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\parfillskip=0pt\parindent=0pt\baselineskip=9pt \font\big=cmr10 at 50pt
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\leavevmode\smash{\lower28pt\llap{\big``\small\quad}}%
Here is a short passage set in small type to demo hanging indentation on both ends of a paragraph. This is done by splitting a paragraph in two, indenting the first part at the\par
\hangindent=-24pt \hangafter=3
top and the second part at the bottom, then adding the big quotes by means of llap and rlap. The rest is just details of moving boxes and getting the spacing just right.\smash{\lower24pt\rlap{\small\quad\big''}}}
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{\hsize=4.2in\noindent The effect shown here is used a lot in books where high-quality typesetting is important. It has been achieved by setting certain paragraph parameters to special values, and by using boxes. the spaces for two big quotes are reserved by means of hanging indentation. Th text in small type is actually made of two paragraphs, one}