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Expected output (2nd line has 5mm more indent than 1st, 3rd and following lines have 5mm more indent than 2nd):

\documentclass{article} \begin{document} \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} \parshape=3 5mm 40mm 10mm 35mm 15mm 30mm This is sentence 1. This is sentence 2. This is sentence 3. This is sentence 4. This is sentence 5. \end{document}

Bad output (tikz):

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \path node[draw,text width=50mm] { \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} \parshape=3 5mm 40mm 10mm 35mm 15mm 30mm This is sentence 1. This is sentence 2. This is sentence 3. This is sentence 4. This is sentence 5. }; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}

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Just introduce \par command will solve the issue:

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \path node[draw,text width=50mm] { \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} \parshape=3 5mm 40mm 10mm 35mm 15mm 30mm This is sentence 1. This is sentence 2. This is sentence 3. This is sentence 4. This is sentence 5.\par }; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}
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    I think you need a trailing % following \setlength{}{}. Commented May 21, 2019 at 6:53
  • @PeterGrill I have followed the tag what the user provided as MWE...anyhow, thanks... Commented May 21, 2019 at 6:55
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Put the text in a \parbox:

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Also it appears that you can use the font= to set the \parshape and then it just works (although I am not sure that this is a good idea).

Code:

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \path node[draw,text width=50mm] {\parbox{\linewidth}{% \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} \parshape=3 5mm 40mm 10mm 35mm 15mm 30mm This is sentence 1. This is sentence 2. This is sentence 3. This is sentence 4. This is sentence 5.% }% }; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}

Code:

\begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \path node[draw,text width=50mm, font={\parshape=3 5mm 40mm 10mm 35mm 15mm 30mm}] {% This is sentence 1. This is sentence 2. This is sentence 3. This is sentence 4. This is sentence 5.% }; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}
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