two different looks for post types (n00b)

I think you’re asking about the way the page is displayed. Like, you pull up a post under a certain category and you want that information to have a different layout than other posts from different categories. If I’m guessing correctly, you might need to look into template hierarchy.
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Hierarchy

Thanks. That helps. Not sure if it will work exactly like I want it, but I’ll give it a try…