How to override placement of anchor in one glyph

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Hello,

I want “alefabove-ar” to move sideways when placed on “alef-ar”.

I have added anchors like this in both glyphs.

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and
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In Glyphs app anchor cloud shows the placement correctly but when trying the font in InDesign (CC latest) it does not attach to “alif” anchor.

What am I missing. Please help.

Thanks and regards.

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@GeorgSeifert your guidance on this is appreciated.

Thanks.

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Glyphs can only export one one underscore per glyph. Right now, you need to make a duplicate “alefabove-ar” that only has the _alif anchor, or write some mark feature code (this option doesn’t work well with multiple master fonts).

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Thanks @GeorgSeifert for the helpful reply.

Will try the duplicate glyph solution.

Thanks again.

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@GeorgSeifert
I tried this feature code, but it does not seem to work for me.

# Automatic Code End

lookupflag RightToLeft ;

script arab;

pos alefabove-ar’ <0 1000 0 0> alef-ar;

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The code has to come after the mark feature. Otherwise the mark positioning will overwrite your position.

But I meant make a glyph called “alefabove-ar.alef” that only contains the “_alef” and not “_top” anchor. And then use that code (e.g. in ccmp).

sub alef-ar alefabove-ar' by alefabove-ar.alef;

you code suggest that the alefabove-ar is typed before the alef? Is that correct?

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Thanks for pointing out the silly mistake.
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pos alef-ar alefabove-ar’ <175 -300 0 0>;
Above line works like a charm.

Thanks again.

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