Re: Instrument names and smallest possible bounding box

[Simon Albrecht]

On 17.01.2016 12:10, Carl-Henrik Buschmann wrote:
> The default placement of instrument names seems a bit messy compared 
> to my default Sibelius output.
> They seem "off", not alligned properly. This is of course the fault of 
> the author. Most likely there is a easy fix. Suggestions?

Well, it’s not your fault: the instrument names are center-aligned by 
default. To right-align them, use

\layout {
  \context {
    \StaffGroup % or Staff, or GrandStaff, or ChoirStaff…
    \override InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = 1
  }
}

Yours, Simon