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+There are several commands for printing text.
+There are four commands that have similar formats,
+differing only in how they justify text.
+
+print location "text" +left location "text" +right location "text" +center location "text" +
+The location is optional. If the location is omitted, the "print" +command will cause the text to be printed beginning at the current +horizontal and vertical location. The other commands will cause the text to +be placed vertically at the current vertical position, but left justified, +right justified, or centered within the current margins of the page. +
++The location can be specified using the special keyword of "nl" +which means "next line." This moves the current location to the beginning +of the following line before placing the text. In other words, the current +vertical position is moved downward by the height of the current text +point size (or by as much as necessary +if the string is taller than that). Then +the text is printed on that line with the given justification style. +
+
+The other way to specify a location is by using coordinates.
+The justification then takes place relative to the referenced location.
+For example, consider the following "right" command containing a reference
+to an absolute location:
+
+right (25, 4) "something" +
+Here are some other examples:
+
+print "Author unknown" +center nl "subtitle" +left (h.x - 1.5, h.n + 2.3) "Ad lib" +right (_fine.e + time 3, _note.n + 5) "Duet" +
+Another type of print command
+is "title." The full format of this command is:
+
+title fontfamily font size "text1" "text2" "text3" +
+In all cases, the location will be like that obtained via the "nl" +location to a print command. In other words, the title text string(s) +will be printed on the line below the location that was current when the +title command was encountered. If there is only one string given, it will +be centered between the margins. If two strings are given, both will be +printed on the same line, but the first will be left justified and the +second will be right justified. If three strings are given, they will all +be printed on the same line, with the first left justified, the second +centered, and the last right justified. +
+
+Some samples:
+
+title bold (12) "Sonata 12" +title (18) "Song Without Words" +title ital (12) "Text: John Doe" "Tune: Jane Doe" +title "Suite in C" "Trumpet I" "Waltz" +title "" "A. Composer" +
+The final command for printing text is
+the "paragraph" command.
+This is used when you have a long section of text,
+and you would like it to automatically wrap around onto as many
+lines as necessary.
+You can specify whether you want the right margin to be "justified" or "ragged."
+If you don't specify, the type of the previous paragraph is used.
+The default for the very first paragraph is to be justified.
+By default, the values of the
+fontfamily,
+font,
+and
+size
+parameters are used to determine the text style, but any or all of those
+parameters can be overridden on the paragraph command. The complete syntax is:
+
+ justify_type paragraph fontfamily font (size) "string"
+
+Only the keyword "paragraph" and the string are required.
+Here are some example paragraphs:
+
+paragraph "This is an example of a paragraph. Since no justification +type was specified, and this is the very first paragraph, the default +(justified) is used. A paragraph will wrap around +to as many lines as needed. +An explicit newline is given at the end of this paragraph, +to force a blank line between it and the following paragraph.\n" + +ragged paragraph avantgarde ital (15) "This paragraph +is ragged rather than flush right. It is in a different font and size. +Ragged paragraphs are split onto multiple lines if necessary, +but they are not spread out to make lines go all the way to +the right margin." + +justified paragraph (14) " Here is another paragraph. +This one is justified. +Only the size was specified for this paragraph; the font was not, +so the current default will be used. +Some spaces are included at the beginning of the paragraph text, +to create an indented first line for the paragraph." + +paragraph "Here is the final paragraph. +Since no justification type was given, +that of the previous paragraph (justified in this case) was used. +A paragraph may be used for many things, +such as describing how you want a piece to be performed, +or a biography of the composer." +
+Sometimes you may want to mix +blocks of text with music. +This can be done by specifying a "block" context. The block context +will typically contain one or more "paragraph" commands, although any +of the printing commands (paragraph, print, left, center, right, or title) +can be used. The block can also contain changes in certain parameters, namely +font, +size, +and +fontfamily, +which will affect the appearance of +the following text. A block can also contain +"newscore" or "newpage" commands. +Using "newscore" will cause vertical space to be added, +as would be used to separate scores. The amount of space is affected +by the +scoresep +and +scorepad +parameters. Using "newpage" will cause a new page to be started. +If a newscore or newpage includes a "leftmargin" specification, +that will alter the left margin on the block text that follows. +A "rightmargin" specification will alter the right margin +of the block text that precedes it. +
+
+Here is an example of a block.
+
+block +title bold "Notation in Simple and Compound Meters" +title "" +paragraph "It is common for a person familiar +with mathematics but not with music to assume +that 3/4 and 6/8 time are equivalent, +but that is not the case. +In 3/4 time (which is known as simple triple meter), +a measure containing 3 quarter notes +would be notated like this:" +score time=3/4 +music +1: c;;; +bar +block +paragraph "whereas in 6/8 time +(which is compound duple meter), +a measure with 3 quarter notes should be notated thus:" +score time=6/8 +music +1: 4c;8~;;4; +bar +
+The printing commands may occur in the +header, footer, header2, footer2, top, bottom, top2, bottom2, +block, +and +music +contexts. +After each printing command, +the current location is set to the right edge of the last character printed +horizontally and at the baseline of the current line vertically. +
+
+There is another command that looks a lot like the printing commands,
+but gives you a way to insert raw PostScript into the Mup output.
+This might be used, for example,
+to include a picture or logo along with your music.
+The syntax is
+
+postscript optional_location "raw PostScript" +
+The string is copied directly to the Mup output. +You can use the usual \" to embed a double quote in the string, +but otherwise the string is copied exactly as it is, +enclosed inside a PostScript save/restore. +After the restore, the current location is reset back to where it +was originally. +
++Since the string is copied without any interpretation, +Mup does not reserve any space on the page for the PostScript, +and it is your responsibility to provide valid PostScript. +The PostScript language is beyond the scope of this User's Guide; +consult a book on PostScript if you need more information. +
+
+As a simple example, you might include an Encapsulated PostScript file
+near the lower left corner of the current page using
+
+postscript "50 50 translate (file.eps) run" +
+Or you could print a message in red italics
+near the bottom of the page like this:
+
+postscript (70, 20) " + 1 0 0 setrgbcolor + /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic findfont + 16 scalefont setfont + (Photocopying prohibited) show + " +