I thought this used to work, to move the "cresc." to the left. It doesn't seem to work any more.
%%% \version "2.23.3" \relative c' { c4 -\tweak X-offset -3 \cresc c c c | c4 c c c \! | } %%% Is this not the right way to move this text, and if not, what is? -- Knute Snortum