Re: Moving cresc/dim text

[Knute Snortum]

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.