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Dirty tricks

It is possible to use TeX commands in the strings, but this should be avoided because it makes it impossible for LilyPond to compute the exact length of the string, which may lead to collisions. Also, TeX commands won't work with direct PostScript output (see PostScript output).

  a'^"3 $\\times$ \\`a deux"

You can also use raw PostScript commands embedded in text scripts. This offers ultimate flexibility, but requires you to learn PostScript. Currently, embedded PostScript will not work with direct PostScript output. Note that all dimensions that you use are in staff space.

\score {
  \notes \relative c'' {
    a-#"\\embeddedps{3 4 moveto 5 3 rlineto stroke}"
    -#"\\embeddedps{ [ 0 1 ] 0 setdash 3 5 moveto 5 -3 rlineto stroke}"
    b-#"\\embeddedps{3 4 moveto 0 0 1 2 8 4 20 3.5 rcurveto stroke}"
    s2
    a'1
  }
  \paper { linewidth = 70*\staffspace }
}

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