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10. Theme and Styling

Updated 7/16/2026

The Sequoia Forest Tool allows you to customize the visual style of the forest plot.

You can use the Theme Palette for quick color changes or open the Theme Designer for advanced customization.

Theme Palette

Six quick-access color pickers in the Theme & Styling section: 

  • Color 1–4 (applied to group/category encodings), 
  • Global background, Label color (applied to all text labels). 
Changes apply immediately to the rendered plot. Use this area when you need quick visual changes.

Open Theme Designer

Click Open Theme Designer to access advanced plot customization.

Theme Designer — full settings reference

SettingControlsNotes
Font familyInter, Roboto, System UI, Aptos, Poppins, Montserrat, Open Sans, Lato, Nunito, Raleway, Ubuntu, Merriweather, Lora, Noto Sans, Work SansApplied to all plot text
Header font size (px)Group header label sizeAffects Show Headers text (article 04)
Table text size (px)Row label and visible column text size
Marker colorDefault point fill colorOverridden by group color assignment from palette
Point sizeDiameter of effect estimate marker
Line widthWidth of the CI horizontal line
Whisker cap sizeWidth of CI endpoint caps
Background colorPlot background fillAlso accessible from Theme Palette
Axis stylingShow or Hide x-axis line, x-axis label, y-axis-line and y-axis label
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Use these controls when creating cleaner report-ready visuals.

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SCREENSHOT: Theme Palette and Theme Designer panels, with the default styled forest plot