Unusual graphical crescendos (cosmetic Hairpin styles)
By overriding the 'style property of the Hairpin object, you can get nice contemporary crescendos and decrescendos.
\version "2.24.0"
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=339
\relative c' {
\override Hairpin.style = #'trill
c2\< c\!\mf
\override Hairpin.style = #'zigzag
c2\< c\!\mf
}