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text-interface

A scheme markup text

text (markup (list or string)):

Scheme markup text. It is defined as follows:

text: string | (head? text+)
head: markup | (markup+)
markup-item: property | abbrev
property: (key . value)
abbrev: columns lines roman music bold italic named super sub overstrike text
        finger volta timesig mmrest mark script large Large dynamic

The following abbreviations are currently defined:

columns

horizontal mode: set all text on one line (default)

lines

vertical mode: set every text on new line

roman

select roman font

music

select feta font, and lookup by character name

bold

select bold series

italic

select italic shape

named

lookup by character name

text

plain text lookup (by character value)

super

superscript

sub

subscript

overstrike

the next text or character overstrikes this one

finger

select fingering number fontstyle

volta

select volta number fontstyle

timesig

select time signature number fontstyle

mmrest

select multi measure rest number fontstyle

mark

select mark number fontstyle

script

select scriptsize roman fontstyle

large

select large roman fontstyle

Large

select Large roman fontstyle

dynamic

select dynamics fontstyle

. Default value: (unset)

align (number):

the alignment of the text, 0 is horizontal, 1 is vertical. Default value: (unset)

baseline-skip (number):

Baseline skip to use for multiple lines of text. Default value: (unset)

lookup (symbol):

lookup method: 'value for plain text, 'name for character-name. Default value: (unset)

raise (number):

height for text to be raised (a negative value lowers the text. Default value: (unset)

kern (number):

amount of extra white space to add.

For text, this is `relative'(?) to the current alignment.

For barline, space after a thick line. Default value: (unset)

magnify (number):

the magnification factor. FIXME: doesn't work for feta fonts. Default value: (unset)

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