The Popular group is the fastest place to start: eight complete, well-rounded book designs covering the styles most authors reach for first in Deckle's Styles panel.
What You Can Do
- Apply any of these 8 presets in one click from Styles' preset gallery.
- Use them as-is, or adjust any individual setting afterward. Applying a preset never locks the design in place.
The 8 Popular Presets
- Meridian: Source Serif 4 · League Spartan · Small Caps
- Scribe: EB Garamond · Fleuron · Ornamental Rule
- Oxford: Ibarra Real Nova · Roman Numerals · Dots TOC
- Kindred: Spectral · BioRhyme · Fleuron
- Trace: Inter · Work Sans · Block Paragraphs
- Decal: Chivo · Bebas Neue · Em-Dash Breaks
- Artisan: Cardo · 4-line Drop Cap · Ornamental Rule
- Artistic: Unna · Playfair Display · Right-Aligned
A Couple of Things Worth Knowing
💡 Each preset's name in the tagline (e.g. "Fleuron," "Ornamental Rule") describes its scene-break or chapter-header ornament, a quick way to guess its overall feel before applying it.
💡 "Block Paragraphs" presets (like Trace) use spaced, non-indented paragraphs (the non-fiction convention) instead of fiction's traditional first-line indent.
FAQ
What makes a preset "Popular" versus "Genre & Industry"?
Popular presets are general-purpose, well-rounded designs meant to suit most fiction manuscripts. Genre & Industry presets lean toward a specific genre or publishing convention instead.
Can I mix elements from two different presets?
Not directly. Applying a preset sets every category it touches at once. But since every setting stays editable afterward, you can apply one preset and then manually adjust individual settings to match another's look.