>> I find that even using shorten-pair (with a negative first value) >> fails to do this as I expected. So now I don't know any way to >> print the bracket with the preferred layout... > > This looks like a bug. Please file an issue at > > https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues
Never mind, I did it by myself right now :-) https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues/6360 Werner