# ArticleDocument.componentTextStyles An object containing component text style defaults as well as component text styles that components in the article can use. ``` object ArticleDocument.componentTextStyles ``` ## Discussion `ArticleDocument.componentTextStyles` is an object containing the component text style defaults as well as component text style objects that components in your article can use. You provide each component text style object as a key-value pair. The value of each pair is a [`ComponentTextStyle`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/ComponentTextStyle) object. **To create a default style for the entire article**, use the key `"default"`. Apple News automatically applies this style to all text components. **To create a default style for all body components**, use the key `"default-body"`. Apple News automatically applies this style to all `body` components, after it applies the default style. If a property is in both `default-body` and `default`, the value in `default-body` overrides the property in `default`. This works for all components that inherit properties from [`Text`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/Text), including [`Body`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/Body), [`Title`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/Title), and [`Heading`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/Heading). **To create a style for components to refer to**, create a key that’s meaningful to you. Apple News applies this style to any components that refer to it, after it applies the default styles. If a property is in both the referenced style and one of the defaults, the property in the referenced style overrides the defaults. ### Example ```json { "title": "Article Title", "identifier": "sample", "version": "1.8", "language": "en", "layout": { "columns": 20, "width": 1024, "margin": 60, "gutter": 20 }, "documentStyle": { "backgroundColor": "#FFF" }, "components": [ { "role": "section", "components": [ { "role": "body", "format": "html", "textStyle": "exampleStyle", "text": "

There is a moment in every dawn when light floats, there is the possibility of magic.

" } ] } ], "componentTextStyles": { "default": { "fontName": "Courier", "textColor": "#000", "fontSize": 22, "lineHeight": 20, "linkStyle": { "textColor": "#000", "underline": false }, "hyphenation": false }, "exampleStyle": { "fontFamily": "Gill Sans", "fontWeight": "bolder", "textColor": "#333333", "fontSize": 18, "textShadow": { "radius": 20, "opacity": 0.3, "color": "#99999930", "offset": { "x": -10, "y": 5 } }, "stroke": { "color": "#FFC800", "width": 1 } } }, "textStyles": {}, "componentStyles": {}, "componentLayouts": {} } ``` --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)