What do you think about adding the ability to set up _top and _bottom anchors at the same axis as defined in the italic angle definition in the font info? As I see anchors are always set up in vertical axis in the middle.
You always have to adjust the automatically placed anchors.
If you select two nodes and an anchor, and press cmd+shift+A (align) the anchor is placed “in the middle” between the two note but taking the italic angle into account. So if you are in the dotaccent, select the left and right extreme points and the _top anchor and press the shortcut …