Mdthbs

I would like to cross out some words in a presentation and I prefer to have semitransparent lines to facilitate reading.

The MWE hereafter is based on: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/478560/19788

documentclass{article}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage{xcolor}

usepackage{tikz}



newcommand{txtcross}[1]{%

    tikz[remember picture, baseline=(A.base)]{

        node[inner sep=0pt](A){#1};

    }%

    tikz[overlay, remember picture]{

        draw[red, draw opacity=0.5, line width=1.5pt] (A.north west) -- (A.south east);

        draw[red, draw opacity=0.5, line width=1.5pt] (A.south west) -- (A.north east);

    }%

}



begin{document}



Antonio Vivaldi was mycrossed{an Italian} a Venitian Baroque musical composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, and priest.



end{document}

The result seems good but, in fact, the part where the lines overlap is (logically) darker than the other parts.

Should I modify the code to obtain a cross uniformly colored with an opacity value lower than 1?

Or should I try drawing the cross by another means?

Based on @Hafid Boukhoulda answer, with some simplification (without remember picture option, slightly different node style definition):

documentclass{article}

usepackage{tikz}

usetikzlibrary{shapes.misc}



newcommandmycrossed[1]{tikz[baseline=(A.base)]

    node[cross out, draw= red, draw opacity=0.5, line width=1.5pt,

          inner sep=0pt, outer sep=0pt] (A) {#1};%

                        }



begin{document}

Antonio Vivaldi was mycrossed{an Italian} a Venitian Baroque musical composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, and priest. Antonio Vivaldi was mycrossed{an Italian} a Venitian Baroque musical composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, and priest.

end{document}

You can use the cross out shape node like that:

documentclass{article}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage{xcolor}

usepackage{tikz}

usetikzlibrary{shapes.misc}



newcommand{txtcross}[1]{%

    tikz[remember picture, baseline=(A.base)]{

        node[cross out, 

            draw= red,

            line width=1.5pt,

            draw opacity=0.5,

            inner sep=0pt](A){#1};

    }

}



begin{document}



Jean-Baptiste Lully  was txtcross{a French} an Italian-born French composer, instrumentalist, and dancer



end{document}

It is enough to draw the cross in a single path instead of two:

draw[red,draw opacity=0.5, line width=1.5pt] (A.north west) -- (A.south east) (A.south west) -- (A.north east);

documentclass{article}

usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

usepackage{xcolor}

usepackage{tikz}



newcommand{mycrossed}[1]{%

    tikz[remember picture, baseline=(A.base)]{

        node[inner sep=0pt](A){#1};

    }%

    tikz[overlay, remember picture]{

        draw[red,draw opacity=0.5, line width=1.5pt] (A.north west) -- (A.south east) (A.south west) -- (A.north east);

    }%

}



begin{document}



Antonio Vivaldi was mycrossed{an Italian} a Venitian Baroque musical composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, and priest.



end{document}