Keyboard shortcuts»
See also keyboard shortcuts for tools and Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts.
Keyboard and Mac/Win»
Although we try to always mention both, it is possible that in some places references to the keyboard shortcuts refer to Mac keystrokes instead of giving both Mac and Windows versions.
Since Mac Cmd already maps to the Windows Ctrl, the Mac Ctrl shortcuts have no simple Windows equivalent; we map the Mac Ctrl shortcuts to Ctrl+Alt+Shift combination on Windows. As pressing 3 keys is uncomfortable, we try to avoid using the Mac Ctrl shortcut for this reason, but there are a few such shortcuts.
| Mac | Win |
|---|---|
| Shift | Shift |
| Cmd | Ctrl |
| Opt | Alt |
| Ctrl | CtrlAltShift |
Menu items»
The table below lists Mac keyboard shortcuts. Please see Keyboard and Mac Win above for information on differences in shortcuts on macOS and Windows. For example, the Import > Artwork… command has CtrlD shortcut on Mac and CtrlAltShiftD on Windows.
| Menu | Mac Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Application | Cmd, | Preferences |
| CmdH | Hide FontLab | |
| AltCmdH | Hide Others | |
| CmdQ | Quit FontLab | |
| File | CmdN | New Font… |
| CmdO | Open Fonts… | |
| ShiftCmdO | Open > Font Folder… | |
| AltShiftCmdO | Open > Installed Fonts… | |
| CmdF12 | Revert > Font | |
| CmdS | Save Font… | |
| ShiftCmdS | Save Font As… | |
| CmdE | Export Font As | |
| CtrlD | Import > Artwork… | |
| AltCtrlF | Font Info… | |
| CmdP | Print… | |
| Edit | CmdZ | Undo |
| ShiftCmdZ | Redo | |
| CmdX | Cut | |
| CmdC | Copy | |
| AltCmdC | Copy Layer | |
| BkSp | Delete | |
| CmdV | Paste | |
| CmdD | Duplicate | |
| CmdA | Select All | |
| CmdI | Invert Selection | |
| AltCmdV | Paste Special… | |
| ShiftCmdV | Paste Element | |
| AltCmdE | Edit Across Glyphs | |
| CmdF | Find Glyphs… | |
| CtrlF | Find Outline… | |
| CmdL | List Related Glyphs… | |
| Text | ] | Next in Text |
| [ | Previous in Text | |
| Ctrl] | Next Line | |
| Ctrl[ | Previous Line | |
| CmdPgDn | Next Phrase | |
| CmdPgUp | Previous Previous | |
| Font | AltCmdG | Generate Glyphs… |
| AltCmdM | Update Metrics | |
| Glyph | Cmd\ | Rename Glyph… |
| ShiftCmdD | Duplicate Glyph | |
| Cmd] | Next Glyph | |
| Cmd[ | Previous Glyph | |
| ShiftCmdN | Add Layer… | |
| Alt. | Next Layer | |
| Alt, | Previous Layer | |
| ShiftCtrlA (AltIns) | Add Component… | |
| CtrlR | Add Anchor | |
| ShiftCmdW | Add Power Guides | |
| ShiftCmdE | Create Overlaps | |
| Element | CtrlS | New Element |
| CtrlI | Add Element Reference… | |
| CtrlL | Locked | |
| CtrlE | Edit Element | |
| AltCmdU | Unlink References | |
| CtrlP | Place As Glyphs > Current Element… | |
| ShiftCmd] | Arrange > Bring to Front | |
| AltCmd] | Arrange > Bring Forward | |
| ShiftCmd[ | Arrange > Send to Back | |
| AltCmd[ | Arrange > Send Backward | |
| CmdG | Group | |
| ShiftCmdG | Ungroup | |
| > | Next Element | |
| < | Previous Element | |
| CtrlC | Combine Contours to Element | |
| ShiftCmdA | Glue Selection | |
| ShiftCtrlB | Make Power Brush | |
| CtrlCmdU | Expand Filters | |
| CtrlN | New Pin | |
| CtrlT | New Sticker | |
| H | Preview Rounding | |
| Contour | ShiftC | Power Nudge |
| AltCmdX | X-Servant | |
| AltCmdY | Y-Servant | |
| ShiftCmd3 | To PS Curves | |
| ShiftCmd2 | To TT Curves | |
| ShiftCmdB | Unlink Corners | |
| ShiftCmdO | Make Overlap | |
| CmdB | Break | |
| CmdJ | Join | |
| | | Align | |
| AltCmdL | Edit Tunni Lines | |
| AltCmdA | Add Smart Corner | |
| AltCmdI | Reverse Contour | |
| AltCmdB | Simplify | |
| AltCmdJ | Nodes at Extremes | |
| CmdF10 | Remove Overlap | |
| Tools | CmdT | Free Transform |
| W | Transform > Flip Horizontal | |
| E | Transform > Flip Vertical | |
| CtrlH | Edit Mask | |
| CmdM | Copy Outline to Mask | |
| CtrlAltH | Swap Outline with Mask | |
| CmdK | Clear Mask | |
| ShiftCmdM | Copy Outline to Global Mask | |
| ShiftCmdK | Clear Global Mask | |
| CtrlX | Add Horizontal Hint | |
| CtrlY | Add Vertical Hint | |
| F7 | Autohinting | |
| ShiftF7 | Remove Hints | |
| ShiftCmdF7 | TrueType Hinting | |
| CtrlA | Rewind > Record | |
| CtrlV | Rewind > Rewind | |
| CtrlB | Rewind > Fast Forward | |
| ShiftCmdP | Commands | |
| View | Cmd+ | Zoom In |
| Cmd- | Zoom Out | |
| Cmd0 | Fit Content on Screen | |
| Cmd9 | Fit Text on Screen | |
| Cmd1 | Actual Text Size | |
| Cmd2 | Zoom 50% | |
| Cmd3 | Zoom 100% | |
| Cmd6 | Zoom 200% | |
| Cmd7 | Zoom 400% | |
| Cmd5 | Zoom 1:1px | |
| CmdR | Rulers | |
| ShiftCmdU | Suggest Nodes | |
| Cmd; | Glyph Guides | |
| ShiftCmd; | Font Guides | |
| L | Tunni Lines | |
| CtrlAltC | Coordinates | |
| ShiftCmdF | FontAudit | |
| Cmd' | Grid | |
| ShiftCmdH | Hints | |
| CtrlAltN | Nodes | |
| AltCmd' | Snap > Outline | |
| CmdF9 | Snap > Guides | |
| ShiftCmdF9 | Snap > Font Guides | |
| ShiftCmd' | Snap > Grid | |
| AltCmd; | Lock > Glyph Guides | |
| AltShiftCmd; | Lock > Font Guides | |
| ShiftCmdR | Element Frame | |
| ShiftSpace | True Fill | |
| \ | Apply Italic Angle | |
| Window | AltShiftCmdM | New Metrics Tab |
| AltShiftCmdK | New Kerning Tab | |
| AltCmdP | Preview panel | |
| AltCmdT | Transform panel | |
| Cmd` | Next Window | |
| ShiftCmd` | Previous Window | |
| Alt⇥ | Next Tab | |
| AltShift⇥ | Previous Tab | |
| CmdW | Close Tab/Window |
Of all the shortcuts listed above, Nodes and Coordinates are Mac-only shortcuts, and cannot be translated to Windows.
See also keyboard shortcuts for tools.