This section explains how to include text (with various
formatting) in your scores.
+
@cindex Text, other languages
@warning{To write accented and special text (such as characters
from other languages), simply insert the characters directly into
@node Writing text
@subsection Writing text
-@menu
-* Overview of text entry::
+@menu
* Text scripts::
* Text spanners::
* Text marks::
@end menu
-@node Overview of text entry
-@subsubsection Overview of text entry
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-There are four ways to add text to scores:
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-@itemize
-@item
-@ref{Text scripts}: blah blah
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-@lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right,fragment,relative=2]
-c4^"text" c c c
-@end lilypond
-
-@item
-@ref{Text spanners}: blah blah
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-@lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right,fragment,relative=2]
-c1
-\override TextSpanner #'bound-details #'left #'text =
- \markup { \upright "rall" }
-c2\startTextSpan b c\stopTextSpan a
-@end lilypond
-
-@item
-@ref{Text marks}: blah blah
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-@lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right,fragment,relative=2]
-c4\mark "foo" c c c
-@end lilypond
-
-@item
-@ref{Vocal music}: blah blah, not in this section.
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-@lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right]
-<<
- \relative c'' { c4 c c c }
- \addlyrics { one two three four }
->>
-@end lilypond
-
-@end itemize
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-@seealso
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-Snippets: @lsrdir{Text,Text}
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@node Text scripts
@subsubsection Text scripts