer #4
Skillmon
# A Small Duck Saying "TeX"
Since the CM font used by `\tiny` is created to be readable at tiny sizes, I figured it might be a good idea to use it and scale it up.
```tex
\documentclass[]{standalone}
\usepackage{ducksay}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage[]{graphicx}
\definecolor{dred}{RGB}{159,57,61}
\AddAnimal{small-duck2}
{ \
>()_
(__)__}
\def\arraystretch{0.8}
\begin{document}
\ducksay
[%
small-duck2,msg=\rmfamily\color{dred}\bfseries\tiny,hpad=0,
bubble-bot-kern=3.1pt
]
{\kern-2.5pt\raisebox{4pt}{\scalebox{3.4}{\TeX}}\kern-2.5pt}%
\end{document}
```
PNG at 300dpi:
PNG with 24px:
---
```tex
\documentclass[]{standalone}
\usepackage{ducksay}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\definecolor{dred}{RGB}{159,57,61}
\AddAnimal{small-duck2}
{ \
>()_
(__)__}
\def\arraystretch{0.8}
\begin{document}
\ducksay
[%
small-duck2,msg=\rmfamily\color{dred}\bfseries\LARGE,hpad=0,
bubble-bot-kern=3.1pt
]
{\raisebox{.5pt}{\TeX}}%
\end{document}
```
PNG at 300dpi:
PNG with 24px:
Answer #5
Caleb
# A Duck For example DEK duck. ...because [ducks](https://github.com/samcarter/tikzducks). Transparent DEK at 300dpi:  Transparent DEK with 24px: 
Answer #6
samcarter
# The TeX Logo
The plain and simple TeX logo in a colour of our choice (the red shown here is just an example to match the site colour):
PNG with 24px:
```
\documentclass[margin=3mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\definecolor{dred}{RGB}{159,57,61}
\begin{document}
\color{dred}\Huge \TeX
\end{document}
```
Answer #7
user 3.14159
# A Snow(wo)man
...because TeX is cool. The top hat is shamelessly stolen from [samcarter's answer](https://topanswers.xyz/tex?q=350#a360), and the snow man from their package.
```
\documentclass[tikz, border=3mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikzlings}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\snowman[tophat=black!90!white,scale=1.1111]
\node[text=white,rotate=-15] at (0.18,2.4) {\TeX};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
```
PNG with 24px:
Answer #8
Skillmon
# A Duck Saying "TeX"
.
PNG with 24px:
```tex
\documentclass[margin=3.14]{standalone}
\usepackage{ducksay}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\definecolor{dred}{RGB}{159,57,61}
\begin{document}
\ducksay[vpad=1,msg=\rmfamily]{\color{dred}\Huge\TeX}
\end{document}
```
Answer #9
Caleb
# Braces
Just an empty pair of braces, perhaps colored to match the site.
# **{ }**
...because TeX without braces is like a duck without water.
Answer #10
Skillmon
# TeX logo with question mark
I created this with legebility in mind, it is simple and shows what the site is about. Only the E with the question mark in the background might be a bit hard to decipher.
```tex
\documentclass[]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\definecolor{dred}{RGB}{159,57,61}
\pagecolor{gray!20!white}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[inner sep=0pt]
\node{\textcolor{dred}{\sffamily\bfseries\huge?}};
\node{\TeX};
% to get a square canvas
\node[rotate=90,transform shape]{\phantom{\TeX}};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
```
PNG at 300dpi:
PNG with 24px:
## Old Version with non-bold question mark
PNG at 300dpi:
PNG with 24px:
