Keyboard shortcuts
Speed up your font management workflow by using these keyboard shortcuts.
⌘ = Command ⇧ = Shift ⌥ = Option ⌃ = Control
General |
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| ⌘ + O | Import Fonts |
| ⌘ + L | Change Preview |
| ⌘ + F | Search |
| ⌘ + / | Toggle Sidebar |
| esc | Go Back (exit details) |
Overview |
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| ⌘ + 1 | Grid View |
| ⌘ + 2 | Column View |
| ⌘ + 3 | List View |
| ⌥ + G | Group by Family Grid View/Column View only |
Selected Fonts |
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| ⌘ + T | Attach Tags |
| ⌘ + ; | Activate |
| ⇧ + ⌘ + ; | Deactivate |
| ⌥ + ⌘ + ; | Temporarily Activate |
| ⇧ + ⌘ + , | Clear Temporary Activations |
| ⌘ + E | Edit Family |
| ⌘ + ⌫ | Move Font Files to Trash |
| ⇧ + ⌘ + E | Export Fonts |
Selection Mode |
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| Click on preview | Select font |
| Double click on preview | Show font details |
| ⌘ + Click on preview | Add to selection |
| ⇧ + Click on preview | Select a range |
| ␣ | View/Exit details |
| ↵ | Quick Collect selected fonts |
| ⌘ + A | Select All |
| ⇧ + ⌘ + A | Deselect All |
Collection Mode |
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| Click on preview | Show font details |
| ⌘ + Click on preview | Quick Collect a font |
| ⌘ + ⇧ + Click on preview | Quick Collect a range |
| ␣ | Change Preview |
| ⌘ + A | Quick Collect All |
| ⇧ + ⌘ + A | Remove All from Quick Collection |
Dragging |
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| Drag to tag | Attach tag to the dragged font(s) |
| ⌥ + Drag to tag | Detach tag from the dragged font(s) |
| ⌘ + Drag to tag | Attach tag to a single font (family) |
| ⌘ + ⌥ + Drag to tag | Detach tag from a single font (family) |
| Force Touch/Triple finger tap | Open Multi Tagging panel (trackpads only) |
Scrolling |
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| ↓ | Scroll down one row |
| ↑ | Scroll up one row |
| fn + ↓ | Scroll down one page (alternative: ⌥ + ↓) |
| fn + ↑ | Scroll up one page (alternative: ⌥ + ↑) |
| fn + → | Scroll to end of list (alternative: ⌘ + ↓) |
| fn + ← | Scroll to start of list (alternative: ⌘ + ↑) |
| → | Expand selected family List View only |
| ← | Collapse selected family List View only |
Details |
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| Double click main preview | Exit details |
| ⌘ + 1 | Preview Styles |
| ⌘ + 2 | List Styles |
| ⌘ + 3 | Characters |
| ⌘ + 4 | Text |
| ⌘ + 5 | Features |
| ⌘ + 6 | Variables |
| ⌘ + 7 | Info |
| ⌥ + J | Select character category Characters tab only |
| ⌥ + F | Search for character Characters tab only |
| ⌥ + R | Change character order Characters tab only |
Tags |
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| ⌘ + N | New Tag |
| ⇧ + ⌘ + X | Clear Quick Collection |
| ⌃ + 0 | Show Quick Collection |
| ⌃ + 1 | Show All Tag |
| ⌃ + 2 | Show User Tag |
| ⌃ + ⌥ + 2 | Show System Tag |
| ⌃ + 3 | Show Last Import Tag |
| ⌃ + ⌥ + 3 | Show Earlier Imports Tag |
| ⌃ + 4 | Show Activated Tag |
| ⌃ + ⌥ + 4 | Show Deactivated Tag |
| ⌘ + ⇧ + ↓ | Select Next Tag |
| ⌘ + ⇧ + ↑ | Select Previous Tag |
| ⌘ + ⇧ + → | Collapse/Expand Selected Tag |
Appearance |
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| ⌥ + A | Auto Size |
| ⌥ + M | Show Metrics |
| ⌥ + S | Use Font Smoothing |
| ⌥ + O | Show Outlined Text |
| ⌥ + U | Underline Text |
| ⌘ + ⇧ + C | Show Colors |
| ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + C | Reset Colors |
| ⌥ + N | Toggle Night Mode |
| ⌘ + + | Increase font size |
| ⌘ + - | Decrease font size |
| ⌥ + ⌘ + + | Increase tracking |
| ⌥ + ⌘ + - | Decrease tracking |
Custom keyboard shortcuts
Want to adjust the keyboard shortcuts to something else? You can change the keyboard shortcuts for Typeface’s main menu items in System Settings.
- Open System Settings (System Preferences)
- Navigate to > >
- Add a new shortcut +
- Choose Typeface as Application
- Enter the menu path and use ‘->’ for submenus
For example to add a keyboard shortcut for switching the preview alignment to the left, enter: ‘View->Alignment->Left’
