imageElement
A raster or vector graphic.
Supported formats are PNG, JPEG, GIF and SVG.
Note: Work on SVG export is ongoing and there might be visual inaccuracies in the resulting PDF. Make sure to double-check embedded SVG images. If you have an issue, also feel free to report it on GitHub.
Example
#figure(
image("molecular.jpg", width: 80%),
caption: [
A step in the molecular testing
pipeline of our lab.
],
)
Parameters
path
Path to an image file.
format
The image's format. Detected automatically by default.
| Variant | Details |
|---|---|
"png" | Raster format for illustrations and transparent graphics. |
"jpg" | Lossy raster format suitable for photos. |
"gif" | Raster format that is typically used for short animated clips. |
"svg" | The vector graphics format of the web. |
Default: auto
width
The width of the image.
Default: auto
height
The height of the image.
Default: auto
alt
A text describing the image.
Default: none
fit
How the image should adjust itself to a given area (the area is defined by the width and height fields). Note that fit doesn't visually change anything if the area's aspect ratio is the same as the image's one.
| Variant | Details |
|---|---|
"cover" | The image should completely cover the area (preserves aspect ratio by cropping the image only horizontally or vertically). This is the default. |
"contain" | The image should be fully contained in the area (preserves aspect ratio; doesn't crop the image; one dimension can be narrower than specified). |
"stretch" | The image should be stretched so that it exactly fills the area, even if this means that the image will be distorted (doesn't preserve aspect ratio and doesn't crop the image). |
Default: "cover"
View example
#set page(width: 300pt, height: 50pt, margin: 10pt)
#image("tiger.jpg", width: 100%, fit: "cover")
#image("tiger.jpg", width: 100%, fit: "contain")
#image("tiger.jpg", width: 100%, fit: "stretch")
Definitions
decode
Decode a raster or vector graphic from bytes or a string.
#let original = read("diagram.svg")
#let changed = original.replace(
"#2B80FF", // blue
green.to-hex(),
)
#image.decode(original)
#image.decode(changed)
data
The data to decode as an image. Can be a string for SVGs.
formatauto or str
The image's format. Detected automatically by default.
| Variant | Details |
|---|---|
"png" | Raster format for illustrations and transparent graphics. |
"jpg" | Lossy raster format suitable for photos. |
"gif" | Raster format that is typically used for short animated clips. |
"svg" | The vector graphics format of the web. |
widthauto or relative
The width of the image.
heightauto or relative
The height of the image.
altnone or str
A text describing the image.
fit
How the image should adjust itself to a given area.
| Variant | Details |
|---|---|
"cover" | The image should completely cover the area (preserves aspect ratio by cropping the image only horizontally or vertically). This is the default. |
"contain" | The image should be fully contained in the area (preserves aspect ratio; doesn't crop the image; one dimension can be narrower than specified). |
"stretch" | The image should be stretched so that it exactly fills the area, even if this means that the image will be distorted (doesn't preserve aspect ratio and doesn't crop the image). |