\header {

  texidoc = "The 2nd half of the cresc. stays at a reasonable distance
from the notes. "

}
\version "2.12.0"

\layout {
  indent = 0.0\mm
  line-width = 70.0\mm
}

\relative c' {
  \crescTextCresc
  c\< c c c | \break
  c  c\! c c
}