diff --git a/src/lib/components/Editor.svelte b/src/lib/components/Editor.svelte
index ead2d38..52bf02a 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/Editor.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/Editor.svelte
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
   import { DEFAULT_HF_DISTANCES, hfIsEmpty, type HfDoc, type HfZone, type HfDistances } from '../storage/headerFooter';
   import { FORCE_PAGE_RECALC, type TableBreakBand } from '../editor/extensions/pageBreaks';
   import { recordTransaction, resetHistoryLog } from '../utils/historyLog.svelte';
+  import { styleCss } from '../styles/styleSheet';
+  import { styleSheet } from '../styles/sheet.svelte';
   import { t } from '../i18n/i18n.svelte';
   import { withShortcut } from '../i18n/shortcut';
   import '../../styles/editor.css';
@@ -125,6 +127,28 @@
     });
   });
 
+  // The document stylesheet: the named paragraph styles rendered as CSS rules in one
+  // element that is rewritten whenever a style changes. Appended at runtime, so it also
+  // wins over editor.css on equal specificity.
+  let styleEl: HTMLStyleElement | null = null;
+  let styleRecalcRaf = 0;
+  $effect(() => {
+    const css = styleCss(styleSheet());
+    if (!styleEl) {
+      styleEl = document.createElement('style');
+      styleEl.id = 'document-styles';
+      document.head.appendChild(styleEl);
+    }
+    styleEl.textContent = css;
+    const ed = editor;
+    if (!ed) return;
+    // Type sizes/margins changed under the layout, so page positions must be re-measured.
+    cancelAnimationFrame(styleRecalcRaf);
+    styleRecalcRaf = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      ed.view.dispatch(ed.state.tr.setMeta('addToHistory', false).setMeta(FORCE_PAGE_RECALC, true));
+    });
+  });
+
   // Bundled fonts (Liberation Serif, Carlito, …) load with font-display:swap, so text
   // can reflow after pagination first runs (e.g. imported content in a not-yet-loaded
   // font). Re-paginate when fonts finish so page positions and the HF band settle.
diff --git a/src/lib/components/Toolbar.svelte b/src/lib/components/Toolbar.svelte
index 5b278f8..f1e84e8 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/Toolbar.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/Toolbar.svelte
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
   import { BULLET_TYPES } from '../utils/bulletListTypes';
   import { effectiveOrderedTypeAt } from '../editor/extensions/orderedList';
   import { isInHeaderCell } from '../editor/extensions/tableHeaderRow';
-  import { HEADING_FONT } from '../export/odt';
+  import { blockStyleName } from '../editor/extensions/paragraphStyle';
+  import { DEFAULT_STYLE, resolveStyle, styleOrder } from '../styles/styleSheet';
+  import { styleSheet } from '../styles/sheet.svelte';
   import { t } from '../i18n/i18n.svelte';
   import { withShortcut } from '../i18n/shortcut';
 
@@ -17,42 +19,26 @@
 
   let { editor, tick }: { editor: Editor | null; tick: number } = $props();
 
-  // Word/LibreOffice-style style gallery. We have no named-style model, so a style
-  // is a preset of direct formatting (node type + block attrs + marks).
-  type ParagraphStyle = {
-    key: string;
-    level?: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5;
-    fontSize?: string;   // block font size (paragraph mark + inherited by its runs)
-    fontFamily?: string;
-    align?: 'center';
-    bold?: boolean;
-    italic?: boolean;
-    indent?: number;     // cm
-    spaceAfter?: number; // pt
-    preview: string;     // menu-entry font size
-  };
+  // The document's named paragraph styles (LibreOffice model): the gallery lists the
+  // registry, assigning one only sets the style — hard formatting stays, as in Word/LO.
+  let sheet = $derived(styleSheet());
+  let galleryStyles = $derived(styleOrder(sheet));
 
-  // LibreOffice's values: Title/Subtitle sans off the Heading style, Quotations
-  // indented with space below (LO also indents 1cm on the right — we have no such attr).
-  const PARAGRAPH_STYLES: ParagraphStyle[] = [
-    { key: 'default',                                                                    preview: '0.85rem' },
-    { key: 'title',    fontSize: '28pt', fontFamily: HEADING_FONT, align: 'center', bold: true, preview: '1.35rem' },
-    { key: 'subtitle', fontSize: '18pt', fontFamily: HEADING_FONT, align: 'center',      preview: '1.05rem' },
-    { key: 'h1',       level: 1,                                                         preview: '1.25rem' },
-    { key: 'h2',       level: 2,                                                         preview: '1.1rem'  },
-    { key: 'h3',       level: 3,                                                         preview: '0.95rem' },
-    { key: 'h4',       level: 4,                                                         preview: '0.9rem'  },
-    { key: 'h5',       level: 5,                                                         preview: '0.85rem' },
-    { key: 'quote',    indent: 1, spaceAfter: 14,                                        preview: '0.85rem' },
-  ];
-
-  function styleLabel(key: string): string {
+  // Built-in names are translated; user styles show their own name.
+  function styleLabel(name: string): string {
     const s = t().toolbar.styles;
     return ({
-      default: s.default, title: s.docTitle, subtitle: s.subtitle, quote: s.quote,
-      h1: t().toolbar.heading1, h2: t().toolbar.heading2, h3: t().toolbar.heading3,
-      h4: t().toolbar.heading4, h5: t().toolbar.heading5,
-    } as Record<string, string>)[key] ?? key;
+      Standard: s.default, Title: s.docTitle, Subtitle: s.subtitle, Quotations: s.quote,
+      'Heading 1': t().toolbar.heading1, 'Heading 2': t().toolbar.heading2,
+      'Heading 3': t().toolbar.heading3, 'Heading 4': t().toolbar.heading4,
+      'Heading 5': t().toolbar.heading5,
+    } as Record<string, string>)[name] ?? name;
+  }
+
+  // Menu entries preview their own style, clamped so the list stays compact.
+  function previewSize(name: string): string {
+    const pt = resolveStyle(sheet, name).text.fontSizePt ?? 12;
+    return `${Math.min(1.35, Math.max(0.85, pt / 20))}rem`;
   }
 
   let stylesOpen = $state(false);
@@ -60,42 +46,21 @@
   // $derived re-evaluates whenever `tick` changes (i.e. on every TipTap transaction)
   let isHeading    = $derived(tick >= 0 && !!editor?.isActive('heading'));
 
-  // The style whose formatting the cursor's block currently carries.
+  // The style assigned to the cursor's block (headings without one fall back to their level).
   let currentStyle = $derived.by<string>(() => {
-    if (tick < 0 || !editor) return 'default';
-    if (editor.isActive('heading')) return `h${editor.getAttributes('heading').level}`;
-    const { fontSize, indent } = editor.getAttributes('paragraph');
-    const sized = PARAGRAPH_STYLES.find((s) => s.fontSize && s.fontSize === fontSize);
-    if (sized) return sized.key;
-    if ((indent ?? 0) >= 1) return 'quote';
-    return 'default';
+    if (tick < 0 || !editor) return DEFAULT_STYLE;
+    return blockStyleName(editor.state.selection.$from.parent as never);
   });
 
-  // Applies to the whole block (Word applies a style without a selection); the
-  // caret is restored afterwards.
-  function applyStyle(s: ParagraphStyle) {
+  function applyStyle(name: string) {
     stylesOpen = false;
     if (!editor) return;
+    const level = sheet.paragraph[name]?.outlineLevel;
     // The header/footer schema has no heading node.
-    if (s.level && !editor.schema.nodes.heading) return;
-    const { from, to } = editor.state.selection;
-    const start = editor.state.selection.$from.start();
-    const end   = editor.state.selection.$to.end();
-    const type  = s.level ? 'heading' : 'paragraph';
-    const chain = editor.chain().focus().setTextSelection({ from: start, to: end })
-      // A style replaces conflicting direct formatting, as in Word/LibreOffice.
-      .unsetBold().unsetItalic().unsetFontSize().unsetFontWeight().unsetFontFamily().removeEmptyTextStyle()
-      .setNode(type, s.level ? { level: s.level } : {})
-      .setBlockFontSize(s.fontSize ?? null)
-      .setTextAlign(s.align ?? 'left')
-      .updateAttributes(type, { indent: s.indent ?? 0, spaceAfter: s.spaceAfter ?? null });
-    if (s.fontFamily) chain.setFontFamily(s.fontFamily);
-    if (s.bold) chain.setBold();
-    if (s.italic) chain.setItalic();
-    // On an empty block the marks are stored marks — restoring the selection would drop them.
-    if (start !== end) chain.setTextSelection({ from, to });
-    chain.run();
+    if (level && !editor.schema.nodes.heading) return;
+    editor.commands.setParagraphStyle(name);
   }
+
   // Header-row cells render bold by default (CSS), like headings — so the Bold button
   // toggles the fontWeight:'normal' override there too (keeps header bold editable).
   let inHeaderCell = $derived(tick >= 0 && !!editor && isInHeaderCell(editor.state));
@@ -231,16 +196,17 @@
         {#if stylesOpen}
           <div class="ol-dropdown" role="menu">
             <div class="ol-section-label">{t().toolbar.styles.title}</div>
-            {#each PARAGRAPH_STYLES as s}
+            {#each galleryStyles as s}
+              {@const preview = resolveStyle(sheet, s.name)}
               <button
                 class="ol-option style-option"
-                class:active={currentStyle === s.key}
-                onclick={() => applyStyle(s)}
+                class:active={currentStyle === s.name}
+                onclick={() => applyStyle(s.name)}
                 role="menuitemradio"
-                aria-checked={currentStyle === s.key}
-                style="font-size: {s.preview}; font-weight: {s.bold || s.level ? 600 : 400}; font-style: {s.italic ? 'italic' : 'normal'}"
+                aria-checked={currentStyle === s.name}
+                style="font-size: {previewSize(s.name)}; font-weight: {preview.text.bold ? 600 : 400}; font-style: {preview.text.italic ? 'italic' : 'normal'}"
               >
-                {styleLabel(s.key)}
+                {styleLabel(s.name)}
               </button>
             {/each}
           </div>
diff --git a/src/lib/components/ToolbarExpanded.svelte b/src/lib/components/ToolbarExpanded.svelte
index d61e59d..085fce2 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/ToolbarExpanded.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/ToolbarExpanded.svelte
@@ -1565,17 +1565,8 @@
 
     <div class="toolbar-group">
       <button
-        onclick={() =>
-          editor?.chain().focus()
-            .unsetAllMarks()
-            .clearNodes()
-            .unsetLineHeight()
-            .unsetTextAlign()
-            .setSpaceBefore(null)
-            .setSpaceAfter(null)
-            .unsetIndent()
-            .run()}
-        title={t().toolbarExpanded.clearFormatting}
+        onclick={() => editor?.commands.clearDirectFormatting()}
+        title={`${t().toolbarExpanded.clearFormatting} (${withShortcut('Ctrl+M')})`}
       >
         <svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
           <!-- bold + italic A -->
diff --git a/src/lib/editor/extensions.ts b/src/lib/editor/extensions.ts
index 4d4f430..202305b 100644
--- a/src/lib/editor/extensions.ts
+++ b/src/lib/editor/extensions.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { LineHeight } from './extensions/lineHeight';
 import { ParagraphSpacing } from './extensions/paragraphSpacing';
 import { ParagraphBox } from './extensions/paragraphBox';
 import { BlockFontSize } from './extensions/blockFontSize';
+import { ParagraphStyle } from './extensions/paragraphStyle';
 import { PageBreak } from './extensions/pageBreak';
 import { Indent } from './extensions/indent';
 import { FormattingMarks } from './extensions/formattingMarks';
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ import { TextBox } from './extensions/textBox';
 import { Columns } from './extensions/columns';
 import { ColumnsFlow } from './extensions/columnsFlow';
 import { TableOfContents } from './extensions/tableOfContents';
+import { styleSheet } from '../styles/sheet.svelte';
 
 export const extensions = [
   // textBox and columns have their own groups so only the document (not
@@ -96,6 +98,9 @@ export const extensions = [
   ParagraphBox,
   // Paragraph-mark font size: sizes empty lines (and text typed into them).
   BlockFontSize,
+  // Named paragraph style (LibreOffice style:style / Word w:pStyle); the document
+  // stylesheet in Editor.svelte renders it, direct formatting still wins.
+  ParagraphStyle.configure({ sheet: styleSheet }),
   PageBreak,
   Indent,
   Heading.configure({ levels: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] }),
diff --git a/src/lib/editor/extensions/paragraphStyle.ts b/src/lib/editor/extensions/paragraphStyle.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4ece09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/editor/extensions/paragraphStyle.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { Extension } from '@tiptap/core';
+import { headingStyleName, type StyleSheet } from '../../styles/styleSheet';
+
+// The named paragraph style a block uses (LibreOffice's style:style / Word's w:pStyle).
+// Rendered as data-style so the generated document stylesheet (styleCss) can target it;
+// direct formatting (attrs/marks) still overrides it, as in Word/LibreOffice.
+
+// Block attrs the styles govern — reset by clearDirectFormatting, kept by setParagraphStyle.
+const DIRECT_ATTRS = [
+  'textAlign', 'lineHeight', 'spaceBefore', 'spaceAfter', 'indent', 'fontSize',
+  'backgroundColor', 'borderTop', 'borderRight', 'borderBottom', 'borderLeft',
+];
+
+declare module '@tiptap/core' {
+  interface Commands<ReturnType> {
+    paragraphStyle: {
+      setParagraphStyle: (name: string) => ReturnType;
+      clearDirectFormatting: () => ReturnType;
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+export const ParagraphStyle = Extension.create<{ types: string[]; sheet: () => StyleSheet }>({
+  name: 'paragraphStyle',
+
+  addOptions() {
+    return { types: ['paragraph', 'heading'], sheet: () => ({ paragraph: {} }) };
+  },
+
+  addGlobalAttributes() {
+    return [
+      {
+        types: this.options.types,
+        attributes: {
+          styleName: {
+            default: null,
+            parseHTML: (element: HTMLElement) => element.getAttribute('data-style') || null,
+            renderHTML: (attributes: Record<string, unknown>) =>
+              attributes.styleName ? { 'data-style': String(attributes.styleName) } : {},
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    ];
+  },
+
+  addCommands() {
+    return {
+      // A heading style also switches the node type (its outline level); any other
+      // style turns a heading back into a paragraph.
+      setParagraphStyle: (name: string) => ({ editor, chain }) => {
+        const style = this.options.sheet().paragraph[name];
+        const level = style?.outlineLevel;
+        const run = chain().focus();
+        if (level && editor.schema.nodes.heading) run.setNode('heading', { level });
+        else if (!level) run.setNode('paragraph');
+        return run.updateAttributes(level ? 'heading' : 'paragraph', { styleName: name }).run();
+      },
+
+      // Word/LibreOffice Ctrl+M: drop hard formatting, keep the style assignment.
+      // A bare cursor clears the whole block (LibreOffice) — marks need a range —
+      // and the caret is restored afterwards. Links survive: they carry the URL.
+      clearDirectFormatting: () => ({ editor, state, chain }) => {
+        const { from, to } = state.selection;
+        const start = state.selection.$from.start();
+        const end = state.selection.$to.end();
+        const run = chain().focus().setTextSelection({ from: start, to: end });
+        for (const mark of Object.keys(editor.schema.marks)) {
+          if (mark !== 'link') run.unsetMark(mark);
+        }
+        for (const type of this.options.types) run.resetAttributes(type, DIRECT_ATTRS);
+        if (start !== end) run.setTextSelection({ from, to });
+        return run.run();
+      },
+    };
+  },
+
+  addKeyboardShortcuts() {
+    return { 'Mod-m': () => this.editor.commands.clearDirectFormatting() };
+  },
+});
+
+// The style a block renders with: its own, else the heading level's, else Standard.
+export function blockStyleName(node: { type: { name: string }; attrs?: Record<string, unknown> } | null): string {
+  const own = node?.attrs?.styleName;
+  if (typeof own === 'string' && own) return own;
+  if (node?.type.name === 'heading') return headingStyleName(Number(node.attrs?.level) || 1);
+  return 'Standard';
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/styles/sheet.svelte.ts b/src/lib/styles/sheet.svelte.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..700c47c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/styles/sheet.svelte.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// The document's style sheet as a reactive singleton (same shape as i18n.svelte.ts):
+// components read styleSheet() in a template or $derived and re-render when it is
+// replaced. Persisted to localStorage like the other document side-cars.
+
+import { builtinStyleSheet, type Style, type StyleSheet } from './styleSheet';
+
+const STORAGE_KEY = 'odf-editor-styles';
+
+function load(): StyleSheet {
+  const raw = localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY);
+  if (!raw) return builtinStyleSheet();
+  try {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as StyleSheet;
+    if (!parsed?.paragraph || typeof parsed.paragraph !== 'object') return builtinStyleSheet();
+    // Built-ins are re-seeded so a new release's additions show up; stored entries win.
+    return { paragraph: { ...builtinStyleSheet().paragraph, ...parsed.paragraph } };
+  } catch {
+    return builtinStyleSheet();
+  }
+}
+
+let current = $state<StyleSheet>(load());
+
+export function styleSheet(): StyleSheet {
+  return current;
+}
+
+export function setStyleSheet(next: StyleSheet): void {
+  current = next;
+  localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(next));
+}
+
+// Replace one style (add or edit) — every block using it re-renders via styleCss.
+export function putStyle(style: Style): void {
+  setStyleSheet({ paragraph: { ...current.paragraph, [style.name]: style } });
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/styles/styleSheet.ts b/src/lib/styles/styleSheet.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2887520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/styles/styleSheet.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+// Named paragraph styles with inheritance, modelled on LibreOffice: a style has a
+// name, a parent it inherits from, a follow-on style, and two property groups
+// (paragraph layout + text). Resolution walks the parent chain, nearer wins; direct
+// formatting on the block (attrs/marks) still overrides the result.
+
+export type ParaProps = {
+  textAlign?: 'left' | 'center' | 'right' | 'justify';
+  lineHeight?: string;
+  spaceBefore?: number; // pt
+  spaceAfter?: number;  // pt
+  indent?: number;      // cm
+  backgroundColor?: string;
+  borderTop?: string;
+  borderRight?: string;
+  borderBottom?: string;
+  borderLeft?: string;
+};
+
+export type TextProps = {
+  fontFamily?: string;
+  fontSizePt?: number;
+  bold?: boolean;
+  italic?: boolean;
+  underline?: boolean;
+  strike?: boolean;
+  color?: string;
+};
+
+export type Style = {
+  name: string;
+  parent: string | null;
+  // Style applied to the paragraph created by Enter at its end (ODF next-style-name,
+  // DOCX w:next). Not honored yet — stored so it round-trips.
+  next: string | null;
+  // 1–5 makes it a heading style: assigning it switches the node type (ODF outline level).
+  outlineLevel?: number;
+  builtin?: boolean;
+  para: ParaProps;
+  text: TextProps;
+};
+
+export type StyleSheet = { paragraph: Record<string, Style> };
+
+export const DEFAULT_STYLE = 'Standard';
+export const HEADING_PARENT = 'Heading';
+
+// LibreOffice's defaults. Heading sizes/margins mirror HEADING_STYLE_OVERRIDES in
+// export/odt.ts, which still drives the ODF/DOCX side (tests/unit/style-resolve.test.ts
+// asserts the two agree).
+const BUILTINS: Style[] = [
+  { name: DEFAULT_STYLE, parent: null, next: null, builtin: true,
+    para: {}, text: { fontFamily: 'Liberation Serif', fontSizePt: 12 } },
+  { name: HEADING_PARENT, parent: DEFAULT_STYLE, next: DEFAULT_STYLE, builtin: true,
+    para: { spaceBefore: 12, spaceAfter: 6 }, text: { fontFamily: 'Arial', bold: true } },
+  ...[18, 16, 14, 13, 12].map((size, i) => ({
+    name: `Heading ${i + 1}`, parent: HEADING_PARENT, next: DEFAULT_STYLE,
+    outlineLevel: i + 1, builtin: true,
+    para: {}, text: { fontSizePt: size },
+  })),
+  { name: 'Title', parent: HEADING_PARENT, next: DEFAULT_STYLE, builtin: true,
+    para: { textAlign: 'center' }, text: { fontSizePt: 28 } },
+  { name: 'Subtitle', parent: HEADING_PARENT, next: DEFAULT_STYLE, builtin: true,
+    para: { textAlign: 'center' }, text: { fontSizePt: 18 } },
+  { name: 'Quotations', parent: DEFAULT_STYLE, next: DEFAULT_STYLE, builtin: true,
+    para: { indent: 1, spaceAfter: 14 }, text: {} },
+];
+
+export function builtinStyleSheet(): StyleSheet {
+  const paragraph: Record<string, Style> = {};
+  for (const s of BUILTINS) paragraph[s.name] = structuredClone(s);
+  return { paragraph };
+}
+
+// The gallery/manager order: built-ins as listed above, user styles after them.
+export function styleOrder(sheet: StyleSheet): Style[] {
+  const names = Object.keys(sheet.paragraph);
+  const builtinOrder = BUILTINS.map(b => b.name).filter(n => names.includes(n) && n !== HEADING_PARENT);
+  const rest = names.filter(n => !builtinOrder.includes(n) && n !== HEADING_PARENT).sort();
+  return [...builtinOrder, ...rest].map(n => sheet.paragraph[n]);
+}
+
+export function headingStyleName(level: number): string {
+  return `Heading ${level}`;
+}
+
+export type ResolvedStyle = { para: ParaProps; text: TextProps };
+
+// Flattened props of a style: the parent chain applied root-first, so the nearest
+// definition wins. Cycles and missing parents end the walk.
+export function resolveStyle(sheet: StyleSheet, name: string | null | undefined): ResolvedStyle {
+  const chain: Style[] = [];
+  const seen = new Set<string>();
+  let cur = name && sheet.paragraph[name] ? name : DEFAULT_STYLE;
+  while (cur && !seen.has(cur)) {
+    seen.add(cur);
+    const style = sheet.paragraph[cur];
+    if (!style) break;
+    chain.push(style);
+    cur = style.parent ?? '';
+  }
+  const out: ResolvedStyle = { para: {}, text: {} };
+  for (const style of chain.reverse()) {
+    Object.assign(out.para, style.para);
+    Object.assign(out.text, style.text);
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+// The bundled fonts are exposed as CSS variables; anything else renders by name.
+function cssFontFamily(name: string): string {
+  if (name === 'Liberation Serif') return 'var(--font-serif)';
+  if (name === 'Arial') return 'var(--font-heading)';
+  return `'${name.replace(/'/g, "\\'")}', var(--font-serif)`;
+}
+
+function declarations(r: ResolvedStyle): string[] {
+  const out: string[] = [];
+  const { para: p, text: t } = r;
+  if (t.fontFamily) out.push(`font-family: ${cssFontFamily(t.fontFamily)}`);
+  if (t.fontSizePt != null) out.push(`font-size: ${t.fontSizePt}pt`);
+  if (t.bold != null) out.push(`font-weight: ${t.bold ? 700 : 400}`);
+  if (t.italic != null) out.push(`font-style: ${t.italic ? 'italic' : 'normal'}`);
+  if (t.underline || t.strike) {
+    out.push(`text-decoration: ${[t.underline && 'underline', t.strike && 'line-through'].filter(Boolean).join(' ')}`);
+  }
+  if (t.color) out.push(`color: ${t.color}`);
+  if (p.textAlign) out.push(`text-align: ${p.textAlign}`);
+  if (p.lineHeight) out.push(`line-height: ${p.lineHeight}`);
+  if (p.spaceBefore != null) out.push(`margin-top: ${p.spaceBefore}pt`);
+  if (p.spaceAfter != null) out.push(`margin-bottom: ${p.spaceAfter}pt`);
+  if (p.indent != null) out.push(`margin-left: ${p.indent}cm`);
+  if (p.backgroundColor) out.push(`background-color: ${p.backgroundColor}`);
+  for (const [key, side] of [['borderTop', 'top'], ['borderRight', 'right'], ['borderBottom', 'bottom'], ['borderLeft', 'left']] as const) {
+    const v = p[key];
+    if (v && v !== 'none') out.push(`border-${side}: ${v}`);
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+// The document stylesheet: one rule per style, keyed by the block's data-style attr,
+// plus per-level fallbacks for headings that carry no style name (imported documents).
+// Specificity beats editor.css's `.paper .tiptap hN`; inline attrs/marks still win.
+export function styleCss(sheet: StyleSheet): string {
+  const rules: string[] = [];
+  for (const style of Object.values(sheet.paragraph)) {
+    const decls = declarations(resolveStyle(sheet, style.name));
+    if (!decls.length) continue;
+    const attr = `[data-style="${style.name.replace(/"/g, '\\"')}"]`;
+    const selectors = [`.paper .tiptap ${attr}`];
+    if (style.outlineLevel) selectors.push(`.paper .tiptap h${style.outlineLevel}:not([data-style])`);
+    if (style.name === DEFAULT_STYLE) selectors.push('.paper .tiptap p:not([data-style])');
+    rules.push(`${selectors.join(',\n')} {\n  ${decls.join(';\n  ')};\n}`);
+  }
+  return rules.join('\n\n');
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/fontSize.ts b/src/lib/utils/fontSize.ts
index 82c50e8..b1589be 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/fontSize.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/fontSize.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
-import { HEADING_STYLE_OVERRIDES } from '../export/odt';
+import { resolveStyle } from '../styles/styleSheet';
+import { styleSheet } from '../styles/sheet.svelte';
+import { blockStyleName } from '../editor/extensions/paragraphStyle';
 
 // The size a block renders its unmarked text at — what the toolbar's size box must show.
-// Keep in sync with editor.css (tests/unit/font-size-display.test.ts asserts it).
 
 export const DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE = '12pt';
 
-export const HEADING_SIZES: Record<number, string> =
-  Object.fromEntries(HEADING_STYLE_OVERRIDES.map((h, i) => [i + 1, h.fontSize]));
-
 export type SizedBlock = { type: { name: string }; attrs?: Record<string, unknown> } | null;
 
-// Paragraph-mark size (blockFontSize attr) wins, else the heading/body default.
+// Paragraph-mark size (blockFontSize attr) wins, else the block's named style.
 export function blockFontSize(block: SizedBlock): string {
   const explicit = block?.attrs?.fontSize;
   if (typeof explicit === 'string' && explicit) return explicit;
-  if (block?.type.name === 'heading') return HEADING_SIZES[Number(block.attrs?.level)] ?? DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE;
-  return DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE;
+  const size = resolveStyle(styleSheet(), blockStyleName(block)).text.fontSizePt;
+  return size != null ? `${size}pt` : DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE;
 }
diff --git a/src/styles/editor.css b/src/styles/editor.css
index 056452c..f02687b 100644
--- a/src/styles/editor.css
+++ b/src/styles/editor.css
@@ -384,35 +384,11 @@
 .paper .tiptap h3,
 .paper .tiptap h4,
 .paper .tiptap h5 {
-  /* LibreOffice's Heading style: sans, bold, one margin pair for every level.
-     Keep the sizes below in sync with HEADING_STYLE_OVERRIDES
-     (tests/unit/font-size-display.test.ts checks it). */
-  font-family: var(--font-heading);
-  font-weight: 700;
+  /* Neutral base: font, size and margins come from the named paragraph styles
+     (styles/styleSheet.ts → the #document-styles element Editor.svelte writes). */
+  font: inherit;
+  margin: 0;
   line-height: 1.15;
-  margin-top: 0.423cm;
-  margin-bottom: 0.212cm;
-}
-
-
-.paper .tiptap h1 {
-  font-size: 18pt;
-}
-
-.paper .tiptap h2 {
-  font-size: 16pt;
-}
-
-.paper .tiptap h3 {
-  font-size: 14pt;
-}
-
-.paper .tiptap h4 {
-  font-size: 13pt;
-}
-
-.paper .tiptap h5 {
-  font-size: 12pt;
 }
 
 .paper .tiptap ul,
diff --git a/tests/unit/font-size-display.test.ts b/tests/unit/font-size-display.test.ts
index d960e14..df6af38 100644
--- a/tests/unit/font-size-display.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/font-size-display.test.ts
@@ -1,32 +1,26 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { resolve } from 'node:path';
-import { blockFontSize, DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE, HEADING_SIZES } from '../../src/lib/utils/fontSize';
+import { blockFontSize, DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE } from '../../src/lib/utils/fontSize';
+import { builtinStyleSheet, resolveStyle } from '../../src/lib/styles/styleSheet';
 
 // The toolbar's size box shows blockFontSize() for text without its own size mark, while
-// the page renders what editor.css says — so the two tables must not drift apart.
-const css = readFileSync(resolve(process.cwd(), 'src/styles/editor.css'), 'utf8');
-
-function cssFontSize(selector: string): string | null {
-  const re = new RegExp(`${selector.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\\]\\\\]/g, '\\\\$&')}\\s*\\{[^}]*?font-size:\\s*([^;]+);`);
-  return css.match(re)?.[1].trim() ?? null;
-}
-
+// the page renders the block's named style — the two must not drift apart.
 describe('toolbar font size vs. rendered font size', () => {
-  it('shows the paragraph-mark size, else the block default', () => {
+  const sheet = builtinStyleSheet();
+
+  it('shows the paragraph-mark size, else the block style default', () => {
     const para = { type: { name: 'paragraph' }, attrs: {} };
     expect(blockFontSize(para)).toBe(DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE);
     expect(blockFontSize({ ...para, attrs: { fontSize: '22pt' } })).toBe('22pt');
-    expect(blockFontSize({ type: { name: 'heading' }, attrs: { level: 5 } })).toBe(HEADING_SIZES[5]);
-    // An explicit paragraph-mark size beats the heading default (style gallery, imports).
-    expect(blockFontSize({ type: { name: 'heading' }, attrs: { level: 1, fontSize: '9pt' } })).toBe('9pt');
     expect(blockFontSize(null)).toBe(DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE);
   });
 
-  it('matches the sizes editor.css renders', () => {
-    expect(cssFontSize('.paper .tiptap')).toBe(DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE);
-    for (const [level, size] of Object.entries(HEADING_SIZES)) {
-      expect(cssFontSize(`.paper .tiptap h${level}`), `h${level}`).toBe(size);
+  it('reads a heading from its style, by name or by level', () => {
+    for (const level of [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) {
+      const expected = `${resolveStyle(sheet, `Heading ${level}`).text.fontSizePt}pt`;
+      expect(blockFontSize({ type: { name: 'heading' }, attrs: { level } })).toBe(expected);
+      expect(blockFontSize({ type: { name: 'paragraph' }, attrs: { styleName: `Heading ${level}` } })).toBe(expected);
     }
+    // An explicit paragraph-mark size beats the style (direct formatting wins).
+    expect(blockFontSize({ type: { name: 'heading' }, attrs: { level: 1, fontSize: '9pt' } })).toBe('9pt');
   });
 });
diff --git a/tests/unit/style-resolve.test.ts b/tests/unit/style-resolve.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a85f01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/style-resolve.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  builtinStyleSheet, resolveStyle, styleCss, styleOrder, DEFAULT_STYLE, type StyleSheet,
+} from '../../src/lib/styles/styleSheet';
+import { HEADING_STYLE_OVERRIDES } from '../../src/lib/export/odt';
+
+const ptOf = (len: string) => (len.endsWith('cm') ? (parseFloat(len) / 2.54) * 72 : parseFloat(len));
+
+describe('named paragraph styles', () => {
+  it('inherits along the parent chain, nearest wins', () => {
+    const sheet = builtinStyleSheet();
+    const h1 = resolveStyle(sheet, 'Heading 1');
+    expect(h1.text.fontSizePt).toBe(18);          // own
+    expect(h1.text.bold).toBe(true);              // from Heading
+    expect(h1.text.fontFamily).toBe('Arial');     // from Heading, shadowing Standard's serif
+    expect(h1.para.spaceBefore).toBe(12);         // from Heading
+    const standard = resolveStyle(sheet, DEFAULT_STYLE);
+    expect(standard.text.fontFamily).toBe('Liberation Serif');
+    expect(standard.para.spaceBefore).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to Standard for unknown names and survives a parent cycle', () => {
+    const sheet = builtinStyleSheet();
+    expect(resolveStyle(sheet, 'Nope').text.fontSizePt).toBe(12);
+    const cyclic: StyleSheet = { paragraph: {
+      A: { name: 'A', parent: 'B', next: null, para: {}, text: { fontSizePt: 9 } },
+      B: { name: 'B', parent: 'A', next: null, para: {}, text: { bold: true } },
+    } };
+    const a = resolveStyle(cyclic, 'A');
+    expect(a.text.fontSizePt).toBe(9);
+    expect(a.text.bold).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('matches the heading sizes/margins the exporters write', () => {
+    const sheet = builtinStyleSheet();
+    HEADING_STYLE_OVERRIDES.forEach((o, i) => {
+      const r = resolveStyle(sheet, `Heading ${i + 1}`);
+      expect(r.text.fontSizePt, o.name).toBe(ptOf(o.fontSize));
+      expect(r.para.spaceBefore!, o.name).toBeCloseTo(ptOf(o.marginTop), 1);
+      expect(r.para.spaceAfter!, o.name).toBeCloseTo(ptOf(o.marginBottom), 1);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('renders CSS keyed by data-style, with a fallback for unnamed headings', () => {
+    const css = styleCss(builtinStyleSheet());
+    expect(css).toContain('.paper .tiptap [data-style="Heading 1"]');
+    expect(css).toContain('.paper .tiptap h1:not([data-style])');
+    expect(css).toContain('.paper .tiptap p:not([data-style])');
+    const h1Rule = css.slice(css.indexOf('[data-style="Heading 1"]'));
+    expect(h1Rule.slice(0, h1Rule.indexOf('}'))).toContain('font-size: 18pt');
+  });
+
+  it('lists the gallery order without the abstract Heading parent', () => {
+    const names = styleOrder(builtinStyleSheet()).map((s) => s.name);
+    expect(names[0]).toBe(DEFAULT_STYLE);
+    expect(names).not.toContain('Heading');
+    expect(names).toContain('Heading 5');
+    expect(names).toContain('Quotations');
+  });
+});