Special symbols in table (filled cross, empty cross, filled square, empty square)

Question

I am working on a table in latex, describing the data in a figure. It contains a number of special symbols that the figure includes, and I wanna have the same things in the table. However, I am facing difficulties in finding these symbols in different packages. Below is the raw code for the table:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx} % Required for inserting images
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsfonts,mathrsfs}
\begin{document}
\renewcommand{\tabcolsep}{10pt}
\begin{table}[b!]
        \caption{Details of the data presented in figure 16 regarding modifications in a monodisperse suspension of large particles to replicate the settling velocity of large particles in bidisperse flows}
        \label{tab5}
%   \scriptsize
\centering
\small
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c}\hline
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\multirow{2}{}{$\text{Re}_{\text{t,l}}$}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\multirow{2}{}{Mono}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\multirow{2}{*}{Bi}} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Mono, $\rho_{f,m}$} &  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Mono, $\rho_{f,m}$ {&amp;} $\mu_{f,m}$} \
\cline{4-5} \cline{7-8}
\multicolumn{1}{l}{} & & & Value & Deviation && Value & Deviation \ \midrule
1 & 0.6 & 0.455 & 0.576 & 26.6 && 0.445 & 2.2  \ \midrule
50 & 0.75 & 0.72 & 0.7235 & 0.48 && 0.61 & 15.3 \ \midrule
100 & 0.777 & 0.7354 & 0.742 & 0.89 && 0.6268 & 14.7 \ 
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

The code above gives the following table:

However, I need to have a table with the symbols, as below:

The symbols are filled red square, empty black square, filled red cross, empty red cross. These should be with the same size, color, and order as the desired image shows.

\square, \blacksquare and \times are fairly sstandard. The empty cross might be trickier. — campa, Jan 16 '24 at 09:53
Thanks. But I need them all together. Also, the line thickeness matters here, specicially for \times. — mohammad fazli, Jan 16 '24 at 09:55
If the line thickness matters and you do not find it in symbols-a4.pdf, draw it using TikZ. — cabohah, Jan 16 '24 at 09:58
Thats why I posted here cuz I am not quite familiar with tikz in table. I think for the empty red cross, that works. — mohammad fazli, Jan 16 '24 at 10:00
There are already several questions about drawing symbols using TikZ, e.g. this answer that even shows how to use such a symbol as math relation. So you should at least show, what you've tried. — cabohah, Jan 16 '24 at 10:06
The problm is how to draw that empty red cross symbol and how to include them in a table. I don't know too much about these details. — mohammad fazli, Jan 16 '24 at 10:18
Yout have an example here https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/336075/90297 how to draw something with tikz and create a symbol out of it that you can later use in math mode. you need to change the draw commands there to create an empty X — Elad Den, Jan 17 '24 at 12:49

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 16 '24 at 10:27

Choose the parameters as you like

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pict2e,xcolor}
\newcommand{\filledredsquare}{\textcolor{red}{\mysymbols{\polygon(0,0)(1,0)(1,1)(0,1)\polygon(0,0)(1,0)(1,1)(0,1)}}}
\newcommand{\emptyblacksquare}{\mysymbols{\polygon(0,0)(1,0)(1,1)(0,1)}}
\newcommand{\filledredcross}{\textcolor{red}{\mysymbols{\Line(0,0)(1,1)\Line(0,1)(1,0)}}}
\newcommand*{\emptyredcross}{\textcolor{red}{\mysymbols{\linethickness{.2pt}\polygon(.1,0)(1,.9)(.9,1)(0,.1)\polygon(.9,0)(1,.1)(.1,1)(0,.9)}}}
\newcommand*{\mysymbols}[1]{%
   \begingroup
   \setlength{\unitlength}{1.3ex}% or a value you like
   \begin{picture}(1,1)
   \thicklines
   #1%
   \end{picture}%
   \endgroup
}
\begin{document}
zzz \filledredsquare\ \emptyblacksquare\ \filledredcross\ \emptyredcross\  zzz
\end{document}

Special symbols in table (filled cross, empty cross, filled square, empty square)

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