Glyph

Tools (toolbar, single-letter shortcuts)

Key Tool What it does
V Select Click to pick a shape / ref, drag on empty space to marquee-select.
B Box Click and drag to draw a box (rectangle) on the active layer.
P Polygon Click each vertex; Enter or right-click to close.
L Path Click each vertex, Enter to commit. Width + end-cap style come from the Properties panel.
C Circle Click and drag from center to edge. Approximated as a polygon. Radius snaps to the grid.
A Arc Click center, click to set the start radius/angle, click again to set the sweep. Approximated as a polygon.
T Text Click to place, type in the Properties panel. Renders with the built-in stroke font by default, or with a TTF/OTF font you've imported into this document (see §12).
M Measure Drag to measure distance. The result appears in the status bar. No shape is created.

Escape cancels whatever draft is in progress.

Command palette (Ctrl+K). Fuzzy-search every menu command and every cell, then Enter to run or jump. epl finds "Export per layer"; typing a cell name jumps to it. Each row shows its keyboard shortcut, so the palette doubles as a way to learn them. Esc closes.

Note: Ctrl+N is not a Glyph shortcut — browsers reserve it for a new window. Use File → New.


Updated 2026-07-14

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