Skip to content
Patens

Mark anchor missing "_" prefix

Auto-fix

Audit code: anchor-naming-mark-no-prefix

Definition

GPOS mark-positioning convention: marks (combining diacritics) carry anchors prefixed with "_" so they pair up with same-named base anchors. Without the prefix, this anchor never enters the mark feature.

How Patens surfaces this

The Patens audit module checks for anchor-naming-mark-no-prefix across five teaching surfaces: the edit-panel inline issue list, the project-wide audit page, the release pre-flight check, the family hub, and the home-page project tile. Every surface shows the same plain-English explanation and links back to this page. This rule has a one-click Fix button in the editor — the audit module both detects the issue and applies a deterministic correction with a labelled snapshot, so the ⌘Z path back is preserved.

Run this check yourself

Patens runs every audit rule live as you draw — including this one. The editor (in private alpha) shows anchor-naming-mark-no-prefix firing on real glyphs, or check your own work from the CLI:

npx patens audit your-project.font.json

Related rules in Anchor naming

← All 94 audit rules