Setting formatting for specific characters/narration

[Destiny-Smasher]

I might just be overlooking something, though I've tried to search for this for a while...

I haven't figured it out yet, but is it possible to set a character's formatting so every time their dialogue shows up, it has special formatting?

Example:
o "{color=#A4A4A4}{i}Are you sure you're ready for that .{w=.2} .{w=.2} .{w=.2} ?{/i}{/color}"

Would it be possible to set it so tyhat every time 'o' speaks, their dialogue is always a specific color, and always italicized? That way, I don't have to add that formatting every time they speak?

Followup question, related:
Basically, I want to be able to assign a 'character' style/code to different types of narration, so I don't have to individually code each line of special narration.

So for example, you can format characters as such:
define m = Character('Max', image="Max", color="#F78181", ctc="ctc_animation", ctc_position="fixed")
define c = Character('Chloe', image="Chloe", color="#81BEF7", ctc="ctc_animation", ctc_position="fixed")

So when you have stuff like this:
m RightFocused1 "Nah.{w=.25} Feeling nauseous."
c Worried1 "That's 'cuz yor damn stomach is {i}empty{/i},{w=.25} hipster."
it'll show the character's name so the reader knows who's talking, right? So it ends up looking approximately like this.

Max
"Nah. Feeling Nauseous."

Chloe
"That's 'cuz yor damn stomach is empty, hipster."


But if I want the narrative, NOT a character's dialogue, to have special formatting, do I have to individually format each line of narration? Or is there a way to set a style up for narration without displaying a character's name? Because if I set it as a character...it would have a name show above the line. Which would muck up the point.

Ex. I have a dream sequence, I want all narration in the dream to use a different font. Do I have to format each line in that sequence, or is there a more efficient way?

Thanks for any help anyone can provide! Sorry if this is a dumb question. I've been self-learning renpy for a while now but I'm getting to a point where I feel like there must be more efficient ways to format things.

[trooper6]

Everything you want is all character definitions. Check out the documentation: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/dialogue.html#Character
If you want the color of the text for a certain character to be a certain color, use what_color in the character definition, if you want a certain character to always speak in italics, use what_prefix and what_suffix in the character definition.

For a narrator, create a character called say, n, and don't give them a name...then no name will show up.
If you want a second narrator that always speaks in a certain color in italics, create a new character with no name, say, n2, and give it whatever properties you want.

Hope that helps! Recheck the documentation.

[PMscenarios]

As trooper said, almost everything can be defined per character.
For example, here's how I have some of my characters defined in my game:

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# Dreams - NVL-Mode
define dream_sequence = Character(None, kind=nvl, what_ypos=14, what_prefix="{cps=25}", what_suffix="{/cps}", ctc="ctc_anchored", ctc_position="fixed")
    # Stage script characters
define Stg = Character(None, kind=nvl, what_font="lib/DroidSans.ttf", what_prefix="{cps=32}{i}", what_suffix="{/cps}{/i}", what_size=20, what_text_align=0.5, ctc="ctc_anchored", ctc_position="fixed")
define C = Character("CINDY", kind=nvl, what_font="lib/DroidSans.ttf", what_size=20, what_text_align=0.5, what_prefix="{cps=32}", what_suffix="{/cps}", ctc="ctc_anchored", ctc_position="fixed")
define Fa = Character("FAIRY", kind=nvl, what_font="lib/DroidSans.ttf", what_size=20, what_text_align=0.5, what_prefix="{cps=32}", what_suffix="{/cps}", ctc="ctc_anchored", ctc_position="fixed")
define Rex = Character("REX", kind=nvl, what_font="lib/DroidSans.ttf", what_size=20, what_text_align=0.5, what_prefix="{cps=32}", what_suffix="{/cps}", ctc="ctc_anchored", ctc_position="fixed")
    # Before Nirav's named
define eN = Character(None, what_prefix="\"", what_suffix="\"", ctc="ctc_anchored", ctc_pause="ctc_anchored", ctc_timedpause=Null(), ctc_position="fixed")
    # Nirav - Custom name
define N = Character("[pname]", color="#00CCFF", ctc="ctc_anchored", ctc_pause="ctc_anchored", ctc_timedpause=Null(), ctc_position="fixed", show_side_image_right=False)
    # Narrator box
define T = Character(None, what_font="lib/QuattrocentoSans-Italic.ttf", ctc="ctc_anchored", ctc_pause="ctc_anchored", ctc_timedpause=Null(), ctc_position="fixed", show_side_image_right=False)
define Narr = Character(None, ctc="ctc_anchored", ctc_position="fixed", show_side_image_right=False)
    # Nirav's chat - side images - custom font
define Nc = Character("[pname]", color="#00CCFF", image="Nirav", what_font="lib/DroidSans.ttf", ctc="ctc_anchored", ctc_pause="ctc_anchored", ctc_timedpause=Null(), ctc_position="fixed", show_side_image_right=False)

The "T" character is my main character's thoughts, and uses an italic font for its dialogue.

[Destiny-Smasher]

Ah, duh! Don't give the character a name. How did I not think of that? I assumed that it was required for some reason.
I think this answers both of my questions, thanks a lot!