Components and anchors
Build glyphs from other glyphs, and mark where accents attach.
Where
- Glyph › Add component…
- Glyph › Decompose selected component
- Glyph › Add anchor…
A component is a live copy of another glyph: build é from e plus an accent and it updates whenever you change e. Decompose turns a component into ordinary outlines.
An anchor is a named point that marks where things attach: top on a letter, _top on an accent. Anchors place accents when you build letters, and ChewPack exports them as OpenType mark positioning, so apps can stack accents on any letter.