

Double -click with the text to select a word (click three times to select a line, four times to select the paragraph (when using Area type) and five times to select all of the text.Command + Shift + Left/Right Arrow (Mac) | Control + Shift + Left/Right Arrow (Win) selects 1 word left/right.Shift + Down Arrow/Up Arrow selects 1 line down/up.Shift + Left Arrow/Right Arrow selects 1 character left/right.Double clicking on the “T” icon on Layers panel will select all of the type on the layer (and auto-select the Type tool).Clicking the cursor within a type block will auto-select the Type layer on the Layers panel.Command + Option + Shift +X (Mac) | Control + Alt + Shift +X (Win) resets Vertical scaling to 100%.Command + Shift + X (Mac) | Control + Shift + X (Win) resets Horizontal scaling to 100%.Resetting Vertical and Horizontal Scaling Note: these shortcuts only work if the selected font contains those characters!

Trademark (™) - Option + 2 (Mac) | Alt + 0153Įn dash (–) Option + dash (Mac) | Alt + 0150Įm dash (-) Option + Shift + dash (Mac) | Alt + 0151 Registered Trademark (®) - Option +R (Mac) | Alt + 0174 (Win) Note: If the font doesn’t contain the style then “Faux” styling will be applied.Īccessing Special Type Characters in Photoshopīullet (
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When entering text, you’re in a semi-modal state in Photoshop (similar to Free Transform).Command + Shift + L/C/R (Mac) | Control + Shift + L/C/R (Win) aligns Top/Center/Bottom when using the Vertical Type tool.Command + Shift + L/C/R (Mac) | Control + Shift + L/C/R (Win) aligns text Left/Center/Right when using the Horizontal Type tool.

Command + Option + Shift + A (Mac) | Control + Alt + Shift + A (Win) reverts back to Auto Leading.Option + Shift (Mac) | Alt + (Win) Shift + up/down arrow increases/decreases the baseline shift by 1 pixel.Command + Option (Mac) | Control + Alt (Win) + up/down arrow increases/decreases leading by 5.Option (Mac) | Alt (Win) + up/down arrow increases/decreases leading (the amount of vertical space between lines in a paragraph) by 1.

Option + (Mac) | Alt + (Win) left/right arrow key decreases/increases tracking (if greater than 2 letters are selected).Option + (Mac) | Alt + (Win) left/right arrow key decreases/increases kerning (the amount of spacing between two characters).Command + Option + Shift + (Mac) | Control + Alt + Shift + (Win) increases/decreases point size by 5.Command + Shift + (Mac) | Control + Shift + (Win) increases/decreases point size by 1.Nine Shortcuts for working with Paragraph Type in Photoshop Seven Shortcuts for Working with Point Type in Photoshop CC
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Below are 30+ of my favorite tips, tricks, and shortcuts for working with type in Photoshop.įirst, here are two of my most recent videos about Type that I created for my 3, 2, 1, Photoshop! series that demonstrate several of the shortcuts below:
