hanging indent
Paragraph's protruding first
A hanging indent is a paragraph format where the first line sits flush with the margin while all subsequent lines are indented.
Common in bibliographies, reference lists, and dictionaries, it helps readers scan for entries: The style guide requires hanging indents for all citations.
The opposite of a standard first-line indent.
- justifiedShown to be right
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- marginEdge of a page
- outdentsReverses paragraph indentation
- bibliographiesLists of sources used
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