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HANGING INDENTION [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
DEF

A kind of typesetting having the first line of a paragraph set to the full width of the measure, i.e. flush left, the remaining lines being indented one or more ems from the left edge.

CONT

In hanging indention the first line is set full measure and the following lines are indented.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
DEF

Composition qui fait ressortir la première ligne de chaque alinéa. De ce fait, les lignes suivantes semblent renfoncées.

Spanish

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