diff --git a/src/core/text/TextStyle.js b/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
index c682a36..f9f8b68 100644
--- a/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
+++ b/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@
     {
         this.styleID = 0;
 
-        Object.assign(this, defaultStyle, style);
+        this.reset();
+
+        deepCopyProperties(this, style, style);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -106,10 +108,7 @@
     {
         const clonedProperties = {};
 
-        for (const key in defaultStyle)
-        {
-            clonedProperties[key] = this[key];
-        }
+        deepCopyProperties(clonedProperties, this, defaultStyle);
 
         return new TextStyle(clonedProperties);
     }
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@
      */
     reset()
     {
-        Object.assign(this, defaultStyle);
+        deepCopyProperties(this, defaultStyle, defaultStyle);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -755,3 +754,20 @@
 
     return true;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Utility function to ensure that object properties are copied by value, and not by reference
+ *
+ * @param {Object} target Target object to copy properties into
+ * @param {Object} source Source object for the proporties to copy
+ * @param {string} propertyObj Object containing properties names we want to loop over
+ */
+function deepCopyProperties(target, source, propertyObj) {
+    for (const prop in propertyObj) {
+        if (Array.isArray(source[prop])) {
+            target[prop] = source[prop].slice();
+        } else {
+            target[prop] = source[prop];
+        }
+    }
+}

diff --git a/src/core/text/TextStyle.js b/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
index c682a36..f9f8b68 100644
--- a/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
+++ b/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@
     {
         this.styleID = 0;
 
-        Object.assign(this, defaultStyle, style);
+        this.reset();
+
+        deepCopyProperties(this, style, style);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -106,10 +108,7 @@
     {
         const clonedProperties = {};
 
-        for (const key in defaultStyle)
-        {
-            clonedProperties[key] = this[key];
-        }
+        deepCopyProperties(clonedProperties, this, defaultStyle);
 
         return new TextStyle(clonedProperties);
     }
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@
      */
     reset()
     {
-        Object.assign(this, defaultStyle);
+        deepCopyProperties(this, defaultStyle, defaultStyle);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -755,3 +754,20 @@
 
     return true;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Utility function to ensure that object properties are copied by value, and not by reference
+ *
+ * @param {Object} target Target object to copy properties into
+ * @param {Object} source Source object for the proporties to copy
+ * @param {string} propertyObj Object containing properties names we want to loop over
+ */
+function deepCopyProperties(target, source, propertyObj) {
+    for (const prop in propertyObj) {
+        if (Array.isArray(source[prop])) {
+            target[prop] = source[prop].slice();
+        } else {
+            target[prop] = source[prop];
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/core/TextStyle.js b/test/core/TextStyle.js
index 49b99ef..1976333 100644
--- a/test/core/TextStyle.js
+++ b/test/core/TextStyle.js
@@ -50,4 +50,14 @@
 
         expect(style.toFontString()).to.have.string('"Georgia","Arial","sans-serif"');
     });
+
+    it('should not shared array / object references between different instances', function ()
+    {
+        const defaultStyle = new PIXI.TextStyle();
+        const style = new PIXI.TextStyle();
+
+        expect(defaultStyle.fillGradientStops.length).to.equal(style.fillGradientStops.length);
+        style.fillGradientStops.push(0);
+        expect(defaultStyle.fillGradientStops.length).to.not.equal(style.fillGradientStops.length);
+    });
 });