Hi Peter,
You could try this. Set the left-broken property.
Andrew
== snip
\paper {
ragged-last = ##t
}
global = {
\key d \major
%\numericTimeSignature
\time 2/2
}
\relative c' {
\global
\override TextSpanner.bound-details.left.text = "pizz. "
\override TextSpanner.bound-details.left-broken.text = ##f
\override TextSpanner.style = #'dotted-line
\override TextSpanner.dash-period = #0.5
\override TextSpanner.padding = #1
\override TextSpanner.bound-details.right.text = \markup {
\override #'(on . 0.3)
\override #'(off . 0.1)
\draw-dotted-line #'(0 . 1) }
\textSpannerDown
\stemUp d,8-.\startTextSpan-\tweak extra-offset #'(-3 . 3)\mp a'-. fis'-. e-. fis-. fis-. a,4-. | d8-. a'-. fis'-. e-.
\stemDown fis-. fis-. a,-. d-. |\stemUp d,,8-. a'-. fis'-. e-. fis-. fis-. a,4-. |\break
\stemDown d8-. a'-. fis'-. e-. fis4-.\stopTextSpan\stemUp a, }