# Automatic alignment of rotated+scaled components

**URL:** <https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/automatic-alignment-of-rotated-scaled-components/37221>\
**Category:** Glyphs\
**Created:** [September 7, 2026, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/automatic-alignment-of-rotated-scaled-components/37221 "2026-09-07T10:14:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Manudel](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/manudel/32/34245_2.png) [@Manudel](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/Manudel)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/automatic-alignment-of-rotated-scaled-components/37221/1 "2026-09-07T10:14:53Z")

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I use a component for the stroke of all my slashed letters, and I only scale it horizontally to keep the same thickness. With a `_center` anchor, it works fine every time the stroke is horizontal.

But when I rotate it, it no longer matches the `center` anchor of the letter.

This is what I want but I have to disable auto alignment:

 ![Capture d’écran 2026-09-07 à 11.51.39](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/a/1ac59fc0cc65b47a66934065401f33ef4be31c9e.jpeg)

This is what I get:

 ![Capture d’écran 2026-09-07 à 11.52.28](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/8/086978f70c5d4b8c69c02809bbcb2be1becd09e8.jpeg)

I assume this happens because the component is only scaled horizontally. If I scale it proportionally, the component aligns correctly.

Is there a reason why it happens, or could it be fixed?  
It would be helpful to be able to use it this way, without creating a new component for every different angle in the font.

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**Author:** ![GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/georgseifert/32/259_2.png) [@GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/GeorgSeifert)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/automatic-alignment-of-rotated-scaled-components/37221/2 "2026-09-07T21:08:45Z")

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Can you try 4.1 (4106+)

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**Author:** ![Manudel](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/manudel/32/34245_2.png) [@Manudel](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/Manudel)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/automatic-alignment-of-rotated-scaled-components/37221/3 "2026-09-07T21:18:54Z")

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Perfect it works. Thank you!