#### 3.7.9 Text scripts

It is possible to place arbitrary strings of text or markup text (see Text markup) above or below notes by using a string `c^"text"`. By default, these indications do not influence the note spacing, but by using the command `\fatText`, the widths will be taken into account

>          \relative c' {
>            c4^"longtext" \fatText c4_"longlongtext" c4
>          }

It is possible to use TeX commands in the strings, but this should be avoided because the exact dimensions of the string can then no longer be computed.

##### Predefined commands

`\fatText`, `\emptyText`.

##### See also

In this manual: Text markup.

Program reference: TextScriptEvent, TextScript.

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