How to hang the first line indented？

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If there is a piece of text, how can I turn it into an indented style like the first line hanging in word.

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You have a few options here:

  • If you want to replicate your example image precisely, you should use an enumerated list which automatically features a hanging indent.
  • In normal paragraphs, you can set the hanging-indent parameter which will indent all but the first line.
  • Maybe you want to also, or exclusively, indent the first line in which case there’s a first-line-indent parameter¹.
#set page(width: 9cm, height: auto)

// No indentation at all:
People are not born knowing the truth, who can be without doubt.

// Hanging indentation as part of the enumerated list:
+ People are not born knowing the truth, who can be without doubt.

#set par(hanging-indent: 1em)

// Paragraph hanging indentation:
People are not born knowing the truth, who can be without doubt.

#set par(first-line-indent: 1em, hanging-indent: 0em)

// Paragraph first-line indentation:
People are not born knowing the truth, who can be without doubt.

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¹Behavior of first line indentation in paragraphs seems limiting · Issue #311 · typst/typst · GitHub

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I want to point out that hanging-indent in this case doesn’t have to be explicitly set, since it’s set to 0pt by default. It’s also more common to zero-out something by using 0pt.

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In this case, it does have to be set since this represents code from the same document. If it was a stand-alone declaration, you would be correct.

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Oh, yeah, sure. I got standalone version in mind.