# \[Creating custom\] text formatting in Scrivener and Vellum

**URL:** <https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/creating-custom-text-formatting-in-scrivener-and-vellum/153201>\
**Category:** Scrivener\
**Tags:** support, compile, integration, styles\
**Created:** [February 26, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/creating-custom-text-formatting-in-scrivener-and-vellum/153201 "2026-02-26T22:48:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![siwelmij](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/siwelmij/32/18168_2.png) [@siwelmij](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/siwelmij)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/creating-custom-text-formatting-in-scrivener-and-vellum/153201/1 "2026-02-26T22:48:36Z")

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Does anyone know of resources for creating text formats in Scrivener that can carry over into Vellum during the compile process? I’m thinking of paragraphs conveying the feeling of emails or text messages.

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**Author:** ![kewms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/kewms/32/15720_2.png) [@kewms](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/kewms)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/creating-custom-text-formatting-in-scrivener-and-vellum/153201/2 "2026-02-27T00:32:25Z")

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I’m not quite sure what you’re asking. We do include a Vellum Compile Format, which can be edited in all the same ways as any other Compile Format. For how Vellum handles “non-standard” formatting, though, you’d need to ask them.

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**Author:** ![siwelmij](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/siwelmij/32/18168_2.png) [@siwelmij](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/siwelmij)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/creating-custom-text-formatting-in-scrivener-and-vellum/153201/3 "2026-02-27T20:36:21Z")

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It was shown in action on Scrivener’s web session earlier this week, but never explained.

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**Author:** ![simpsong00](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@simpsong00](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/simpsong00)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/creating-custom-text-formatting-in-scrivener-and-vellum/153201/4 "2026-03-22T19:34:17Z")

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I think the question is, can I apply a scrivener style to some text messages in my manuscript that carries over to vellum automatically the way I can apply a “block quotation” style in scrivener that Vellum automatically recognizes… At least that’s my version of the question!

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**Author:** ![AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/amberv/32/13021_2.png) [@AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AmberV)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/creating-custom-text-formatting-in-scrivener-and-vellum/153201/5 "2026-03-22T23:06:25Z")

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Have you gone through the [Vellum quick-start](https://www.literatureandlatte.com/export-to-vellum) yet? It discusses style usage, among other basics. (I think the original question was more about how to do something entirely custom that Vellum doesn’t support in their template—I’m not even sure that’s a Scrivener question).