How to draw the "Hinge" heart with TeX?
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निरंजन 
I am trying to draw the following heart icon that is provided by the Hinge app.

![hinge.jpeg](/image?hash=4d35b14605ec16086a958f1769345024064ce80dcb54bf57bee1d6c1db650ca5)

I used [this](https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/139735) answer for reference and wrote the following:

```
\documentclass[border=0.2cm,varwidth]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
  \draw[line width={0.4cm}]
  (0,0) .. controls (-1.5,1.7) .. (-1.5,2) arc (180:30:0.8);
  \draw[,line width={0.4cm}]
  (0,0.4) .. controls ( 1.5,1.7) .. ( 1.5,2) arc (0:150:0.8);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
```

It produces an image that is somewhat close:

![hinge.png](/image?hash=279ca19206722ebcc3a110916c2b880bbe8449218194ba63f8c3738de375d3b1)

but still not the exact one I am trying.

Its right-end is horizontally straight, but the with the above Ti*k*Z code, it is slanted. How to make it straight? Also, how to join the two arcs in the same way as in the image? Which Ti*k*Z commands would be helpful for this?
Top Answer
samcarter 
- I'd suggest to draw a full half circle. This way you automatically get a smooth transition to the straight part

- if you draw both arcs in a single path, tikz will connect the lines neatly.

- in the next step, you could clip away all parts of the line you don't want:

```
\documentclass[border=0.2cm]{standalone}

\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[line width=0.6cm]
  \newlength{\myrad}
  \setlength{\myrad}{1cm}
  \draw (0,{-\myrad*sqrt(2)}) -- ({-\myrad*sqrt(2)},0);
  \clip (-2.1,2.1) rectangle (2.1,-0.5);
  \draw ({-\myrad*sqrt(2)},0) arc (225:45:\myrad) arc (135:-45:\myrad) -- ++({-\myrad*sqrt(2)},{-\myrad*sqrt(2)});
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
```

![document-1.png](/image?hash=f52c23e849a2dcb4d5771b5adff75e4bc8a7ab45cd3d630c25c452addb94a9d9)
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