Different font in the tempo name

How do I make it possible to specify a different font type in the tempo name?

Recently, I had a need to decipher (in parentheses) the tempo name in non-bold font. Unfortunately, in Dorico, only one font type can be used in the tempo name, as far as I understand

You can use System Text, which will show in the same locations in the score, yet can have different font settings.

If you actually need the playback to be affected, you can have a hidden metronome mark there.

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Yes, but then it won’t align relative to the time signature:

Switch to Engrave mode and align it. I obviously aligned it in the image I posted.

Is it possible to make it align itself automatically (as it does with tempo marks, without manual adjustments)?

No, I don’t think so.

Note that some fonts contain both Latin and other alphabets, like Cyrillic. If you use one of those, it’s a matter of temporarily switching the keyboard setting to type the Cyrillic word in the same font. But maybe you mean using the non-bold type specifically.

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But maybe you mean using the non-bold type specifically.

Yes, that’s right

Apart from the solution with a separate text object it would be nice with formatting codes in the popup.
In Amadeus this would be like
Andantino \f01\s3(Some text)
(a very easy and powerful syntax)
Using LaTeX syntax it would be
Andantino \textrm{(Some text)}
(although the font size is much more complex to handle without macros)
I’m not sure how Markdown would reset to plain roman when the β€˜base’ is bold, and also a larger font size.