Underline component automatic width

Glyphs
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Hi there,

I’m working on a typeface that will have an underlined version integrated, using the small caps as component as shown below.

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The first is the a.sc, the second “the underlined a” and the latter a /H.

I’m using a smart component as underline that can adapt to the width. It has an anchor that fix the letter on top, in order to keep automatic alignment.

My question: is there a way to automatically adapt the width of this line, based on each sc glyph width?

  • possibly with -5 units per side, for the overlap;
  • updating underline width if modifying the original sc glyph.

Thanks!

César

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My guess is that there’s no built-in way to do this, though someone handy at scripting could set it up without too much trouble.

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There is no automatic solution. But you can make it in a way that makes it easy to sync it (with a script). Set the bar up in a way that the value of the smart component is producing the same width.