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A Typst library for beautiful tiling patterns to use as fills in your documents.

Examples

Features

Create seamless tiling patterns with 10 ready-to-use functions:

Pattern Description
diagonal-stripes Diagonal stripe patterns at any angle
orthogonal-stripes Horizontal or vertical stripes
checkerboard Classic checkerboard pattern
checkerboard-45 Diamond/rotated checkerboard
honeycomb Hexagonal honeycomb with stroked edges
honeycomb-content Honeycomb with custom content in cells
hex-triangles Hexagons divided into alternating triangles
isocube Isometric 3D cube illusion
chevron Arrow/zigzag patterns
grid-content Grid cells with custom content

Installation

#import "@preview/fancy-tiling:1.0.0": *

Quick Start

See code 
#import "@preview/fancy-tiling:1.0.0": *

// Diagonal stripes
#rect(fill: diagonal-stripes(stripe-color: blue))

// Checkerboard
#rect(fill: checkerboard(cell-color: red, background-color: white))

// Honeycomb
#rect(fill: honeycomb(radius: 10pt, cell-stroke: 1pt + orange))

// Isometric cubes
#rect(fill: isocube(
  radius: 15pt,
  color-top: blue.lighten(50%),
  color-left: blue,
  color-right: blue.darken(30%),
))

Examples

Diagonal Stripes

See code 
#rect(
  width: 100pt, height: 100pt,
  fill: diagonal-stripes(
    size: 8pt,
    angle: 60deg,
    stripe-color: navy,
    thickness-ratio: 40%,
  ),
)

Orthogonal Stripes

See code 
#rect(
  width: 100pt, height: 100pt,
  fill: orthogonal-stripes(
    size: 10pt,
    orientation: "horizontal",
    thickness-ratio: 30%,
    stripe-color: red,
  ),
)

Checkerboard

See code 
#rect(
  width: 100pt, height: 100pt,
  fill: checkerboard(
    width: 20pt, height: 20pt,
    cell-color: yellow,
    background-color: lime,
  ),
)

Honeycomb

See code 
#rect(
  width: 100pt, height: 100pt,
  fill: honeycomb(
    radius: 12pt,
    orientation: "pointy",
    cell-stroke: 2pt + purple,
  ),
)

Honeycomb with Content

See code 
#rect(
  width: 100pt, height: 100pt,
  fill: honeycomb-content(
    radius: 15pt,
    content: emoji.bee,
  ),
)

Isometric Cubes

See code 
#rect(
  width: 100pt, height: 100pt,
  fill: isocube(
    radius: 12pt,
    color-top: teal.lighten(60%),
    color-left: teal,
    color-right: teal.darken(40%),
  ),
)

Chevron

See code 
#rect(
  width: 200pt, height: 200pt,
  fill: chevron(
    width: 60pt,
    height: 40pt,
    thickness: 5pt,
    spacing: 10pt,
    stripe-color: maroon,
  ),
)

More Inspiration

Make sure you use tiling patterns in strokes, tables, elements from other libraries, and more.

More Examples Make your tables pretty

Advanced tiling

You can mix and match tiling patterns, using one inside another for complex effects. Here is a selection of some examples:

Advanced patterns

See code 

// Stripes within stripes

#let t1-stripes = orthogonal-stripes(size: 1mm, background-color: rgb("#0505bf"), stripe-color: rgb("#1e1ece"))

#let t2-stripes = orthogonal-stripes(
  size: 1mm,
  background-color: rgb("#8a0808"),
  stripe-color: rgb("#a91515"),
  orientation: "horizontal",
)

#let t-stripes = diagonal-stripes(
  background-color: t1-stripes,
  stripe-color: t2-stripes,
  size: 1cm,
  angle: 45deg,
  thickness-ratio: 50%,
  stripe-stroke: 0.5mm + rgb("#ffbf00")
)

// Stripes with hearts and gradient

#let t1-hearts = honeycomb-content(
  orientation: "pointy",
  background-color: rgb("#e89090"), 
  content: text(fill: rgb("#d84444"),"♥", size:7pt),
  radius: 4.5pt,
)

#let t-hearts = orthogonal-stripes(
  background-color: gradient.linear(rgb("#cd9696"), white, dir: ltr),
  stripe-color: t1-hearts,
  stripe-stroke: 0.5mm + rgb("#c71e1e"),
  size: 27pt)


// Circles with dots

#let t1-circles = honeycomb-content(background-color: rgb("#92e4dd"), radius:0.04cm, content: circle(radius: 0.6pt, fill: white))

#let t-circles = honeycomb-content(background-color: white, radius:0.4cm, content: circle(radius: 8pt, fill: t1-circles, stroke: 1pt + rgb("#26a69a")))

#let t1-iso = orthogonal-stripes(size:2.43pt, stripe-color: gray)
#let t2-iso = diagonal-stripes(angle:30deg, size:4.85pt, thickness-ratio:50%, stripe-color: gray)
#let t3-iso = diagonal-stripes(angle:30deg, mirror:true, size:4.85pt, thickness-ratio:50%, stripe-color: gray)

#let t-iso = isocube(
  radius: 14pt,
  orientation: "pointy",
  color-top: t1-iso,
  color-left: t2-iso,
  color-right: t3-iso,
  cell-stroke: none,
)

// Checkers within checkers

#let t1-checkers = checkerboard-45(background-color: rgb("#9c764e"), cell-color: rgb("#c69663"), height:7pt, width: 7pt)

#let t-checkers = checkerboard-45(
  width: 14pt,
  height: 14pt,
  cell-color: t1-checkers,
  background-color: rgb("#e5d5a9"),
  cell-stroke: 0.5pt + rgb("#9c764e"),
)

// Chevron on stripes

#let t1-chevron = chevron(width: 30pt, height:20pt, spacing: 10pt, thickness: 5pt)

#let chevron = orthogonal-stripes(
  size: 40pt,
  background-color: black,
  thickness-ratio: 75%,
  stripe-color: t1-chevron,
  stripe-stroke: 1pt + rgb("#000000"),
)

Parameters Reference

All patterns support customizable colors via background-color and pattern-specific color parameters. Most also support optional stroke parameters for outlined effects.

Common Parameters

  • size/width/height/radius: Control the scale of the pattern
  • background-color: Fill color behind the pattern
  • cell-stroke / stripe-stroke: Optional outline stroke

Pattern-Specific

  • diagonal-stripes: angle, thickness, thickness-ratio
  • orthogonal-stripes: orientation (“vertical”/“horizontal”), thickness-ratio
  • checkerboard / checkerboard-45: cell-color
  • honeycomb / honeycomb-content: orientation (“flat”/“pointy”)
  • hex-triangles: color-a, color-b for alternating triangles
  • isocube: color-top, color-left, color-right for 3D shading
  • chevron: thickness, spacing, orientation

License

MIT-0 — Use freely with no attribution required.