As of r1678193, XWPFStyles now exposes the default paragraph and run style information via new classes XWPFDefaultRunStyle and XWPFDefaultParagraphStyle However, these classes don't have much logic on them. Most of what they need can be found on XWPFRun and XWPFParagraph, and both sets work with the same objects, RPr / PPr Therefore, the common RPr logic should be refactored out of XWPFRun and put somewhere so it can be shared with XWPFDefaultRunStyle. Likewise, the same should be done for PPr logic in XWPFParagraph for XWPFDefaultParagraphStyle