Text elements are created from a Text Style. This style defines the initial properties of text.

Text properties:

• Font Family: name of the font such as "Times New Roman" or "Arial"
• Point Size: the size of the font in points
• Italic, Bold, Underline: font properties
• Anchor: page, time, notehead, system, staff
• Alignment: horizontal: left, right, center; vertical: top, bottom, center
• Offset: an offset to the normal anchor position
• Offset Type: mm, space, or percent of page size

Text types:

• Title, Subtitle, Composer, Poet: anchored to page
• Fingering: Fingerings are anchored to note heads.
• Lyrics: Lyrics are anchored to a time position.
• Chord name: Chord names are also anchored to a time position.