Keyboard shortcuts
Custom shortcuts
- Go to the menu bar, Fontra -> Application settings
 - there you’ll find a panel to set custom shortcuts for various items (menu items, tool selection, sidebar selection, glyph editor appearance toggles, and more)
 
Pro tips:
- Shortcuts are customizable
 - Save your custom shortcuts as a json file via Export shortcuts
 - Share your custom shortcuts with others via a json file by using the Import shortcuts button
 

Some of the predefined shortcuts
| Mac | Win or Linux | Description | 
|---|---|---|
⌘ + Z | 
      Ctrl + Z | 
      undo the last action | 
⇧ + ⌘ + Z | 
      ⇧ + Ctrl + Z | 
      redo the last action | 
space | 
      space | 
      preview with filled contours + without left and right info sections + hand tool | 
⌘ + - | 
      Ctrl + - | 
      zoom out | 
⌘ + + | 
      Ctrl + + | 
      zoom in | 
⌘ + 0 | 
      Ctrl + 0 | 
      zoom fit to selection | 
1 | 
      1 | 
      switch tool to Pointer tool:  | 
    
2 | 
      2 | 
      switch tool to Pen tool:  | 
    
3 | 
      3 | 
      switch tool to Knife tool:  | 
    
4 | 
      4 | 
      switch tool to Shape tool:  | 
    
5 | 
      5 | 
      switch tool to Power ruler tool:  | 
    
6 | 
      6 | 
      switch tool to Hand tool:  | 
    
⌘ + a | 
      Ctrl + a | 
      select all points + components, second time: include anchors + third time: only anchors | 
⇧ + ⌘ + a | 
      ⇧ + Ctrl + a | 
      select none | 
⌘ + c | 
      Ctrl + c | 
      copy selection or glyph | 
⌘ + v | 
      Ctrl + v | 
      past selection | 
⌘ + x | 
      Ctrl + x | 
      cut off selection | 
⌘ + Delete or Backspace | 
      Ctrl + Delete or Backspace | 
      delete selection or glyph | 
⌘ + f | 
      Ctrl + f | 
      toggle glyph search | 
⌘ + i | 
      Ctrl + i | 
      toggle info section | 
⌘ + e | 
      Ctrl + e | 
      toggle edit all source layers | 
⌘ + ↑ | 
      Ctrl + ↑ | 
      select previous source layers | 
⌘ + ↓ | 
      Ctrl + ↓ | 
      select next source layers | 
⇧ + ⌘ + d | 
      ⇧ + Ctrl + d | 
      decompose components |