\header {

  texidoc = "Text and trill spanners are attached to note columns, so
  attachments in other staves have no effect on them."
  
  }

\layout {
  ragged-right = ##t
  }

\version "2.12.0"
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   \new Staff {
    \override TextSpanner #'(bound-details left text) = "*"
      c'16 \startTrillSpan c' c' c' \stopTrillSpan 
      c'16 \startTextSpan c' c' c' \stopTextSpan 
   }
   \new Staff {
     \override TextScript #'self-alignment-X = #RIGHT 
     \repeat unfold 2 {c'4 _ \markup { "FAT" } } 
   }
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