Re: Easy way to define text marks?

[Paul Scott]

Milan M. Horák wrote:

> Wanting to add a "ritt." mark to a piece, I have encountered a problem. I have 
> already done it in some piese earlier, but it was long ago and I am quite 
> sure the ancient version of LilyPond I used printed this "ritt." in nice 
> italics. Now, I get only a normal roman (and ugly) "ritt." and seem not to be 
> able to find the right setting (context, engraver or what it is) to force 
> italics (the italics used in the "cresc." mark, if possible). 
>
> Does somebody know the solution?
>
>  
_\markup\italic\bold{ ritt. }

if you have a newer version with this markup code.

Paul Scott