In latex, the angel
command is used by default to represent angel symbols. And angel
command is the best practice for this symbol.
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\[ \angle \]
\[ \angle{ABC} \]
\end{document}
Output :
And this angel
command is also present in the asmsymb
package.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
\[ \angle{PQR} \]
\end{document}
Output :
This symbol is represented in two more ways according to the shape of the angle.
Measure angel in LaTeX
Measure angle symbol is used to represent the size of angle. And this symbol is represented by the \measuredangle
command that is present in both the amssymb
and mathabx
packages.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
\[ \measuredangle{PQR}=30^{\circ} \]
\end{document}
Output :
And if you use the same command with mathabx
package, there will be a slight difference in the shape of the symbol.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathabx}
\begin{document}
\[ \measuredangle{PQR}=45^{\circ} \]
\end{document}
Output :
Spherical angel in LaTeX
There are no specific commands or packages to represent spherical angels. You can use more than one package and command. Notice this table below
amssymb | \sphericalangle → |
wasysym | \varangle → |
mathabx | \sphericalangle → |
marvosym | \anglesign → |
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amssymb,wasysym}
\begin{document}
\[ \sphericalangle ABC \]
\[ \varangle PQR \]
\end{document}
Output :