Re: Aligning "sempre pp" with "p"...

[Gilles THIBAULT]

> \once \override DynamicText #'X-offset = #...
You have also the command markup \translate doing that very well

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sempp = #(
     make-dynamic-script
       (markup
           #:hspace 0 #:translate (cons -22 0 )
               #:line( #:normal-text #:italic "sempre" #:dynamic "pp"))
)

{

{ c'4\sempp }

%%%%%%%%%%

You have  the explanation about that in the chapter "New markup command 
definition"

NB
Perhaps the command \translate-scaled will be better, if you change the font 
size.

Gilles