Fresh 12 Typography 16 Lowercase
Uppercase
Size of the Font
Cap Height X-Height Baseline
Finial
Stem
Font Types
Sans Serif
Serif
Decorative
Ascender
Terminal
Counter
The Ultimate Design
Cheat Bowl Sheets Serif
Descender
Amount of leading
For help with Adobe
Kerning is an adjustment of the space between two letters. Illustrator, Photoshop Kern ed -positive Kerned -negative InDesign and Typography Adjusting the overall spacing of a group of letters
Font Styles
Light Regular Bold Oblique Itailic Condensed Expanded
is called
tracking
Tracked
-positive
Tracke d -negative
Leading is the spacing between lines of type leading leading -15 pt of leading
leading -24 pt of leading leading
A baseline shift is a manual adjustment of the horizontal position of one or more characters
baseline shifted
Fresh 12 Typography 16 Lowercase
Uppercase
Size of the Font
Cap Height X-Height Baseline
Finial
Stem
Font Types
Sans Serif
Serif
Decorative
Terminal
Counter
Font Styles
Bowl
Light Regular Bold Oblique Itailic Condensed Expanded
Ascender
Descender
Serif
Amount of leading
Kerning is an adjustment of the space between two letters. Kern ed -positive
Kerned -negative
Adjusting the overall spacing of a group of letters is called
tracking
Tracked
-positive
Tracke d -negative
Leading is the spacing between lines of type leading leading -15 pt of leading
leading -24 pt of leading leading
A baseline shift is a manual adjustment of the horizontal position of one or more characters
baseline shifted
Illustrator
LAYERS PANEL SHORTCUTS
Commonly used Keyboard Shortcuts
Tools Selection Direct Selection Magic Wand
Lasso Pen Add Anchor point Delete Anchor point Convert Anchor point Type Line Segment Rectangle Ellipse Paintbrush Pencil Blob Brush Eraser Scissors Rotate Reflect Scale Warp
Free Transform Symbol Sprayer
Column Graph Mesh Gradient
Toggle layer between Preview/Outline mode Show layer while turningoff all others Select all items on layer Copy selected item to different layer
To create the new layer at the top of list To create the new layer below selected layer V
Eyedropper
I
Y Q P + -
Live Paint Bucket
K
A
Shift-C
T \ M L
B N Shift-B Shift-E C R
O S Shift-R
E Shift-S J U G
W
Blend
Shift-L Shift-O Shift-K
Live Paint Selection Artboard Slice Hand Zoom
Toggle between Fill & Stroke Swap Fill & Stroke Default Fill & Stroke (white fill/black stroke) Fill or Stroke w/Color Fill or Stroke w/Gradient Fill or Stroke w/None Cycle through Screen Modes
H or Hold Spacebar Z or cmd +/X Shift-X D <
> / F
TYPE
Decrease/Increase type size Decrease/Increase leading Decrease/Increase kerning/tracking Decrease/Increase baseline shift
access Selection or Direction Selection tool (whichever was used last) at any time switch between Selection and Direct Selection tools make copy while dragging add to a selection
Double-click tools to bring up options. Press CAPS LOCK to change tool pointer to cross hair. Hold down Shift to constrain movement to 45째, 90째, 135째, or 180째.
SHAPES (WHILE DRAWING)
Cmd-Shift-< or > Option arrow up or down Option arrow left or right Shift-Option arrow down or up
Align type left, right, center Cmd-Shift-L, R, C Justify with last line left aligned Cmd-Shift-J Justify all line Cmd-Shift-F Reset horizontal/vertical scale to 100% Cmd-Shift-X Reset kerning or tracking to 0 Cmd-Option-Q
SELECTING AND MOVING To To To To
Cmd-click on eye Option-click on eye Option-click layer name Option-drag selection square in layers panel Cmd-click Cmd-Option-click
Draw from center Constrain proportion Constrain orientation of polygons, stars, spirals Move object while drawing Add/subtract sides, points, spiral segments Decrease inner radius Create Continuous duplicates along mouse movement
Cmd(Command) Cmd-Option-Tab Option Shift
Option Shift Shift Spacebar Up or Down Arrow Cmd hold ~ while Dragging
InDesign ADJUST FONT SIZE
Increase by Increment (set in Preferences) Decrease by Increment
Cmd-Shift-> Cmd-Shift-<
(add Option to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5)
ADJUST LEADING
Option-down arrow Option-up arrow
(add Cmd to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5) Revert to Auto Leading
Cmd-Option-Shift-A
ADJUST KERNING/TRACKING & WORD SPACING
Option-right arrow
Decrease by Increment
Option-left arrow
Increase between words Decrease between words
Cmd-Option-Shift-\ Cmd-Option-Shift-Delete
(add Cmd to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5)
Clear all manual kerning, tracking, and word spacing
ADJUST BASELINE SHIFT
Move Up by Increment (set in Preferences) Move Down by Increment (add Cmd to the above keystrokes to make them Increment x 5)
Multi-Page Autoflow (creates additional pages) Semi-autoflow (keeps text in cursor so you can continue flowing) Fixed-Page Autoflow (does not create additional pages)
Cmd-Option-Q
Option-Shift-up arrow Option-Shift-down arrow
To remove local formatting (non Style changes) To remove local formatting and Character Styles
Override a single master page item on a document page Override several master page items Override all master page items on pages selected in Pages panel
INSERT SPECIAL CHARACTERS
Indent to Here Right Indent Tab Discretionary Hyphen Nonbreaking Hyphen Type in Single Straight Quote (Foot Mark) Type in Double Straight Quote (Inch Mark) Current Page Number (Auto Page Numbering)
Em space En space Nonbreaking space Thin space
NUDGING OBJECTS
Scroll using Hand tool Go to the First Page Go to the Last Page Go to Page (then type in page number) Switch between open Documents
Move by Increment (set in Preferences) any arrow key Shift-any arrow key Move by Increment x 10 Cmd-Shift-any arrow key Move by Increment x 1/10
Cmd-Shift-click it Cmd-Shift-drag a marquee over them Cmd-Opt-Shift-L
Cmd-\ Shift-Tab Cmd-Shift-hyphen (-) Cmd-Opt-hyphen (-) Ctrl-' Ctrl-Shift-' Cmd-Opt-Shift-N
Cmd-Shift-M Cmd-Shift-N Cmd-Opt-X Cmd-Opt-Shift-M
INSERT BREAK CHARACTERS
FITTING CONTENT & PICTURES Cmd-Opt-Shift-E Cmd-Opt-Shift-C Cmd-Shift-E Cmd-Opt-C
Opt-click Style Name Opt-Shift-click Style Name
INSERT WHITE SPACE
Column Break Frame Break Page Break Forced Line Break (or “soft return”)
Fit Content Proportionally Fill Frame Proportionally Center Content Fit Frame to Content
Shift-click Option-click Shift-Option-click
WORKING WITH PARAGRAPH STYLES
WORKING WITH MASTER PAGES
Increase by Increment (set in Preferences) Decrease by Increment
Increase by Increment (set in Preferences)
FLOWING TEXT
Enter (on keypad) Shift-Enter (on keypad) Cmd-Enter (on keypad) Shift-Return
NAVIGATING & SCROLLING THROUGH DOCUMENTS
ZOOMING
Zoom In or Out
Option-Spacebar-Drag Cmd-Shift-Page Up Cmd-Shift-Page Down Cmd-J Cmd-tilde(~)
Cmd-plus(+) or Cmd-minus(-)
Photoshop
Tools
Selection
Move Marquee tools Lasso tools Quick Selection, Magic Wand Crop and Slice Tools Eyedropper, Color Sampler, Ruler, Note, Count Spot Healing Brush, Healing Brush, Patch, Red Eye Brush, Pencil, Color Replacement, Mixer Brush Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp History Brush, Art History Brush Eraser tools Gradient, Paint Bucket Dodge, Burn, Sponge Pen tools Type tools Path Selection, Direct Selection Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Line, Custom Shape 3D Tools 3D Camera Tools Hand Rotate Zoom Default colors Switch Foreground and Background colors Quick Mask Mode
V M L W C I J B S Y E G O P T A U K N H R Z D X Q
To switch between all tools within groups, add the Shift key to the letters above For example, to switch between rectangular and elliptical marquee hit Shift-M
Pen Tool
To get Direct Selection tool while using Pen Switch between Add-Anchor and Delete-Anchor Point tools Switch from Path Selection tool to Convert Point tool when p ointer is over anchor point To Select a whole path w/Direct Selection tool Convert path to a selection
Cmd Option Cmd-Option Option-click Cmd-click on path name (in Paths panel)
PAINTING
Fill selection with background color Fill selection with foreground color To get Eyedropper with Paint toolsO Decrease/Increase Brush Size Decrease/Increase Hardness of Brush Switch between preset Brushes Cycle down or up through blend modes
Cmd-Delete Option-Delete ption [ or ] Shift-[ or Shift-] < or > Shift-Plus(+) or Minus(â&#x20AC;&#x201C;)
Draw Marquee from Center Add to a Selection Subtract from a Selection Intersection with a Selection Make Copy of Selection w/Move tool Make Copy of Selection when not in Move tool Move Selection (in 1-pixel Increments) Move Selection (in 10-pixel Increments) Select all Opaque Pixels on Layer Restore Last Selection Feather Selection Move Marquee while drawing selection
Option-Marquee Shift Option Shift-Option Option-Drag Selection Cmd-Option-Drag Selection Arrow Keys Shift-Arrow Keys Cmd-Click on Layer Thumbnail (in Layers panel) Cmd-Shift-D Shift-F6 Hold Space while drawing marquee
Fit on Screen 100% View Level (Actual Pixels) Zoom in/out Hide all tools and panels Hide all panels except Toolbox and Options bar Rotate through full screen modes Scroll image left or right in window Jump/Zoom to part of Image Toggles layer mask on/off as rubylith
Double-click on Hand tool or Cmd-0 Double-Click on Zoom Tool or Cmd-Option-0 Cmd-Space-Click or Cmd +/Tab Shift-Tab F Cmd-Shift-Page Up/Down Cmd-drag in Navigator panel \
Viewing
OTHER SHORTCUTS
Switch between open documents Undo or Redo operations beyond last one Apply Last Filter Opens Last Filter Dialog Box Hand Tool Reset Dialog Box Increase/Decrease value (in any option field) by 1 unit Repeat Last Transformation Increase/Decrease value (in any option field) by 10 units Measure Angle between Lines (Protractor Function) Move Crop Marquee while creating Snap Guide to Ruler ticks Highlight Fields in Options bar (n/a for all tools) Don't Snap object edge while moving
Cmd-~ Cmd-Option-Z/-Shift-Z Cmd-F Cmd-Option-F Spacebar Hold Option, Cancel turns into Reset Button, Click it Up/Down Arrow Cmd-Shift-T Shift-Up/Down Arrow After ruler is drawn, Option-Drag end of line with Ruler Tool Hold Space while drawing Hold Shift while dragging Return Hold Control while dragging