Thanks Valentin! I think this will be able to do what I need.
James
> On May 30, 2020, at 23:23, Valentin Villenave <valen...@villenave.net> wrote:
>
> On 5/31/20, James Worlton <jworl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is there a way to do this using a single text spanner? I could probably
>> fake it with 2 spanners, but would rather not if I didn't have to, since
>> the positioning of the middle text would be trial and error.
>
> Indeed. But I think that if you’re looking for something simple, that
> remains the easiest way by far:
>
> %%%%
>
> \version "2.20.0"
>
> insertTextSpan =
> #(define-music-function (txt) (markup?)
> (make-music 'CrescendoEvent
> ; 'tweaks (list (cons 'font-shape 'upright))
> 'span-direction START
> 'span-type 'text
> 'span-text txt))
>
> {
> b1\insertTextSpan "poco"
> b
> b\insertTextSpan "a"
> b
> b\insertTextSpan \markup \bold "poco"
> b
> b\!
> }
>
> %%%%
>
> Cheers,
> -- V.
