Keyboard shortcuts

Speed up your font management workflow by using these keyboard shortcuts.

= Command = Shift = Option = Control

General

+ O Import Fonts
+ L Change Preview
+ F Search
+ / Toggle Sidebar
esc Go Back (exit details)

Selected Fonts

+ T Attach Tags
+ ; Activate
+ + ; Deactivate
+ + ; Temporarily Activate
+ + , Clear Temporary Activations
+ E Edit Family
+ Move Font Files to Trash
+ + E Export Fonts

Selection Mode

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

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

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)

Grid

+ G Group by Family
+ C Single Column

Scrolling

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: + )

Details

Double click main preview Exit details
+ 1 Preview Styles
+ 2 List Styles
+ 3 Characters
+ 4 Text
+ 5 Features
+ 6 Variables
+ 7 Info

Tags

+ 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

+ 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.

  1. Open System Settings (System Preferences)
  2. Navigate to Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > App Shortcuts
  3. Add a new shortcut +
  4. Choose Typeface as Application
  5. 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’

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