Consider designing styles to reflect the information requirements at different times in the project.
For example, create styles for objects in the design phase, and other styles for their final presentation. Also, you can create styles for different users of the drawings, showing object details and labels that present the data each type of user needs.
The styles for labels are another template item that should be developed with a top-down approach, similar to drawing settings and feature settings. At the drawing level, click Edit Label Style Defaults. In this context, you can set global standards such as those for text font, size, and label behavior around curves. As with the object styles, after setting label style defaults you can review the feature-level settings and apply any required overrides.
Ideally, your drawing template will have the perfect set of styles for your projects, but this usually takes some time to evolve. To assist the process, create a demonstration drawing that contains one or more surface, alignment, and other object types. Or you can explore the Sample_styles.dwg, that is supplied with AutoCAD Civil 3D. After a default installation, you can find this file at: C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Civil 3D <version>\Help\Civil Best Practices Guide\Sample_styles.dwg. This provides a good laboratory in which to display and develop styles. Consider designing styles to reflect the information requirements at different times in the project. For example, create styles for objects in the design phase, and other styles for their final presentation. Also, you can create styles for different users of the drawings, showing object details and labels that present the data each type of user needs.
For more information on styles, see Object Styles.