diff --git a/ansi/blockstack.go b/ansi/blockstack.go
index 0ce8df1..96fdb91 100644
--- a/ansi/blockstack.go
+++ b/ansi/blockstack.go
@@ -91,5 +91,5 @@ func (s BlockStack) Current() BlockElement {
 func (s BlockStack) With(child StylePrimitive) StylePrimitive {
 	sb := StyleBlock{}
 	sb.StylePrimitive = child
-	return cascadeStyle(s.Current().Style, sb, true).StylePrimitive
+	return cascadeStyle(s.Current().Style, sb, false).StylePrimitive
 }
diff --git a/ansi/elements.go b/ansi/elements.go
index 970a884..f4403da 100644
--- a/ansi/elements.go
+++ b/ansi/elements.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (tr *ANSIRenderer) NewElement(node ast.Node, source []byte) Element {
 	case ast.KindBlockquote:
 		e := &BlockElement{
 			Block:   &bytes.Buffer{},
-			Style:   cascadeStyle(ctx.blockStack.Current().Style, ctx.options.Styles.BlockQuote, true),
+			Style:   cascadeStyle(ctx.blockStack.Current().Style, ctx.options.Styles.BlockQuote, false),
 			Margin:  true,
 			Newline: true,
 		}
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func (tr *ANSIRenderer) NewElement(node ast.Node, source []byte) Element {
 
 		e := &BlockElement{
 			Block:   &bytes.Buffer{},
-			Style:   cascadeStyle(ctx.blockStack.Current().Style, s, true),
+			Style:   cascadeStyle(ctx.blockStack.Current().Style, s, false),
 			Margin:  true,
 			Newline: true,
 		}
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func (tr *ANSIRenderer) NewElement(node ast.Node, source []byte) Element {
 		// n := node.(*ast.CodeSpan)
 		e := &BlockElement{
 			Block: &bytes.Buffer{},
-			Style: cascadeStyle(ctx.blockStack.Current().Style, ctx.options.Styles.Code, true),
+			Style: cascadeStyle(ctx.blockStack.Current().Style, ctx.options.Styles.Code, false),
 		}
 		return Element{
 			Renderer: e,
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ func (tr *ANSIRenderer) NewElement(node ast.Node, source []byte) Element {
 	case astext.KindDefinitionList:
 		e := &BlockElement{
 			Block:   &bytes.Buffer{},
-			Style:   cascadeStyle(ctx.blockStack.Current().Style, ctx.options.Styles.DefinitionList, true),
+			Style:   cascadeStyle(ctx.blockStack.Current().Style, ctx.options.Styles.DefinitionList, false),
 			Margin:  true,
 			Newline: true,
 		}
diff --git a/ansi/heading.go b/ansi/heading.go
index a6f5660..c195ae5 100644
--- a/ansi/heading.go
+++ b/ansi/heading.go
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@ func (e *HeadingElement) Render(w io.Writer, ctx RenderContext) error {
 
 	switch e.Level {
 	case 1:
-		rules = cascadeStyles(false, rules, ctx.options.Styles.H1)
+		rules = cascadeStyles(true, rules, ctx.options.Styles.H1)
 	case 2:
-		rules = cascadeStyles(false, rules, ctx.options.Styles.H2)
+		rules = cascadeStyles(true, rules, ctx.options.Styles.H2)
 	case 3:
-		rules = cascadeStyles(false, rules, ctx.options.Styles.H3)
+		rules = cascadeStyles(true, rules, ctx.options.Styles.H3)
 	case 4:
-		rules = cascadeStyles(false, rules, ctx.options.Styles.H4)
+		rules = cascadeStyles(true, rules, ctx.options.Styles.H4)
 	case 5:
-		rules = cascadeStyles(false, rules, ctx.options.Styles.H5)
+		rules = cascadeStyles(true, rules, ctx.options.Styles.H5)
 	case 6:
-		rules = cascadeStyles(false, rules, ctx.options.Styles.H6)
+		rules = cascadeStyles(true, rules, ctx.options.Styles.H6)
 	}
 
 	if !e.First {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (e *HeadingElement) Render(w io.Writer, ctx RenderContext) error {
 
 	be := BlockElement{
 		Block: &bytes.Buffer{},
-		Style: cascadeStyle(bs.Current().Style, rules, true),
+		Style: cascadeStyle(bs.Current().Style, rules, false),
 	}
 	bs.Push(be)
 
diff --git a/ansi/paragraph.go b/ansi/paragraph.go
index ed7f91d..20cd00e 100644
--- a/ansi/paragraph.go
+++ b/ansi/paragraph.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (e *ParagraphElement) Render(w io.Writer, ctx RenderContext) error {
 	}
 	be := BlockElement{
 		Block: &bytes.Buffer{},
-		Style: cascadeStyle(bs.Current().Style, rules, true),
+		Style: cascadeStyle(bs.Current().Style, rules, false),
 	}
 	bs.Push(be)
 
diff --git a/ansi/style.go b/ansi/style.go
index abfc36d..4b599da 100644
--- a/ansi/style.go
+++ b/ansi/style.go
@@ -136,38 +136,37 @@ type StyleConfig struct {
 	HTMLSpan  StyleBlock `json:"html_span"`
 }
 
-func cascadeStyles(onlyColors bool, s ...StyleBlock) StyleBlock {
+func cascadeStyles(toBlock bool, s ...StyleBlock) StyleBlock {
 	var r StyleBlock
 
 	for _, v := range s {
-		r = cascadeStyle(r, v, onlyColors)
+		r = cascadeStyle(r, v, toBlock)
 	}
 	return r
 }
 
-func cascadeStyle(parent StyleBlock, child StyleBlock, onlyColors bool) StyleBlock {
+func cascadeStyle(parent StyleBlock, child StyleBlock, toBlock bool) StyleBlock {
 	s := child
 
 	s.Color = parent.Color
 	s.BackgroundColor = parent.BackgroundColor
+	s.Underline = parent.Underline
+	s.Bold = parent.Bold
+	s.Italic = parent.Italic
+	s.CrossedOut = parent.CrossedOut
+	s.Faint = parent.Faint
+	s.Conceal = parent.Conceal
+	s.Overlined = parent.Overlined
+	s.Inverse = parent.Inverse
+	s.Blink = parent.Blink
 
-	if !onlyColors {
+	if toBlock {
 		s.Indent = parent.Indent
 		s.Margin = parent.Margin
-		s.Underline = parent.Underline
-		s.Bold = parent.Bold
-		s.Italic = parent.Italic
-		s.CrossedOut = parent.CrossedOut
-		s.Faint = parent.Faint
-		s.Conceal = parent.Conceal
-		s.Overlined = parent.Overlined
-		s.Inverse = parent.Inverse
-		s.Blink = parent.Blink
 		s.BlockPrefix = parent.BlockPrefix
 		s.BlockSuffix = parent.BlockSuffix
 		s.Prefix = parent.Prefix
 		s.Suffix = parent.Suffix
-		s.Format = parent.Format
 	}
 
 	if child.Color != nil {
diff --git a/styles/examples/heading.png b/styles/examples/heading.png
index bf53a3e..b10bc34 100644
Binary files a/styles/examples/heading.png and b/styles/examples/heading.png differ
diff --git a/testdata/heading.test b/testdata/heading.test
index 706ca5d..7769fff 100644
--- a/testdata/heading.test
+++ b/testdata/heading.test
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-  => h1 <=                                                                      
+  => h1 <=                                                                      
     ## h2                                                                       
       ### h3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testdata/readme.test b/testdata/readme.test
index e89c1db..14fa909 100644
--- a/testdata/readme.test
+++ b/testdata/readme.test
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 
-   Gold                                                                         
+   Gold                                                                         
                                                                                 
   Render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz!                                     
                                                                                 
-  ## What is it?                                                                
+  ## What is it?                                                                
                                                                                 
   Gold is a Golang library that allows you to use JSON based stylesheets to     
   render Markdown files in the terminal. Just like CSS, you can define color and
   style attributes on Markdown elements. The difference is that you use ANSI    
   color and terminal codes instead of CSS properties and hex colors.            
                                                                                 
-  ## Usage                                                                      
+  ## Usage                                                                      
                                                                                 
   See cmd/gold /cmd/gold/.                                                      
                                                                                 
-  ## Example Output                                                             
+  ## Example Output                                                             
                                                                                 
   Image: Gold Dark Style →                                                      
   https://github.com/charmbracelet/gold/raw/master/styles/gallery/dark.png      
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
   Check out the Gold Style Gallery                                              
   https://github.com/charmbracelet/gold/blob/master/styles/gallery/README.md!   
                                                                                 
-  ## Colors                                                                     
+  ## Colors                                                                     
                                                                                 
   Currently  gold  uses the Aurora ANSI colors                                  
   https://godoc.org/github.com/logrusorgru/aurora#Index.                        
                                                                                 
-  ## Development                                                                
+  ## Development                                                                
                                                                                 
   Style definitions located in  styles/  can be embedded into the binary by     
   running statik https://github.com/rakyll/statik: