\def\text{\sffamily\scalebox{10}{Xy}} \sbox\mybox{\sffamily\color{black!25}\scalebox{10}{Xy}} \def\HEIGHT{\ht\mybox} \def\WIDTH{\wd\mybox} \def\DEPTH{\dp\mybox} \def\LLX{.15\WIDTH} \def\LLY{\DEPTH+.15\HEIGHT} \def\URX{.15\WIDTH} \def\URY{.25\HEIGHT} \begin{tikzpicture}[font=\sffamily,>=latex] \draw [gray,thin] (0,0) -- +(-3.5ex,0) (0,\HEIGHT) -- +(-3.5ex,0) (0,-\DEPTH) -- +(-3.5ex,0) (\WIDTH,\HEIGHT) -- +(3.5ex,0) (\WIDTH,-\DEPTH) -- +(3.5ex,0) (0,-\DEPTH) -- +(0,-3.5ex) (\WIDTH,-\DEPTH) -- +(0,-3.5ex) ; \node [inner sep=0pt,anchor=base west] {\usebox\mybox}; \draw (0,0) -- (\WIDTH,0);% node [above,midway] {baseline}; \draw [->] (-2.5ex,0) -- +(0,-\DEPTH) node [midway,left] {depth}; \draw [->] (-2.5ex,0) -- +(0, \HEIGHT) node [midway,left] {height}; \draw [<->] (\WIDTH,-\DEPTH) ++(2.5ex,0) -- +(0,\DEPTH+\HEIGHT) node [midway,right] {totalheight}; \draw [<->] (0,-\DEPTH) ++(0,-2.5ex) -- +(\WIDTH,0) node [midway,below] {width}; \fill (-2.5ex,0) circle (.5pt); \begin{scope}[blue] %,every node/.append style={inner sep=2pt}] \begin{scope} \clip ([shift={(\LLX,\LLY)}]0,-\DEPTH) rectangle ([shift={(-\URX,-\URY)}]\WIDTH,\HEIGHT); \node [inner sep=0pt,anchor=base west,color=blue!50!white] {\text}; \end{scope} \draw ([shift={(\LLX,\LLY)}]0,-\DEPTH) rectangle ([shift={(-\URX,-\URY)}]\WIDTH,\HEIGHT); \draw [->] (\LLX,-\DEPTH) -- ++(0,\LLY) node [right,midway] {\scriptsize lly}; \draw [->] (0,-\DEPTH+\LLY) -- ++(\LLX,0) node [above,midway] {\scriptsize llx}; \draw (\LLX,-\DEPTH+\LLY) -- ([shift={(-\URX,0)}]\WIDTH,-\DEPTH+\LLY); \draw [->] (\LLX+.2\WIDTH,-\DEPTH+\LLY) -- (\LLX+.2\WIDTH,0) node [right,midway] {\scriptsize moves down}; \path [fill=white,draw] (\LLX,-\DEPTH+\LLY) circle (1pt); \draw [->] ([shift={(-\URX,0)}]\WIDTH,\HEIGHT) -- ([shift={(-\URX,-\URY)}]\WIDTH,\HEIGHT) node [left,midway] {\scriptsize ury} ; \draw [->] ([shift={(0,-\URY)}]\WIDTH,\HEIGHT) -- ([shift={(-\URX,-\URY)}]\WIDTH,\HEIGHT) node [below,midway] {\scriptsize urx} ; \end{scope} \draw [thick] (0,-\DEPTH) rectangle (\WIDTH,\HEIGHT); \path [fill=white,draw=black] (0,0) circle (1pt); \path let \p1 = (current bounding box.south west), \p2 = (current bounding box.north east), \p3 = (0,-\DEPTH), \p4 = (\WIDTH,\HEIGHT) in (\x3-\x2+\x4,\y3) rectangle (\x4+\x3-\x1,\y4); \end{tikzpicture}