Command/starthanging

\starthanging ... \stophanging

Summary

The environment \starthanging ... \stophanging is used to hang the start of a paragraph of text around an object in the style of a drop-cap.

Settings

\starthanging[...=...,...]{...} ... \stophanging
distance	dimension
n	number
location	left right
{...}	content

Option	Explanation
distance	The space between the edge of the image and the start of the text.
n	The number of lines of vertical space to indent before returning back to the margin.
location	The position of the object. left At the left hand margin. right At the right hand margin.
{...}	The content to hang the text around. Typically an image but could be anything framed, for example.

Settings argument

\starthanging[...]{...} ... \stophanging
[...]	left right
{...}	content

Examples

Example 1

\starthanging[left]{\externalfigure[cow.pdf][width=3cm]}
\samplefile{lorem}
\stophanging

Example 2

\starthanging[location=left,n=8,distance=6ex]{\externalfigure[cow.pdf][width=3cm]}
\samplefile{lorem}
\stophanging

See also

• spac-ver.mkiv
• \placefloat The left and right options.
• \startfiguretext Another way to wrap text around a figure.
• \placeinitial Drop caps

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