Using the Character Styles and Paragraph Styles palettesWhen you select or insert the cursor in text, the active styles are highlighted in the Character Styles and Paragraph Styles palettes. By default, every character in a document is assigned the Normal Character Style and every paragraph is assigned the Normal Paragraph Style. These default styles are the building blocks for all other styles you create in Illustrator. A plus sign next to a style name indicates that there are overrides to the style. An override is any formatting that doesn't match the attributes defined by the style. Any time you change settings in the Character and OpenType palette, you create an override to the current character style; likewise, when you change settings in the Paragraph palette, you create an override to the current paragraph style. ![]() Paragraph Styles palette A. Style name B. Style with additional formatting (overrides) C. New Style button D. Trash button E. Palette menu Displaying the Character Styles palette Choose Window > Type > Character Styles. Displaying the Paragraph Styles palette Choose Window > Type > Paragraph Styles. Changing the display size of palette items Choose Small List View or Large List View from the palette menu. |