Stephen Graham wrote:
> Does anyone know a good way to get a degrees circle in Latex?
> Currently I am usng $^{\circ}$ (that is, a ten degree angle is $10^{\circ}$),
> but the output is not as nice as I would like (the circle is a bit big).
> The circle used in the \textcelsius{} command (in the package textcomp)
> is more what I am after...
If you want more customisation then try the suggestion below. Note that
the smaller circle that this creates may not show up as any smaller in xdvi
but it will show as smaller when you convert it to PostScript using dvips
and view it in gv.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[dvips]{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\newcommand{\myDeg}{\hspace{-0.2em}\raisebox{0.4ex}{\scalebox{0.7}{$^\circ$}} }
70 $^\circ$ is the angle using a \verb+\circ+
70 \raisebox{0.35ex}{\scalebox{0.7}{$^\circ$}} is the angle using a raisebox and a
scalebox.
70 \myDeg is the angle using a custom command; \verb+\myDeg+
With the custom command I have added a small amount of negative
space at the front because otherwise with a smaller circle it
looks too far away from the number. The raisebox is required
because the scale box lowers the height of the circle. As the
scalebox also reduces the width we add a balnk space at the end
of the command (ie the blank space before the last }).
This command can be placed in the preamble of your doc and customised
further by a little experimentation.
\end{document}
Mike
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