diff --git a/.astylerc b/.astylerc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5de8f3527d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.astylerc
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+## Formatting options for
+## Astyle - Source code indenter, formatter, and beautifier for C, C++, and Java Source Code
+## http://astyle.sourceforge.net/
+
+# Indent as C/C++
+mode=c
+# Use LF line end style
+lineend=linux
+
+# Allman style formatting/indenting uses broken brackets
+style=allman
+
+# Grant an exception to the Allman style bracketing for `extern "c"` statements.
+attach-extern-c
+# Attach while statement to closing bracket of a do {} while statment
+attach-closing-while
+
+# Indent using 4 spaces per indent
+indent=spaces=4
+convert-tabs
+# Indent labels so they match the current indentation rather than being flush to the left
+indent-labels
+# Make sure all comments are indented with the code
+indent-col1-comments
+# No min indents for a header is built of multiple lines. This assures they are always aligned.
+min-conditional-indent=0
+# Don't restrict the max contiunation indent as much as possible. Still, it shouldn't be close to 120 ever.
+max-continuation-indent=120
+
+# Insert space padding around operators and after commas
+pad-oper
+# Remove unnecessary padding around parentheses
+unpad-paren
+# Attach pointers and references to the variable name
+align-pointer=name
+# Insert space padding after paren headers only (e.g. 'if', 'for', 'while'...)
+pad-header
+
+# Add braces to one-line conditional statements
+add-braces
+# Leave one-line blocks as-is. This should only be used with single statements.
+keep-one-line-blocks
+
+# Exclude third-party libraries
+exclude=miniz.cpp
+exclude=miniz.h
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cf7315e122..b4a5849370 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ addons:
       - graphviz
       - python3
       - python3-pip
+      - astyle
 
 before_install:
   - |
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ before_install:
         if [ "$ver" -le "27" ]; then
             brew upgrade python;
         fi
-        brew install p7zip qt gpg;
+        brew install p7zip qt gpg astyle;
         brew link qt --force;
     fi
 
@@ -70,10 +71,14 @@ install:
   - pip3 -V
 
 before_script:
-  - echo "are changes related to source code?"
+  - 'echo "Checking style guidelines";
+    astyle -rn --project "./*.cpp" "./*.h";
+    git diff;
+    git checkout -- .;'
+  - echo "Are changes related to source code?"
   - 'if [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" != "release" ]; then
-    bash $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/util/checkchanges.sh;
-  fi'
+      bash $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/util/checkchanges.sh;
+    fi'
   - 'if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then
     . /opt/qt59/bin/qt59-env.sh;
     export DISPLAY=:99.0;
diff --git a/util/qt_creator_code_style.xml b/util/qt_creator_code_style.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f8d3f3f6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/qt_creator_code_style.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE QtCreatorCodeStyle>
+<!-- Written by QtCreator 4.8.1, 2019-09-27T22:24:51. -->
+<qtcreator>
+ <data>
+  <variable>CodeStyleData</variable>
+  <valuemap type="QVariantMap">
+   <value type="bool" key="AlignAssignments">true</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="AutoSpacesForTabs">false</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="BindStarToIdentifier">true</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="BindStarToLeftSpecifier">false</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="BindStarToRightSpecifier">false</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="BindStarToTypeName">false</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="ExtraPaddingForConditionsIfConfusingAlign">false</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="IndentAccessSpecifiers">false</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="IndentBlockBody">true</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="IndentBlockBraces">false</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="IndentBlocksRelativeToSwitchLabels">false</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="IndentClassBraces">false</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="IndentControlFlowRelativeToSwitchLabels">true</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="IndentDeclarationsRelativeToAccessSpecifiers">true</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="IndentEnumBraces">false</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="IndentFunctionBody">true</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="IndentFunctionBraces">false</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="IndentNamespaceBody">false</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="IndentNamespaceBraces">false</value>
+   <value type="int" key="IndentSize">4</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="IndentStatementsRelativeToSwitchLabels">true</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="IndentSwitchLabels">false</value>
+   <value type="int" key="PaddingMode">2</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="ShortGetterName">false</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="SpacesForTabs">true</value>
+   <value type="int" key="TabSize">4</value>
+  </valuemap>
+ </data>
+ <data>
+  <variable>DisplayName</variable>
+  <value type="QString">Pencil2D</value>
+ </data>
+</qtcreator>