> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.youka.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Customize Text Style

> Change fonts, colors, and effects for your karaoke lyrics

Make your lyrics look exactly how you want with custom fonts, colors, and effects.

## Opening Text Style Settings

1. Open your project in the Studio
2. Click the **Text Style** panel

## Choosing a Font

1. Click on the font name to open the font picker
2. Browse popular fonts or search for a specific one
3. Click a font to apply it

The font picker shows:

* **Popular** — Commonly used fonts
* **All Fonts** — Browse the complete font library
* **Search** — Find fonts by name

## Adjusting Font Size

Use the font size slider to make your lyrics larger or smaller. Preview the change in real-time.

## Setting Colors

Customize colors for different states:

### Active Line

The line currently being sung:

* **Fill Color** — Main text color
* **Outline Color** — Border around text

### Inactive Line

Lines that have already been sung or are coming up:

* **Fill Color** — Main text color
* **Outline Color** — Border around text

## Adding Outline

Outlines make text readable on any background:

1. Enable **Outline** toggle
2. Choose the outline color
3. Adjust **Outline Thickness**

Thicker outlines work better on busy backgrounds.

## Adding Shadow

Shadows add depth and improve readability:

1. Enable **Shadow** toggle
2. Choose the shadow color
3. Adjust blur and offset as needed

## Text Effects

Choose how the karaoke highlighting works:

* **Karaoke** — Classic word-by-word highlighting as the song plays
* **Highlight** — The active line is highlighted
* **None** — No special highlighting

## Text Case

Transform how your lyrics appear:

* **As Written** — Keep original capitalization
* **UPPERCASE** — All capital letters
* **lowercase** — All lowercase letters
* **Capitalize Each Word** — First letter of each word capitalized

## Text Direction

For right-to-left languages (Arabic, Hebrew, etc.):

* **Auto** — Automatically detect from lyrics language
* **LTR** — Force left-to-right
* **RTL** — Force right-to-left

## Duet Mode Styling

When using Duet mode, each singer can have their own style:

1. Select the singer in the dropdown
2. Customize their unique colors and font
3. Repeat for other singers

Learn more: [Set Up Duet Mode](/en/web/duet-editor)