Keyboard shortcuts

Before you start

The single-letter shortcuts (V, T, K and the rest) stand down while you are typing in a text field, so they never interrupt writing.

Browser shortcuts (new tab or window) are left untouched. Save and zoom are intercepted inside the editor so they act on your design.

On macOS the Alt key shows as ⌥.

Edit

Undo: ⌘/Ctrl + Z

Redo: ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + Z

Save project: ⌘/Ctrl + S

Duplicate selected: ⌘/Ctrl + D

Delete selected: Backspace or Delete

Reset selected glyph / mark: Backspace or Delete, the same two keys. With a whole layer selected they delete it; with a letter or a mark picked they reset it instead.

Next alternate shape: .

Previous alternate shape: ,

Selection

Deselect: Esc

Select all: ⌘/Ctrl + A

Tools

Select tool: V

Letter tool: A

Part tool: P

Text tool: T

Hand (pan) tool: H

Zoom tool: Z

Erase tool: E

Kashida tool: K

Join tool: J

Toggle Hand / Select (pan canvas): Tab

Arrange

Bring forward: ⌘/Ctrl + ]

Send backward: ⌘/Ctrl + [

Bring to front: ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + ]

Send to back: ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + [

Group selection: ⌘/Ctrl + G

Ungroup selection: ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + G

Mirror: ⌘/Ctrl + M

View

Zoom in: ⌘/Ctrl + +

Zoom out: ⌘/Ctrl + −

Fit to screen: Shift + 1

Fit all: ⌘/Ctrl + 0

Actual size (100%): Shift + 0 (⌘/Ctrl + 1 also works where the browser allows it)

Toggle grid: Shift + G

Toggle snap: Shift + S

Toggle rulers: Shift + R

Toggle equal-spacing: Shift + E

Toggle full screen: Shift + F

Toggle guides: Shift + U

Toggle snap to guides: Shift + M

Toggle lock guides: Shift + L

Edit shape mode

These keys work during a point-editing session in Edit Letters or Edit Font Shape and Outline.

Select all points: ⌘/Ctrl + A

Deselect points: ⌘/Ctrl + D

Delete selected points: Delete

Nudge selected points: ← ↑ ↓ →

Finish editing (Done): Esc

Back to points (from Zoom or Hand): A

Mouse and modifiers

These are not keys you press on their own. You hold them while dragging and they change what the drag does.

Pan the canvas (hold and drag): Space

Duplicate while dragging: Alt

Lock to one axis while dragging: Shift

Free the aspect ratio while resizing: Shift

Resize from the center: Alt

Nudge selection: ← ↑ ↓ →, and with Shift it moves ten times as far

Straight brush stroke in the Advanced Eraser: Shift

Perfect square/circle in the Advanced Eraser's Rectangle/Ellipse mode: Shift

Grow the Advanced Eraser's Rectangle/Ellipse marquee from the press point: Alt