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When I use Element->Build Accented Glyph to build accents over “u” or “y” I get the accent over one of the stems not centered on the glyph. Why?

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When I use Element->Build Accented Glyph to build accents over “u” or “y” I get the accent over one of the stems not centered on the glyph. Why?

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One of your stems is a little taller than the other. FontForge centers accents over the tallest point on the glyph. If there are several points with the same height, then an average is used. If you make all your stems be the same height then the accent should be properly centered.