Inline Formatting

Inline formatting allows you to format words and phrases within your text content. You do this by wrapping the text with angle brackets, and then use line formatting syntax to determine the change in style.

To do this, choose a song and open the song editor from the menubar. You can then place special characters after the beginning angle bracket to add formatting like this:

This will be <*bold> text.
This will be </italicized> text.
This will be <!bold and italicized> text.
This will will be <_underlined> text.
This will be <\backslanted> text.
This will be <&red:red> text.
This will be a <#6677F0:custom color> using HTML color codes.
This will be highlighted in <>yellow:yellow> text.
This will be a <!_&red:>yellow:combination of a few things> here.
This will be <^0.75:75% smaller> text.
This will be <^24:24 point> text.
This will be <$Courier:monospaced> text.

• Bold words by adding an asterisk character.
• Italicize words by adding a forward slash.
• Bold and Italicize words by adding an exclamation point.
• Underline^† words by adding an underscore character.
• Backslant^† or reverse italicize words by adding a backslash.
• Text Color can be changed by adding an ampersand followed by a color name or a color code followed by a colon in the beginning of the line.
• Highlight Color can be changed by adding a greater than symbol followed by a color name or a color code followed by a colon at the beginning of the line.
• Font Size^† can be changed by adding a carat symbol, followed by a number and a colon. If the value is less than 6, it's considered a percentage of the base style. Otherwise, 6 and higher are treated as absolute sizes in points.
• Font Family^† can be changed using a dollar sign followed by the name of the font to use before a colon.

You combine these line formatting commands in a series for more complex inline formatting scenarios.

^† only available in the new R2 rendering engine.