Am 3.2.2011 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: > Am 03.02.2011 um 18:38 schrieb Philipp A.: > > for the record: the TikZ package has built-in parameterized speech > bubbles. > Can you make a example? > > Wolfgang > of course. you can read about it in the pgfmanual in chapter 39.7: \usepackage[tikz] \usetikzlibrary[shapes.callout] \starttext \starttikzpicture \node[ellips callout, draw] {Hallo!}; \stoptikzpicture \stoptext using the options callout relative pointer=(coordinate) and callout absolute pointer=(coordinate), you can modify where it points to, using standard node options you can modify other aspects (positioning, padding, width, height, color, line thickness, …) beware: i have not tested above code, but it should be obvious. Philipp