

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.Seven Tips for Working with Type in Photoshop (Filter, Glyphs, Libraries etc.) Nine Shortcuts for working with Paragraph Type in Photoshop Seven Shortcuts for Working with Point Type in Photoshop CC 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:
