Is it possible to scale everything in a tikzpicture but the font size?
It is possible to use
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=2,transform shape]
to scale _everything_ in an Image, but that also scales the font size.
I can not omit the "transform shape" option because the nodes need to be scaled as well.
The background is the following:
I need a tikzpicture for both a thesis and a paper. The paper is typeset in two column mode with a small font size, while the thesis is typeset in one column mode with a large font size. I want the picture to fit in one column in the paper, while in the thesis it spans over 3/4 of the page. The font size of the labels in the picture should, in both cases, be the same as in the rest of the text.
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Is it possible to scale everything in a tikzpicture but the font size?
It is possible to use
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=2,transform shape]
to scale _everything_ in an Image, but that also scales the font size.
I can not omit the "transform shape" option because the nodes need to be scaled as well.
The background is the following:
I need a tikzpicture for both a thesis and a paper. The paper is typeset in two column mode with a small font size, while the thesis is typeset in one column mode with a large font size. I want the picture to fit in one column in the paper, while in the thesis it spans over 3/4 of the page. The font size of the labels in the picture should, in both cases, be the same as in the rest of the text.
I've found the best way to scale tikzpictures is to scale x and y. Write your pictures as
\begin{tikzpicture}[x=1cm,y=1cm]
...
\end{tikzpicture}
If you need to change the size, change x and y: [x=2cm,y=0.5cm]
This changes lengths, but not font sizes. (Any lengths with units stay constant. I use this sometimes for node placement.)
---CGB