diff --git a/src/core/Base.js b/src/core/Base.js
index dfd684fe..31668c57 100644
--- a/src/core/Base.js
+++ b/src/core/Base.js
@@ -65,14 +65,6 @@ this.Base = Base.inject({
 			return res;
 		},
 
-		initialize: function(object, values, defaults) {
-			if (!values)
-				values = defaults;
-			return Base.each(defaults, function(value, key) {
-				this[key] = values[key] || value;
-			}, object);
-		},
-
 		/**
 		 * Utility function for adding and removing items from a list of which
 		 * each entry keeps a reference to its index in the list in the private
diff --git a/src/item/PathStyle.js b/src/item/PathStyle.js
index ff06150f..e783218d 100644
--- a/src/item/PathStyle.js
+++ b/src/item/PathStyle.js
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ var PathStyle = this.PathStyle = Style.extend(new function() {
 							? value.clone() : value;
 				}
 			}
+			// Let Style#initialize handle the defaults:
+			if (this._defaults)
+				this.base(style);
 		}
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/item/Style.js b/src/item/Style.js
index 03373b05..687140f6 100644
--- a/src/item/Style.js
+++ b/src/item/Style.js
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
  * PargraphStyle.
  */
 var Style = Item.extend({
+
+	initialize: function(style) {
+		return Base.each(this._defaults || {}, function(value, key) {
+			this[key] = style && style[key] || value;
+		}, this);
+	},
+
 	statics: {
 		create: function(item) {
 			var style = new this(this.dont);
diff --git a/src/text/CharacterStyle.js b/src/text/CharacterStyle.js
index 704f3bdb..69a4e41f 100644
--- a/src/text/CharacterStyle.js
+++ b/src/text/CharacterStyle.js
@@ -17,16 +17,20 @@
 var CharacterStyle = this.CharacterStyle = PathStyle.extend({
 	/** @lends CharacterStyle# */
 
+	_defaults: {
+		fontSize: 10,
+		font: 'sans-serif'
+	},
+
 	/**
 	 * CharacterStyle objects don't need to be created directly. Just pass an
 	 * object to {@link TextItem#characterStyle}, it will be converted to a
 	 * CharacterStyle object internally.
 	 * 
-	 * @constructs CharacterStyle
+	 * @name CharacterStyle
+	 * @constructor
 	 * @param {object} style
 	 * 
-	 * @constructs CharacterStyle
-	 * 
 	 * @class The CharacterStyle object represents the character style of a text
 	 * item ({@link TextItem#characterStyle})
 	 * 
@@ -42,13 +46,6 @@ var CharacterStyle = this.CharacterStyle = PathStyle.extend({
 	 * 
 	 * @extends PathStyle
 	 */
-	initialize: function(style) {
-		Base.initialize(this, style, {
-			fontSize: 10,
-			font: 'sans-serif'
-		});
-		this.base(style);
-	}
 
 	/**
 	 * The font of the character style.
diff --git a/src/text/ParagraphStyle.js b/src/text/ParagraphStyle.js
index 09cedcab..7d38e41c 100644
--- a/src/text/ParagraphStyle.js
+++ b/src/text/ParagraphStyle.js
@@ -17,16 +17,19 @@
 var ParagraphStyle = this.ParagraphStyle = Style.extend({
 	/** @lends ParagraphStyle# */
 
+	_defaults: {
+		justification: 'left'
+	},
+
 	/**
 	 * ParagraphStyle objects don't need to be created directly. Just pass an
 	 * object to {@link TextItem#paragraphStyle}, it will be converted to a
 	 * ParagraphStyle object internally.
 	 * 
-	 * @constructs ParagraphStyle
+	 * @name ParagraphStyle
+	 * @constructor
 	 * @param {object} style
 	 * 
-	 * @constructs ParagraphStyle
-	 * 
 	 * @class The ParagraphStyle object represents the paragraph style of a text
 	 * item ({@link TextItem#paragraphStyle}).
 	 * 
@@ -42,11 +45,6 @@ var ParagraphStyle = this.ParagraphStyle = Style.extend({
 	 * text.paragraphStyle.justification = 'center';
 	 * </pre>
 	 */
-	initialize: function(style) {
-		Base.initialize(this, style, {
-			justification: 'left'
-		});
-	}
 
 	/**
 	 * The justification of the paragraph.