I'd like to generate some rectangles with text on it with a very specific border: Shape example The border is: a normal line with "x" on it: matching with the content size "x" with a mostly regular space between them My final goal is just to have an image of it that will be inserted in other documents. Have you any idea how could I generate such shapes? Tell me if you need more information. Thank you for your help! (any language, software idea is ok for me Regards Excel shapes should be enough but I miss the "x" matplotlib.pyplot got a nice option but it is dedicated to draw curves Continue reading...