Spectre.Console

Text Style Reference

A comprehensive reference of text styles and decoration options in Spectre.Console

Spectre.Console provides various text styles that can be used to decorate and format console output. These styles work with markup strings and the Style class to create visually rich terminal applications.

Usage Example

// Using markup with styles
AnsiConsole.MarkupLine("[bold red]Error:[/] Something went wrong");
AnsiConsole.MarkupLine("[italic]Emphasis text[/]");
AnsiConsole.MarkupLine("[underline blue]Link text[/]");
  
// Combining multiple styles
AnsiConsole.MarkupLine("[bold underline]Important[/]");
  
// Using Style class
var style = new Style(Color.White, decoration: Decoration.Bold | Decoration.Underline);
AnsiConsole.Write("Styled text", style);

Important

Terminal support for styles varies across different systems and terminal applications. Always test styles in your target environment to ensure they render as expected.

Available Text Styles

Style Description
bold Bold text
dim Dim or faint text
italic Italic text
underline Underlined text
invert Swaps the foreground and background colors
conceal Hides the text
slowblink Makes text blink slowly
rapidblink Makes text blink rapidly
strikethrough Shows text with a horizontal line through the center
link Creates a clickable link within text