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 ```
 An id is also added to mermaid tags without id.
 
-## Default style
-
-Set the default styles for the graphics in css:
-
-```
-text {
-    font-weight: 300;
-    font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serf;
-    font-size: 14px;
-}
-.node rect {
-    stroke: #999;
-    fill: #fff;
-    stroke-width: 1.5px;
-}
-.edgePath path {
-    stroke: #333;
-    stroke-width: 1.5px;
-}
-```
 
 # A graph example