Re: Moving cresc/dim text

[Thomas Morley]

Am So., 29. Aug. 2021 um 19:43 Uhr schrieb Knute Snortum <ksnortum@gmail.com>:
>
> On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 10:24 AM Thomas Morley <thomasmorley65@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> >
> > Am So., 29. Aug. 2021 um 15:37 Uhr schrieb Knute Snortum 
> > <ksnortum@gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > I thought this used to work, to move the "cresc." to the left.  It
> > > doesn't seem to work any more.
> > >
> > > %%%
> > > \version "2.23.3"
> > >
> > > \relative c' {
> > >   c4 -\tweak X-offset -3 \cresc c c c |
> > >   c4 c c c \! |
> > > }
> > > %%%
> > >
> > > Is this not the right way to move this text, and if not, what is?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Knute Snortum
> > >
> > Afaict, it never worked this way.
> > Do you mean something like:
> >
> > \relative c' {
> >   \once \override DynamicTextSpanner.bound-details.left.padding = -1.5
> >   c4\cresc c c c |
> >   c4 c c c \! |
> > }
>
> That works, thanks!  I guess I was confused about the tweak.

Well, \tweak would work as well:

\relative c' {
  c4-\tweak bound-details.left.padding -1.5 \cresc c c c |
  c4 c c c \! |
}

Cheers,
  Harm