First of all: don't forget that exactly 140 years ago, Albert Einstein was born; but exactly one year ago, Stephen William Hawking passed away. What a special day for science!
Question
How to draw the letter π not in the standard way (i.e.
\pi)?
I mean "draw", not "type"! Today there will be no \pi, but there will be something like this
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,2)--(3,2);
\draw (1,0)--(1,2);
\draw (2,0)--(2,2);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
(inspired by David Carlisle – I draw this in TikZ just because I don't know how to use picture ;))
Or this
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikzducks}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\duck
\duck[xshift=1cm,yshift=2cm]
\duck[xshift=1cm,yshift=4cm]
\duck[xshift=1cm,yshift=6cm]
\duck[xshift=0cm,yshift=8cm]
\duck[xshift=-2cm,yshift=7.5cm]
\duck[xshift=2cm,yshift=8cm]
\duck[xshift=4cm,yshift=8cm]
\duck[xshift=6cm,yshift=8cm]
\duck[xshift=8cm,yshift=8cm]
\duck[xshift=5cm,yshift=6cm]
\duck[xshift=5cm,yshift=4cm]
\duck[xshift=5.5cm,yshift=2cm]
\duck[xshift=6.5cm,yshift=0cm]
\duck[xshift=8cm,yshift=1cm]
\node[font=\huge] at (4,11) {Happy $\pi$ day with \verb|tikzducks|!};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
They are my proudest π drawings, and as today is Pi day, I'd like to see yours!
Well, why didn't I delay the time of asking the question by 8 minutes? I asked this at 1:51:31 UTC time, and the "Pi second" of this year is at 1:59:26 today!
Best Answer
Here's one with
\shapepar, with great thanks to flowframtk.