Feature suggestion: anchor-component binding

Glyphs
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Hello,

I thought it would be nice to have an ability to bind the component’s (like serif) origin point or an origin anchor to a glyph’s node. So when we move that point, the component follows it.

It would be very useful when scaling glyphs.

Regards.

2

This can’t be done automatically, but if you select the node and the component and hit cmd+shift+A the component is aligned to the node. And the position of the component should be scaled with the path…

3

Perhaps this helps: If you want to select all nodes plus the anchors, press cmd+A twice.

4

Thanks. Yes, I know these commands and I use them heavily.

What if there was a command that would align all components to their nodes? Just like Align Selection?

Here’s the situation. Rescaled glyph H with serifs requires this procedure to be repeated eight times:

  1. select a node
  2. select a serif component
  3. hit cmd+shift+A

Time consuming… If components were bound to nodes it would be just hit a shortcut.

What do You think about it?

5

How do you scale the glyph?

6

with RMX plugin.

7

But that should keep the positioning of the components intact. Can you make a screen recording what you do and the font you used?

8

It should but sometimes it doesn’t. Here’s screencast

9

I understand.

Keeping track of nodes it not easy. I managed to do it for hints but it breaks quite easily.

I will think about it.

10

Thanks, Georg.