Text style types

There are three types of text style in Affinity Publisher which are used for differing purposes.

About text style types

There are no restrictions on what text attributes and properties can be applied to a text style, regardless of its type. Instead, the type determines the predominant purpose of that text style.

There are three types of text style:

Paragraph and Character text styles

Although text styles are assigned a type, Affinity Publisher gives you the option of applying paragraph and character text styles flexibly. For example, you can set paragraph styles to selected glyphs as if they are character styles, without affecting the style applied to the paragraph. To activate this feature, you must set the text style to Show in both panels.

Group text styles

A Group text style cannot be applied directly to text on the page. Instead it defines the foundations on which other text styles are built and allows you to quickly create a text style hierarchy.

Options menu Group text styles only display in the Text Styles panel and are best understood when Show hierarchical is set on the panel's Panel Preferences.

The Group style can be considered as the group's parent or master text style. All other styles which are based on a Group style are considered to be child or subordinate styles.

You can create subordinate text styles within a group by selecting the Group text style as the Based on style.

Panel Preferences You can display text styles in hierarchical groupings by checking Show Hierarchical from the Text Styles panel's Preferences.

Options menu To edit a text style's type:
  1. On the Text Styles panel, click on a listed style's options menu and select Edit.
  2. In the dialog's Style section, select an option from the Type list., e.g. Character, Paragraph or Group.
  3. Click OK.
Options menu To allow flexible use of a text style:
  1. On the Text Styles panel, click on a listed style's options menu and select Edit.
  2. In the dialog's Style section, select the Show in both panels option.
  3. Click OK.

The style is available for selection from the Style pop-up menu on the Character and Paragraph panel as well as on the Text context toolbar.

Create Group Style Options menu To create a text style hierarchy:
  1. On the Text Styles panel, select Create Group Style.
  2. Adjust the settings in the dialog.
  3. Click OK.
  4. On the Text Styles panel, click on the newly created group style's options menu and select Create Style Based on.
  5. Adjust the settings in the dialog.
  6. Click OK.

By default, you'll create another group style within the group, but you can create a Character or Paragraph style type using the settings instead.

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