diff --git a/R/by_aesthetics.R b/R/by_aesthetics.R
index 821d1ac4..d94bb139 100755
--- a/R/by_aesthetics.R
+++ b/R/by_aesthetics.R
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ by_pch = function(ngrps, type, pch = NULL) {
 
 by_lty = function(ngrps, type, lty = NULL) {
   # We only care about line types, otherwise return NULL
-  if (!type %in% c("l", "b", "o", "c", "h", "s", "S", "ribbon", "boxplot", "rect", "segments", "qq")) {
+  if (!type %in% c("l", "b", "o", "c", "h", "s", "S", "ribbon", "boxplot", "rect", "segments", "qq", "abline", "hline", "vline")) {
     out = NULL
 
     # special "by" convenience keyword
diff --git a/R/tinyplot.R b/R/tinyplot.R
index 228edba7..8da11c4e 100644
--- a/R/tinyplot.R
+++ b/R/tinyplot.R
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
 #'   precedence if both are specified together. Ignored if a two-sided formula
 #'   is passed to the main `facet` argument, since the layout is arranged in a
 #'   fixed grid.
-#'   - `free` a logical value indicating whether the axis limits (scales) for 
-#'   each individual facet should adjust independently to match the range of 
+#'   - `free` a logical value indicating whether the axis limits (scales) for
+#'   each individual facet should adjust independently to match the range of
 #'   the data within that facet. Default is `FALSE`. Separate free scaling of
 #'   the x- or y-axis (i.e., whilst holding the other axis fixed) is not
 #'   currently supported.
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ tinyplot.default = function(
         mfgj = ii %% nfacet_cols
         if (mfgj == 0) mfgj = nfacet_cols
         par(mfg = c(mfgi, mfgj))
-        
+
         # For free facets, we need to reset par(usr) based extent of that
         # particular facet... which we calculated and saved to the .fusr env var
         # (list) back in draw_facet_window()
diff --git a/R/type_abline.R b/R/type_abline.R
index e7b6e146..17ebb89f 100644
--- a/R/type_abline.R
+++ b/R/type_abline.R
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #' Add straight lines to a plot
 #'
 #' @inheritParams graphics::abline
-#' @inheritParams tinyplot
 #' @examples
 #' mod = lm(mpg ~ hp, data = mtcars)
 #' y = mtcars$mpg
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@
 #' tinyplot(y, yhat, xlim = c(0, 40), ylim = c(0, 40))
 #' tinyplot_add(type = type_abline(a = 0, b = 1))
 #' @export
-type_abline = function(a = 0, b = 1, col = NULL, lty = NULL, lwd = NULL) {
+type_abline = function(a = 0, b = 1) {
   data_abline = function(datapoints, ...) {
     if (nrow(datapoints) == 0) {
       msg = "`type_abline() only works on existing plots with x and y data points."
@@ -35,37 +34,7 @@ type_abline = function(a = 0, b = 1, col = NULL, lty = NULL, lwd = NULL) {
         stop(msg, call. = FALSE)
       }
 
-      if (is.null(col)) {
-        col = icol
-      }
-      if (length(col) == 1) {
-        col = rep(col, nfacets)
-      } else if (length(col) != nfacets) {
-        msg = "Length of 'col' must be 1 or equal to the number of facets"
-        stop(msg, call. = FALSE)
-      }
-
-      if (is.null(lty)) {
-        lty = if (!is.null(ilty)) ilty else 1
-      }
-      if (length(lty) == 1) {
-        lty = rep(lty, nfacets)
-      } else if (length(lty) != nfacets) {
-        msg = "Length of 'lty' must be 1 or equal to the number of facets"
-        stop(msg, call. = FALSE)
-      }
-
-      if (is.null(lwd)) {
-        lwd = if (!is.null(ilwd)) ilwd else 1
-      }
-      if (length(lwd) == 1) {
-        lwd = rep(lwd, nfacets)
-      } else if (length(lwd) != nfacets) {
-        msg = "Length of 'lwd' must be 1 or equal to the number of facets"
-        stop(msg, call. = FALSE)
-      }
-
-      abline(a = a[ifacet], b = b[ifacet], col = col[ifacet], lty = lty[ifacet], lwd = lwd[ifacet])
+      abline(a = a[ifacet], b = b[ifacet], col = icol, lty = ilty, lwd = ilwd)
     }
     return(fun)
   }
diff --git a/R/type_hline.R b/R/type_hline.R
index 77d81716..60cab4c2 100644
--- a/R/type_hline.R
+++ b/R/type_hline.R
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 #' Trace a horizontal line on the plot
 #'
 #' @param h y-value(s) for horizontal line(s). Numeric of length 1 or equal to the number of facets.
-#' @inheritParams graphics::abline
-#' @inheritParams tinyplot
 #' @examples
 #' tinyplot(mpg ~ hp | factor(cyl), facet = ~ factor(cyl), data = mtcars)
-#' tinyplot_add(type = type_hline(h = 12, col = "pink", lty = 3, lwd = 3))
+#' tinyplot_add(type = type_hline(h = 12), col = "pink", lty = 3, lwd = 3)
 #' @export
-type_hline = function(h = 0, col = NULL, lty = NULL, lwd = NULL) {
+type_hline = function(h = 0) {
   data_hline = function(datapoints, ...) {
     if (nrow(datapoints) == 0) {
       msg = "`type_hline() only works on existing plots with x and y data points."
@@ -26,37 +24,7 @@ type_hline = function(h = 0, col = NULL, lty = NULL, lwd = NULL) {
         stop(msg, call. = FALSE)
       }
 
-      if (is.null(col)) {
-        col = icol
-      }
-      if (length(col) == 1) {
-        col = rep(col, nfacets)
-      } else if (length(col) != nfacets) {
-        msg = "Length of 'col' must be 1 or equal to the number of facets"
-        stop(msg, call. = FALSE)
-      }
-
-      if (is.null(lty)) {
-        lty = if (!is.null(ilty)) ilty else 1
-      }
-      if (length(lty) == 1) {
-        lty = rep(lty, nfacets)
-      } else if (length(lty) != nfacets) {
-        msg = "Length of 'lty' must be 1 or equal to the number of facets"
-        stop(msg, call. = FALSE)
-      }
-
-      if (is.null(lwd)) {
-        lwd = if (!is.null(ilwd)) ilwd else 1
-      }
-      if (length(lwd) == 1) {
-        lwd = rep(lwd, nfacets)
-      } else if (length(lwd) != nfacets) {
-        msg = "Length of 'lwd' must be 1 or equal to the number of facets"
-        stop(msg, call. = FALSE)
-      }
-
-      abline(h = h[ifacet], col = col[ifacet], lty = lty[ifacet], lwd = lwd[ifacet])
+      abline(h = h[ifacet], col = icol, lty = ilty, lwd = ilwd)
     }
     return(fun)
   }
diff --git a/R/type_vline.R b/R/type_vline.R
index a581487e..462c85b1 100644
--- a/R/type_vline.R
+++ b/R/type_vline.R
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #' Trace a vertical line on the plot
 #'
 #' @param v x-value(s) for vertical line(s). Numeric of length 1 or equal to the number of facets.
-#' @inheritParams tinyplot
 #' @examples
 #' tinyplot(mpg ~ hp, data = mtcars)
 #' tinyplot_add(type = type_vline(150))
@@ -9,11 +8,10 @@
 #' # facet-specify location and colors
 #' cols = c("black", "green", "orange")
 #' tinyplot(mpg ~ hp | factor(cyl), facet = ~ factor(cyl), data = mtcars, col = cols)
-#' tinyplot_add(type = type_vline(
-#'   v = c(100, 150, 200), col = cols, lty = 3, lwd = 3
-#' ))
+#' tinyplot_add(type = type_vline(v = c(100, 150, 200)), lty = 3, lwd = 3)
+#'
 #' @export
-type_vline = function(v = 0, col = "black", lty = 1, lwd = 1) {
+type_vline = function(v = 0) {
   assert_numeric(v)
   data_vline = function(datapoints, ...) {
     if (nrow(datapoints) == 0) {
@@ -33,37 +31,7 @@ type_vline = function(v = 0, col = "black", lty = 1, lwd = 1) {
         stop(msg, call. = FALSE)
       }
 
-      if (is.null(col)) {
-        col = icol
-      }
-      if (length(col) == 1) {
-        col = rep(col, nfacets)
-      } else if (length(col) != nfacets) {
-        msg = "Length of 'col' must be 1 or equal to the number of facets"
-        stop(msg, call. = FALSE)
-      }
-
-      if (is.null(lty)) {
-        lty = if (!is.null(ilty)) ilty else 1
-      }
-      if (length(lty) == 1) {
-        lty = rep(lty, nfacets)
-      } else if (length(lty) != nfacets) {
-        msg = "Length of 'lty' must be 1 or equal to the number of facets"
-        stop(msg, call. = FALSE)
-      }
-
-      if (is.null(lwd)) {
-        lwd = if (!is.null(ilwd)) ilwd else 1
-      }
-      if (length(lwd) == 1) {
-        lwd = rep(lwd, nfacets)
-      } else if (length(lwd) != nfacets) {
-        msg = "Length of 'lwd' must be 1 or equal to the number of facets"
-        stop(msg, call. = FALSE)
-      }
-
-      abline(v = v[ifacet], col = col[ifacet], lty = lty[ifacet], lwd = lwd[ifacet])
+      abline(v = v[ifacet], col = icol, lty = ilty, lwd = ilwd)
     }
     return(fun)
   }
diff --git a/inst/tinytest/test-abline.R b/inst/tinytest/test-abline.R
index 98c4c92d..578e93de 100644
--- a/inst/tinytest/test-abline.R
+++ b/inst/tinytest/test-abline.R
@@ -8,19 +8,20 @@ expect_error(tinyplot(type = type_abline(a = 0, b = 1)), pattern = "data points"
 
 f = function() {
   plt(mpg ~ hp | factor(cyl), facet = ~ factor(cyl), data = mtcars)
-  plt_add(type = type_hline(h = 12, col = "pink", lty = 3, lwd = 3))
+  plt_add(type = type_hline(h = 12), col = "pink", lty = 3, lwd = 3)
 }
 expect_snapshot_plot(f, label = "hline")
 
 
 f = function() {
-  tinyplot(mpg ~ hp | factor(cyl),
-    facet = ~ factor(cyl), data = mtcars,
+  tinyplot(
+    mpg ~ hp | factor(cyl),
+    facet = ~ factor(cyl),
+    data = mtcars,
     col = c("black", "green", "orange"))
-  tinyplot_add(type = type_vline(
-    v = c(100, 150, 200), lty = 3, lwd = 3,
-    col = c("black", "green", "orange")
-  ))
+  tinyplot_add(
+    lty = 3, lwd = 3, col = c("black", "green", "orange"),
+    type = type_vline(v = c(100, 150, 200)))
 }
 expect_snapshot_plot(f, label = "vline_vector")
 
diff --git a/man/tinyplot_add.Rd b/man/tinyplot_add.Rd
index cadced23..916e7159 100644
--- a/man/tinyplot_add.Rd
+++ b/man/tinyplot_add.Rd
@@ -42,18 +42,18 @@ arguments (\code{x}, \code{y}, etc.) are attached to your global R environment.)
 library(tinyplot)
 
 tinyplot(Sepal.Width ~ Sepal.Length | Species,
-         facet = ~Species,
-         data = iris)
+  facet = ~Species,
+  data = iris)
 
-tinyplot_add(type = "lm")   ## or : plt_add(type = "lm")
+tinyplot_add(type = "lm") ## or : plt_add(type = "lm")
 
 ## Note: the previous function is equivalent to (but much more convenient
 ## than) re-writing the full call with the new type and `add=TRUE`:
 
 # tinyplot(Sepal.Width ~ Sepal.Length | Species,
 #          facet = ~Species,
-#          data = iris, 
-#          type = "lm", 
+#          data = iris,
+#          type = "lm",
 #          add = TRUE)
 
 }
diff --git a/man/type_abline.Rd b/man/type_abline.Rd
index a25b1c94..365ef469 100644
--- a/man/type_abline.Rd
+++ b/man/type_abline.Rd
@@ -4,32 +4,10 @@
 \alias{type_abline}
 \title{Add straight lines to a plot}
 \usage{
-type_abline(a = 0, b = 1, col = NULL, lty = NULL, lwd = NULL)
+type_abline(a = 0, b = 1)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{a, b}{the intercept and slope, single values.}
-
-\item{col}{plotting color. Character, integer, or vector of length equal to
-the number of categories in the \code{by} variable. See \code{col}. Note that the
-default behaviour in \code{tinyplot} is to vary group colors along any variables
-declared in the \code{by} argument. Thus, specifying colors manually should not
-be necessary unless users wish to override the automatic colors produced by
-this grouping process. Typically, this would only be done if grouping
-features are deferred to some other graphical parameter (i.e., passing the
-"by" keyword to one of \code{pch}, \code{lty}, \code{lwd}, or \code{bg}; see below.)}
-
-\item{lty}{line type. Character, integer, or vector of length equal to the
-number of categories in the \code{by} variable. See \code{lty}. In addition, users
-can supply a special \code{lty = "by"} convenience argument, in which case the
-line type will automatically loop over the number groups. This automatic
-looping will begin at the global line type value (i.e., \code{par("lty")}) and
-recycle as necessary.}
-
-\item{lwd}{line width. Numeric scalar or vector of length equal to the
-number of categories in the \code{by} variable. See \code{lwd}. In addition, users
-can supply a special \code{lwd = "by"} convenience argument, in which case the
-line width will automatically loop over the number of groups. This
-automatic looping will be centered at the global line width value (i.e.,}
 }
 \description{
 Add straight lines to a plot
diff --git a/man/type_hline.Rd b/man/type_hline.Rd
index 84469da7..8e85d745 100644
--- a/man/type_hline.Rd
+++ b/man/type_hline.Rd
@@ -4,37 +4,15 @@
 \alias{type_hline}
 \title{Trace a horizontal line on the plot}
 \usage{
-type_hline(h = 0, col = NULL, lty = NULL, lwd = NULL)
+type_hline(h = 0)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{h}{y-value(s) for horizontal line(s). Numeric of length 1 or equal to the number of facets.}
-
-\item{col}{plotting color. Character, integer, or vector of length equal to
-the number of categories in the \code{by} variable. See \code{col}. Note that the
-default behaviour in \code{tinyplot} is to vary group colors along any variables
-declared in the \code{by} argument. Thus, specifying colors manually should not
-be necessary unless users wish to override the automatic colors produced by
-this grouping process. Typically, this would only be done if grouping
-features are deferred to some other graphical parameter (i.e., passing the
-"by" keyword to one of \code{pch}, \code{lty}, \code{lwd}, or \code{bg}; see below.)}
-
-\item{lty}{line type. Character, integer, or vector of length equal to the
-number of categories in the \code{by} variable. See \code{lty}. In addition, users
-can supply a special \code{lty = "by"} convenience argument, in which case the
-line type will automatically loop over the number groups. This automatic
-looping will begin at the global line type value (i.e., \code{par("lty")}) and
-recycle as necessary.}
-
-\item{lwd}{line width. Numeric scalar or vector of length equal to the
-number of categories in the \code{by} variable. See \code{lwd}. In addition, users
-can supply a special \code{lwd = "by"} convenience argument, in which case the
-line width will automatically loop over the number of groups. This
-automatic looping will be centered at the global line width value (i.e.,}
 }
 \description{
 Trace a horizontal line on the plot
 }
 \examples{
 tinyplot(mpg ~ hp | factor(cyl), facet = ~ factor(cyl), data = mtcars)
-tinyplot_add(type = type_hline(h = 12, col = "pink", lty = 3, lwd = 3))
+tinyplot_add(type = type_hline(h = 12), col = "pink", lty = 3, lwd = 3)
 }
diff --git a/man/type_vline.Rd b/man/type_vline.Rd
index d52a892c..8fb91dcd 100644
--- a/man/type_vline.Rd
+++ b/man/type_vline.Rd
@@ -4,32 +4,10 @@
 \alias{type_vline}
 \title{Trace a vertical line on the plot}
 \usage{
-type_vline(v = 0, col = "black", lty = 1, lwd = 1)
+type_vline(v = 0)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{v}{x-value(s) for vertical line(s). Numeric of length 1 or equal to the number of facets.}
-
-\item{col}{plotting color. Character, integer, or vector of length equal to
-the number of categories in the \code{by} variable. See \code{col}. Note that the
-default behaviour in \code{tinyplot} is to vary group colors along any variables
-declared in the \code{by} argument. Thus, specifying colors manually should not
-be necessary unless users wish to override the automatic colors produced by
-this grouping process. Typically, this would only be done if grouping
-features are deferred to some other graphical parameter (i.e., passing the
-"by" keyword to one of \code{pch}, \code{lty}, \code{lwd}, or \code{bg}; see below.)}
-
-\item{lty}{line type. Character, integer, or vector of length equal to the
-number of categories in the \code{by} variable. See \code{lty}. In addition, users
-can supply a special \code{lty = "by"} convenience argument, in which case the
-line type will automatically loop over the number groups. This automatic
-looping will begin at the global line type value (i.e., \code{par("lty")}) and
-recycle as necessary.}
-
-\item{lwd}{line width. Numeric scalar or vector of length equal to the
-number of categories in the \code{by} variable. See \code{lwd}. In addition, users
-can supply a special \code{lwd = "by"} convenience argument, in which case the
-line width will automatically loop over the number of groups. This
-automatic looping will be centered at the global line width value (i.e.,}
 }
 \description{
 Trace a vertical line on the plot
@@ -41,7 +19,6 @@ tinyplot_add(type = type_vline(150))
 # facet-specify location and colors
 cols = c("black", "green", "orange")
 tinyplot(mpg ~ hp | factor(cyl), facet = ~ factor(cyl), data = mtcars, col = cols)
-tinyplot_add(type = type_vline(
-  v = c(100, 150, 200), col = cols, lty = 3, lwd = 3
-))
+tinyplot_add(type = type_vline(v = c(100, 150, 200)), lty = 3, lwd = 3)
+
 }