That forces the whole paragraph to the right, then “pulls” the first line back. There are three basic ways to hang text.įirst, you can give a paragraph a positive Left Indent and a negative First Line Indent. Hanging text means making the first line of text stick out to the left slightly, beyond the normal margin. I’m designing a business card and i want the T (telephone) and F (fax) to hang away from the numbers. I was just wanting to know the best way to have characters hang.