Re: Easy way to define text marks?

[David Bobroff]

>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 "rit."}

-David