I use corner components to round the letters corners. My design has two sizes of rounding and I use a high curve tension, so I don’t use a special parameter for this.
So I can’t understand yet whether I should have all three anchors in my component? Or are they needed for serifs, but in a corner only an «origin» anchor is enough?
Everything looks good in roman letters, but corners with three anchors looked more distorted in non-90-degree angles, or when I use a special parameter for an slanted instance.
After experimenting, I’m convinced that only one origin anchor is enough to make the transformation look more natural. Am I right about this?
Depends on what you want to do. Left and right anchors give you alternate pivot points for non-orthogonal corners. Depending on how they are rotated and mirrored and aligned, either the left or the right (or both) kick in.
These are all typical situations. Rounded corners are always the same height and width. The angle itself is also the same/symmetrical in both directions, like a quarter circle. Except for the diagonal strokes like in N, where they should appear symmetrical, or when it’s mechanically slanted.
So for now, I tend to use only one origin anchor, and I hope it’s the right decision.