diff --git a/src/item/PathStyle.js b/src/item/PathStyle.js
index e296ad01..ff06150f 100644
--- a/src/item/PathStyle.js
+++ b/src/item/PathStyle.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * All rights reserved.
  */
 
-var PathStyle = this.PathStyle = Base.extend(new function() {
+var PathStyle = this.PathStyle = Style.extend(new function() {
 	/** @lends PathStyle# */
 
 	// windingRule / resolution / fillOverprint / strokeOverprint are currently
@@ -77,14 +77,6 @@ var PathStyle = this.PathStyle = Base.extend(new function() {
 							? value.clone() : value;
 				}
 			}
-		},
-
-		statics: {
-			create: function(item) {
-				var style = new PathStyle(PathStyle.dont);
-				style._item = item;
-				return style;
-			}
 		}
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/item/Style.js b/src/item/Style.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03373b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/item/Style.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Paper.js
+ *
+ * This file is part of Paper.js, a JavaScript Vector Graphics Library,
+ * based on Scriptographer.org and designed to be largely API compatible.
+ * http://paperjs.org/
+ * http://scriptographer.org/
+ *
+ * Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file for details.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, Juerg Lehni & Jonathan Puckey
+ * http://lehni.org/ & http://jonathanpuckey.com/
+ *
+ * All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Internal base-class for all style objects, e.g. PathStyle, CharacterStyle,
+ * PargraphStyle.
+ */
+var Style = Item.extend({
+	statics: {
+		create: function(item) {
+			var style = new this(this.dont);
+			style._item = item;
+			return style;
+		}
+	}
+});
diff --git a/src/load.js b/src/load.js
index eba11721..18ce62f8 100644
--- a/src/load.js
+++ b/src/load.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ var sources = [
 	'src/item/Layer.js',
 	'src/item/Raster.js',
 	'src/item/PlacedSymbol.js',
+	'src/item/Style.js',
 	'src/item/PathStyle.js',
 
 	'src/path/Segment.js',
diff --git a/src/paper.js b/src/paper.js
index 045cffa4..2a4ec1c2 100644
--- a/src/paper.js
+++ b/src/paper.js
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ var paper = new function() {
 //#include "item/Layer.js"
 //#include "item/Raster.js"
 //#include "item/PlacedSymbol.js"
+//#include "item/Style.js"
 //#include "item/PathStyle.js"
 
 //#include "path/Segment.js"
diff --git a/src/text/CharacterStyle.js b/src/text/CharacterStyle.js
index 711b28e6..704f3bdb 100644
--- a/src/text/CharacterStyle.js
+++ b/src/text/CharacterStyle.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var CharacterStyle = this.CharacterStyle = PathStyle.extend({
 			font: 'sans-serif'
 		});
 		this.base(style);
-	},
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * The font of the character style.
@@ -65,12 +65,4 @@ var CharacterStyle = this.CharacterStyle = PathStyle.extend({
 	 * @default 10
 	 * @type Number
 	 */
-
-	statics: {
-		create: function(item) {
-			var style = new CharacterStyle(CharacterStyle.dont);
-			style._item = item;
-			return style;
-		}
-	}
 });
diff --git a/src/text/ParagraphStyle.js b/src/text/ParagraphStyle.js
index b9209367..09cedcab 100644
--- a/src/text/ParagraphStyle.js
+++ b/src/text/ParagraphStyle.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * All rights reserved.
  */
 
-var ParagraphStyle = this.ParagraphStyle = Base.extend({
+var ParagraphStyle = this.ParagraphStyle = Style.extend({
 	/** @lends ParagraphStyle# */
 
 	/**
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ var ParagraphStyle = this.ParagraphStyle = Base.extend({
 		Base.initialize(this, style, {
 			justification: 'left'
 		});
-	},
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * The justification of the paragraph.
@@ -55,12 +55,4 @@ var ParagraphStyle = this.ParagraphStyle = Base.extend({
 	 * @default 'left'
 	 * @type String('left', 'right', 'center')
 	 */
-
-	statics: {
-		create: function(item) {
-			var style = new ParagraphStyle(ParagraphStyle.dont);
-			style._item = item;
-			return style;
-		}
-	}
 });