# Styles Rayon is also about **applying a professional rendering to your drawings** : applying colors, line weights, fonts, text sizes, using hatches and textures, etc. **All this** can be controlled in Rayon **using** **styles**, located in the property panel.
### The basics of styles In Rayon, **styles document the aspect of all elements** (a text box, a line, a surface, etc.). #### Style types Styles come in 4 different types; **shape** style, **text** style, **annotation** style and **wall** style. We detail below how each style type works... {% tabs %} {% tab title="Shape style" %} **Shape styles** offer the following options: * Fill (type, opacity, etc) * Stroke (tickness, color, dashing, etc)
{% endtab %} {% tab title="Text style" %} **Text styles** offer the following options: * Text color and size (type, opacity, etc), and text options (units, unit formatting, etc) * Font family * Font style (bold, italic, etc)
**Text options** allow you to further customoze your text's content, with the following options... {% endtab %} {% tab title="Annotation style" %} **Annotation styles** offer the following options: * Text color and size (type, opacity, etc), and text options (units, unit formatting, etc) * Font family * Font style (bold, italic, etc) * Stroke (tickness, color, dashing, etc) * Extension lines option (tickness, color, dashing, etc) * Ends styling (arow head, dot, etc) and size * Head options (block vs text)
{% endtab %} {% tab title="Wall style" %} **Wall styles** offer the following options: * Wall thickness * Fill (type, opacity, etc) * Stroke (tickness, color, dashing, etc)
{% endtab %} {% endtabs %} #### Fill types In shape and wall styles, the **fill option** can be of different kinds: **solid**, **gradient**, **texture**, **hatch**, and **image**. We detail below how each one works. {% tabs %} {% tab title="Solid" %} Fills can use a **`solid`** fill. \ A solid fill is made of single color, and opacity.
{% endtab %} {% tab title="Gradients" %} Fills can use a **`gradient`**. \ Gradients can be **`Linear`**, **`Angular`** or **`Radial`**.
For any of those options, controls will be accessible on the canvas to define the position and extents of the gradient. **`Start`** and **`End`** value will allow you to assign a given color to each part of the gradient. {% endtab %} {% tab title="Texture & hatches" %} Fills can use a **`Texture`** or a **`Hatch`**. \ Both types of fill allow **choosing a pattern**. If patterns offered in Rayon's libraries are not what you need, **uploading** a seamless texture or a PAT hatch file is also possible.
For entities carrying a fill using a **hatch** or a **texture**, **the pattern of each element can be edited independently!** To do so, head to the **`Tiling`** field, to enable the option. {% embed url="" %} You can then manually **use the blue dot to rotate and offset** the pattern, or **simply input precise offset/rotation values** in the tiling panel.
{% endtab %} {% endtabs %} ### Editing, saving & sharing styles Styles can be either **specific** to a given entity, or **shared** across elements. Styles can be **edited**, **published**, and **shared** across your drawings. Let's dive in! #### Editing a style **Styles' settings** can be found **in the property panel**, on the right.\ Styles can be edited through their **different token fields** (Fill, Stroke, etc), or **swapped**/**saved** through the options of the section header.
#### Saved styles At any point, **the style of an element can be saved**, in order to apply it to multiple elements at once. Clicking on **`+`** allows saving styles. {% embed url="" %} Once saved, a style displays different options... * Editing * Swapping * Detaching ... accessible on and above the style itself.
**Editing** a saved style allows changing that style across all shapes carrying it. \ That way, an entire drawing can be redesigned **by simply intervening on the few saved styles** carried by the drawing's elements. {% embed url="" %} **Swapping** allows replacing a saved style by another. \ That action can be triggered by using the **quad button**, or by **clicking on the style itself.** {% embed url="" %} **Finally, detaching** allows removing a saved style for the current selection. Elements whose style has been detached will go back to having their own specific styling. ### Style libraries & publishing At any point, you can **find all the styles contained in your drawing** in the left-side **style panel.** * **`In model styles`** lists all the styles you have in your model * **`Libraries`** gives you access to extensive libraries Styles listed under **`In model styles`** can be **curated**, using the panel's options; actions such as... * **Creating** new styles by clicking on **`+`** * **Editing/renaming** any given style * **Deleting** unused styles
More importantly, this list can be **turned into a library**, by being published. * Publishing can be found in the **`Share`** modal (upper right corner), under the **`Publish styles`** tab. * A library can be **refreshed** at any time by hitting **`Refresh`** in the modal. * Published libraries are accessible by users **within your organization.** More [on libraries here](#h_aeea2b7ec7-1). {% embed url="" %} ### **The *****active***** style** Each time a creation command gets used, the **active style appears in the property panel**; that style will be **assigned to the things you draw** with the current command. {% embed url="" %} ### Tutorial For more step-by-step information, watch our tutorial about how to use styles in Rayon: {% embed url="" %} *** ### We are always available Book a demo with our team, [right here](https://b1kzip68v9f.typeform.com/to/Hgr0eQ4k#source=docs).\ To get some support, reach out to us through our **in-app support chat**. \ More about [our support policy right here](https://docs.rayon.design/other-resources/others/support).