6 Replies Latest reply: Feb 8, 2012 12:23 PM by PECourtejoie RSS

    Shortcut- roll through fonts?

    TomRomaniuk Community Member

      Please can you give me advice- which shortcut I should use, when I select my text and want to roll through font list?

      Thank you very much.

       

      OS: MAC OS X

        • 1. Re: Shortcut- roll through fonts?
          Trevor.Dennis Community Member

          On a PC having laid down your text, double click the text layer to make it active, place the cursor over the size in the options bar, and scroll through using the mouse wheel.   I do find this sometimes sticks though, and is not a very productive way to work if you have a lot of fonts to scroll through.  I installed TypeDNA recently and seem to be flogging it to death on this forum since doing so, but amonst other things it has a plug-in window for Photoshop, and one of my saved Workspaces borrows space I normally use for my layers palette.  One of the things Type DNA does is if I select something in the ball park of what I am after, and click on Similar, it only lists fonts that are (you guessed it) similar to font selected.  Saves heaps of time, and lets you have access to a lot more fonts without being swamped.

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          • 2. Re: Shortcut- roll through fonts?
            TomRomaniuk Community Member

            I have no mouse to use at this time. I just only want to simple know some keyshortcut- as for blending options rolling- on mac CMD + or - and it works well, you can see in realtime what has gona do... And this same I need to when I want something to type- and simple with some key combination rolling fonts... thats all, how can I do it?

             

            thank you very much

            • 3. Re: Shortcut- roll through fonts?
              PECourtejoie CommunityMVP

              Hello, Using the up and down arrows once the Font field is selected works only on Windows, IIRC.

              • 4. Re: Shortcut- roll through fonts?
                TomRomaniuk Community Member

                yes I know that, for that I ask to solution for mac:-)

                • 5. Re: Shortcut- roll through fonts?
                  R_Kelly Community Member

                  I guess something changed either on newer photoshop versions or newer mac versions, but on our old osx 10.3.9 (photoshop cs), if you highlight the text in the document and then highlight the text field in the options bar, the arrow keys work

                  to scroll through the fonts in realtime.

                   

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                  • 6. Re: Shortcut- roll through fonts?
                    PECourtejoie CommunityMVP

                    Indeed, R_Kelly, I did not recall correctly!

                    I was mixing it with the behavior of the blending modes drop down.

                    It does indeed work on CS5 on 10.6.8. As an additional tip: CMD+H un-highlights the text.