What's the dotted line equivalent of rule?












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I'm looking for the dotted line equivalent of :



rule[<height>]{<width>}{<thickness>}


Something that looks like :



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    You can have an approximation with the dashrule package.

    – Bernard
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I'm looking for the dotted line equivalent of :



rule[<height>]{<width>}{<thickness>}


Something that looks like :



.........................






line







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    You can have an approximation with the dashrule package.

    – Bernard
    Aug 23 '18 at 13:10














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I'm looking for the dotted line equivalent of :



rule[<height>]{<width>}{<thickness>}


Something that looks like :



.........................






line







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I'm looking for the dotted line equivalent of :



rule[<height>]{<width>}{<thickness>}


Something that looks like :



.........................






line




line






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    You can have an approximation with the dashrule package.

    – Bernard
    Aug 23 '18 at 13:10














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    You can have an approximation with the dashrule package.

    – Bernard
    Aug 23 '18 at 13:10








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You can have an approximation with the dashrule package.

– Bernard
Aug 23 '18 at 13:10





You can have an approximation with the dashrule package.

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hdashrule is only an approximation because the dots are little squares, but you can easily do what you need with TikZ.



I have created two commands, dhorline (for horizontal rules) and dvertline (for vertical ones), with the same syntax as rule, where the dots are actual dots.



Here some examples:



documentclass{article}

usepackage{dashrule}

usepackage{tikz}

usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings}

newcommand{dhorline}[3][0]{%

    tikz[baseline]{path[decoration={markings,

      mark=between positions 0 and 1 step 2*#3

      with {node[fill, circle, minimum width=#3, inner sep=0pt, anchor=south west] {};}},postaction={decorate}]  (0,#1) -- ++(#2,0);}}

newcommand{dvertline}[3][0]{%

    tikz[baseline]{path[decoration={markings,

      mark=between positions 0 and 1 step 2*#2

      with {node[fill, circle, minimum width=#2, inner sep=0pt, anchor=south west] {};}},postaction={decorate}] (0, #1) -- ++(0,#3);}}  

begin{document}

With verb|rule{10em}{4pt}| rule{10em}{4pt}



With verb|hdashrule{10em}{4pt}{4pt}|

hdashrule{10em}{4pt}{4pt}



With verb|dhorline{10em}{4pt}| dhorline{10em}{4pt}



vspace{4pt}

With verb|rule[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}| rule[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}



vspace{4pt}

With verb|dhorline[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}| dhorline[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}



With verb|rule{4pt}{10em}| rule{4pt}{10em}

with verb|dvertline{4pt}{10em}|

dvertline{4pt}{10em}



vspace{4pt}

With verb|rule[3ex]{4pt}{10em}| rule[3ex]{4pt}{10em}

with verb|dvertline[3ex]{4pt}{10em}|

dvertline[3ex]{4pt}{10em}

end{document}


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    hdashrule is only an approximation because the dots are little squares, but you can easily do what you need with TikZ.



    I have created two commands, dhorline (for horizontal rules) and dvertline (for vertical ones), with the same syntax as rule, where the dots are actual dots.



    Here some examples:



    documentclass{article}
    
usepackage{dashrule}
    
usepackage{tikz}
    
usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings}
    
newcommand{dhorline}[3][0]{%
    
    tikz[baseline]{path[decoration={markings,
    
      mark=between positions 0 and 1 step 2*#3
    
      with {node[fill, circle, minimum width=#3, inner sep=0pt, anchor=south west] {};}},postaction={decorate}]  (0,#1) -- ++(#2,0);}}
    
newcommand{dvertline}[3][0]{%
    
    tikz[baseline]{path[decoration={markings,
    
      mark=between positions 0 and 1 step 2*#2
    
      with {node[fill, circle, minimum width=#2, inner sep=0pt, anchor=south west] {};}},postaction={decorate}] (0, #1) -- ++(0,#3);}}  
    
begin{document}
    
With verb|rule{10em}{4pt}| rule{10em}{4pt}
    

    
With verb|hdashrule{10em}{4pt}{4pt}|
    
hdashrule{10em}{4pt}{4pt}
    

    
With verb|dhorline{10em}{4pt}| dhorline{10em}{4pt}
    

    
vspace{4pt}
    
With verb|rule[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}| rule[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}
    

    
vspace{4pt}
    
With verb|dhorline[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}| dhorline[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}
    

    
With verb|rule{4pt}{10em}| rule{4pt}{10em}
    
with verb|dvertline{4pt}{10em}|
    
dvertline{4pt}{10em}
    

    
vspace{4pt}
    
With verb|rule[3ex]{4pt}{10em}| rule[3ex]{4pt}{10em}
    
with verb|dvertline[3ex]{4pt}{10em}|
    
dvertline[3ex]{4pt}{10em}
    
end{document}


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      hdashrule is only an approximation because the dots are little squares, but you can easily do what you need with TikZ.



      I have created two commands, dhorline (for horizontal rules) and dvertline (for vertical ones), with the same syntax as rule, where the dots are actual dots.



      Here some examples:



      documentclass{article}
      
usepackage{dashrule}
      
usepackage{tikz}
      
usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings}
      
newcommand{dhorline}[3][0]{%
      
    tikz[baseline]{path[decoration={markings,
      
      mark=between positions 0 and 1 step 2*#3
      
      with {node[fill, circle, minimum width=#3, inner sep=0pt, anchor=south west] {};}},postaction={decorate}]  (0,#1) -- ++(#2,0);}}
      
newcommand{dvertline}[3][0]{%
      
    tikz[baseline]{path[decoration={markings,
      
      mark=between positions 0 and 1 step 2*#2
      
      with {node[fill, circle, minimum width=#2, inner sep=0pt, anchor=south west] {};}},postaction={decorate}] (0, #1) -- ++(0,#3);}}  
      
begin{document}
      
With verb|rule{10em}{4pt}| rule{10em}{4pt}
      

      
With verb|hdashrule{10em}{4pt}{4pt}|
      
hdashrule{10em}{4pt}{4pt}
      

      
With verb|dhorline{10em}{4pt}| dhorline{10em}{4pt}
      

      
vspace{4pt}
      
With verb|rule[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}| rule[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}
      

      
vspace{4pt}
      
With verb|dhorline[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}| dhorline[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}
      

      
With verb|rule{4pt}{10em}| rule{4pt}{10em}
      
with verb|dvertline{4pt}{10em}|
      
dvertline{4pt}{10em}
      

      
vspace{4pt}
      
With verb|rule[3ex]{4pt}{10em}| rule[3ex]{4pt}{10em}
      
with verb|dvertline[3ex]{4pt}{10em}|
      
dvertline[3ex]{4pt}{10em}
      
end{document}


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        hdashrule is only an approximation because the dots are little squares, but you can easily do what you need with TikZ.



        I have created two commands, dhorline (for horizontal rules) and dvertline (for vertical ones), with the same syntax as rule, where the dots are actual dots.



        Here some examples:



        documentclass{article}
        
usepackage{dashrule}
        
usepackage{tikz}
        
usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings}
        
newcommand{dhorline}[3][0]{%
        
    tikz[baseline]{path[decoration={markings,
        
      mark=between positions 0 and 1 step 2*#3
        
      with {node[fill, circle, minimum width=#3, inner sep=0pt, anchor=south west] {};}},postaction={decorate}]  (0,#1) -- ++(#2,0);}}
        
newcommand{dvertline}[3][0]{%
        
    tikz[baseline]{path[decoration={markings,
        
      mark=between positions 0 and 1 step 2*#2
        
      with {node[fill, circle, minimum width=#2, inner sep=0pt, anchor=south west] {};}},postaction={decorate}] (0, #1) -- ++(0,#3);}}  
        
begin{document}
        
With verb|rule{10em}{4pt}| rule{10em}{4pt}
        

        
With verb|hdashrule{10em}{4pt}{4pt}|
        
hdashrule{10em}{4pt}{4pt}
        

        
With verb|dhorline{10em}{4pt}| dhorline{10em}{4pt}
        

        
vspace{4pt}
        
With verb|rule[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}| rule[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}
        

        
vspace{4pt}
        
With verb|dhorline[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}| dhorline[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}
        

        
With verb|rule{4pt}{10em}| rule{4pt}{10em}
        
with verb|dvertline{4pt}{10em}|
        
dvertline{4pt}{10em}
        

        
vspace{4pt}
        
With verb|rule[3ex]{4pt}{10em}| rule[3ex]{4pt}{10em}
        
with verb|dvertline[3ex]{4pt}{10em}|
        
dvertline[3ex]{4pt}{10em}
        
end{document}


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        hdashrule is only an approximation because the dots are little squares, but you can easily do what you need with TikZ.



        I have created two commands, dhorline (for horizontal rules) and dvertline (for vertical ones), with the same syntax as rule, where the dots are actual dots.



        Here some examples:



        documentclass{article}
        
usepackage{dashrule}
        
usepackage{tikz}
        
usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings}
        
newcommand{dhorline}[3][0]{%
        
    tikz[baseline]{path[decoration={markings,
        
      mark=between positions 0 and 1 step 2*#3
        
      with {node[fill, circle, minimum width=#3, inner sep=0pt, anchor=south west] {};}},postaction={decorate}]  (0,#1) -- ++(#2,0);}}
        
newcommand{dvertline}[3][0]{%
        
    tikz[baseline]{path[decoration={markings,
        
      mark=between positions 0 and 1 step 2*#2
        
      with {node[fill, circle, minimum width=#2, inner sep=0pt, anchor=south west] {};}},postaction={decorate}] (0, #1) -- ++(0,#3);}}  
        
begin{document}
        
With verb|rule{10em}{4pt}| rule{10em}{4pt}
        

        
With verb|hdashrule{10em}{4pt}{4pt}|
        
hdashrule{10em}{4pt}{4pt}
        

        
With verb|dhorline{10em}{4pt}| dhorline{10em}{4pt}
        

        
vspace{4pt}
        
With verb|rule[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}| rule[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}
        

        
vspace{4pt}
        
With verb|dhorline[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}| dhorline[-4ex]{40pt}{1em}
        

        
With verb|rule{4pt}{10em}| rule{4pt}{10em}
        
with verb|dvertline{4pt}{10em}|
        
dvertline{4pt}{10em}
        

        
vspace{4pt}
        
With verb|rule[3ex]{4pt}{10em}| rule[3ex]{4pt}{10em}
        
with verb|dvertline[3ex]{4pt}{10em}|
        
dvertline[3ex]{4pt}{10em}
        
end{document}


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