@nicolatalbot I thought of creating this so we don't bother other people. :D

So the lower event is wider? checks

Uhm...

Why do you say it's wider?

And can you explain that \frame{} you mentioned?

Okay. This is a method I often use when I want to see where tikz thinks the bounding box is. The \frame command puts a rectangle around its contents. It's a TeX command, like \fbox but doesn't have an inner sep.

\documentclass[10pt]{article}

\usepackage[a4paper, margin=1cm, landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows,backgrounds,snakes}

\begin{document}

\frame{%
\begin{tikzpicture}
%
%draw horizontal line
\draw (0,0) -- (12,0);
%
%draw vertical lines
\foreach \x in {0,1,2,...,12} \draw (\x cm,3pt) -- (\x cm,-3pt);
%
\foreach \x [evaluate=\x as \year using int(1900+\x*10)] in
{0,1,...,12}{%
%
    \draw (\x,0) node[below=7pt,anchor=east,xshift=5pt,rotate=45]

Can I use this frame with any element or just with the whole/main picture?

You can't use it for anything that has a line break in it. It works on the tikzpicture because the whole picture forms a box.

It's useful for debugging, but I wouldn't use it in the final draft.

Ok. Let me try. :)

Oh no no. I got it was for debugging. :D

Uhm.. Ok there is a white space indeed.

If you add the draw option to the "Event" node, you'll see where the extra space is coming from.

    \draw[|-|] (0.8, 2) -- (0.9, 2) node[midway, above,align=center, text width=7cm,draw]{Event};

Ok. adds draw

I SOLVED! :D

Thank you!

The culprit was text width=7cm.

:)

Thanks a lot! :D You saved me from elaborating some complicated question on the Main site. :P

@Alenanno :-)

@NicolaTalbot By the way, it's totally unrelated but you don't look the age you claim to be. :D

Just a thing I noticed.

@Alenanno older or younger ;-)

Younger! I honestly thought you were around my age. lol

ahah

@Alenanno How old are you? Sorry if I can't see it on your profile.

I'm 26. :)

@Alenanno Wow. I'm flattered :-)

Ahah :D bows

Cool. That's given my ego a boost :-)

It's always nice when it happens!

@Alenanno :-)

I was reading your website...

Is this a dialect? "Heh yar fa’r got a dickey, bor?"

Except for two or three words, it looks like another language!

Yes, literally it means "has your father got a donkey, mate?" but it's a form of shibboleth. You have to give the correct reply to show you're from Norfolk :-)

What's the correct reply? :P

Don't worry, I'll admit I'm not from Norfolk, even if everyone will notice my accent anyway.

As far as I remember, something along the lines "yes, but he needs a stupid fool like you to ride it" :-)

Ahah

nice.

It's like a password for an entire population. Great. :D

Yeah, they've got some great expressions.

Where are you from?

UK?

@Alenanno Yes. East Anglia (the bulgey bit on the east coast.)

Oooh nice. :)

Yes, it's great. I have to get my son off to bed now. Talk to you later. Bye :-)

Later! And thanks for the help again. :)