diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF.php
index 27329db2..8670cb40 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF.php
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer;
 
-use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Text;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Exception\Exception;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\Drawing;
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/AbstractElement.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/AbstractElement.php
index e6e42c18..d6b48ca8 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/AbstractElement.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/AbstractElement.php
@@ -51,26 +51,29 @@ class AbstractElement extends \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\HTML\Element\AbstractEle
     protected function getStyles()
     {
         /** @var \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\RTF $parentWriter Scrutinizer type hint */
+        /** @var \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Text $element Scrutinizer type hint */
+
         $parentWriter = $this->parentWriter;
+        $element = $this->element;
 
         // Font style
-        if (method_exists($this->element, 'getFontStyle')) {
-            $this->fontStyle = $this->element->getFontStyle();
+        if (method_exists($element, 'getFontStyle')) {
+            $this->fontStyle = $element->getFontStyle();
             if (is_string($this->fontStyle)) {
                 $this->fontStyle = Style::getStyle($this->fontStyle);
             }
         }
 
         // Paragraph style
-        if (method_exists($this->element, 'getParagraphStyle')) {
-            $this->paragraphStyle = $this->element->getParagraphStyle();
+        if (method_exists($element, 'getParagraphStyle')) {
+            $this->paragraphStyle = $element->getParagraphStyle();
             if (is_string($this->paragraphStyle)) {
                 $this->paragraphStyle = Style::getStyle($this->paragraphStyle);
             }
 
             if ($this->paragraphStyle !== null && !$this->withoutP) {
-                if ($parentWriter->getLastParagraphStyle() != $this->element->getParagraphStyle()) {
-                    $parentWriter->setLastParagraphStyle($this->element->getParagraphStyle());
+                if ($parentWriter->getLastParagraphStyle() != $element->getParagraphStyle()) {
+                    $parentWriter->setLastParagraphStyle($element->getParagraphStyle());
                 } else {
                     $parentWriter->setLastParagraphStyle();
                     $this->paragraphStyle = null;
@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@ class AbstractElement extends \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\HTML\Element\AbstractEle
         if ($this->fontStyle->getName() != null) {
             $fontIndex = array_search($this->fontStyle->getName(), $parentWriter->getFontTable());
             if ($fontIndex !== false) {
-                $styleWriter->setNameIndex($fontIndex + 1);
+                $styleWriter->setNameIndex($fontIndex);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/ListItem.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/ListItem.php
index 96375a4a..b795143c 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/ListItem.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/ListItem.php
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\RTF\Element;
 
-use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\String;
-
 /**
  * ListItem element RTF writer; extends from text
  *
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/Text.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/Text.php
index 7cefd965..cee1b157 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/Text.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/Text.php
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
 
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\RTF\Element;
 
-use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Text as TextElement;
-use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\String;
-use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style;
-
 /**
  * Text element RTF writer
  *
@@ -35,8 +31,11 @@ class Text extends AbstractElement
      */
     public function write()
     {
+        /** @var \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Text $element Scrutinizer type hint */
+
         $elementClass = str_replace('\\Writer\\RTF', '', get_class($this));
-        if (!$this->element instanceof $elementClass) {
+        $element = $this->element;
+        if (!$element instanceof $elementClass) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ class Text extends AbstractElement
         $content .= $this->writeOpening();
         $content .= '{';
         $content .= $this->writeFontStyle();
-        $content .= $this->writeText($this->element->getText());
+        $content .= $this->writeText($element->getText());
         $content .= '}';
         $content .= $this->writeClosing();
 
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/Title.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/Title.php
index 998bcedc..b9645a68 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/Title.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/Title.php
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\RTF\Element;
 
-use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\String;
-
 /**
  * Title element RTF writer; extends from text
  *