// Modifies only the textArea style of the current GUISkin
    var style : GUIStyle;
    private var str : String = "A string...\nWith two lines.";
    function OnGUI() {
        GUI.skin.textArea = style;
        str = GUILayout.TextArea(str);
    }

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class example : MonoBehaviour {
    public GUIStyle style;
    private string str = "A string...\nWith two lines.";
    void OnGUI() {
        GUI.skin.textArea = style;
        str = GUILayout.TextArea(str);
    }
}

import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

class example(MonoBehaviour):

    public style as GUIStyle

    private str as string = 'A string...\nWith two lines.'

    def OnGUI():
        GUI.skin.textArea = style
        str = GUILayout.TextArea(str)