TextSpanner Line Padding

[Jonathan Wilkes]

Hello,
     If I create a "rit.---" as a TextSpanner, how can I start the line a 
bit to the right so that there's a little room between the word "rit." and 
the dotted line?  I went through the internals reference and tried every 
property I though would be relevant, but I can't figure it out.

Thanks,
Jonathan