diff --git a/plantuml/default-skin.ipu b/plantuml/default-skin.ipu
index 59ead1a..dd64797 100644
--- a/plantuml/default-skin.ipu
+++ b/plantuml/default-skin.ipu
@@ -229,4 +229,21 @@
         BackgroundColor LightGreen
     }
 
+    State {
+
+        FontStyle bold
+
+		' shrink message font size
+		ArrowFontSize 10
+
+		' make stereotypes less ugly
+		Stereotype {
+			Font {
+				Size 10
+				Style plain
+			}
+		}
+
+    }
+
 }