diff --git a/gallery/example3.pdf b/gallery/example3.pdf
index 60c3e2b..21602b3 100644
Binary files a/gallery/example3.pdf and b/gallery/example3.pdf differ
diff --git a/gallery/example3.typ b/gallery/example3.typ
index 3cdce3a..4c48a04 100644
--- a/gallery/example3.typ
+++ b/gallery/example3.typ
@@ -133,4 +133,15 @@ chronos.diagram({
   _seq("a", "a", end-tip: ("o", "//"), comment: `-//o`)
   _seq("a", "a", start-tip: "x", end-tip: ("o", ">"), comment: `x->o`)
 })
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
+
+#chronos.diagram({
+  import chronos: *
+
+  _par("a", display-name: "Alice")
+  _par("b", display-name: "Bob", show-bottom: false)
+  _par("c", display-name: "Caleb", show-top: false)
+  _par("d", display-name: "Danny", show-bottom: false, show-top: false)
+
+  _gap()
+})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/participant.typ b/src/participant.typ
index 9d7ad3d..d1ec7ef 100644
--- a/src/participant.typ
+++ b/src/participant.typ
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
   invisible: false,
   shape: "participant",
   color: rgb("#E2E2F0"),
-  custom-image: none
+  custom-image: none,
+  show-bottom: true,
+  show-top: true,
 ) = {
   return ((
     type: "par",
@@ -31,7 +33,9 @@
     invisible: invisible,
     shape: shape,
     color: color,
-    custom-image: custom-image
+    custom-image: custom-image,
+    show-bottom: show-bottom,
+    show-top: show-top
   ),)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer.typ b/src/renderer.typ
index f55aa8f..ace3830 100644
--- a/src/renderer.typ
+++ b/src/renderer.typ
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
   
   // Draw participants (start)
   for p in participants {
-    if p.from-start and not p.invisible {
+    if p.from-start and not p.invisible and p.show-top {
       shapes += draw-par(p)
     }
   }
@@ -417,7 +417,9 @@
       }
 
       // Draw participants (end)
-      draw-par(p, y: y, bottom: true)
+      if p.show-bottom {
+        draw-par(p, y: y, bottom: true)
+      }
     }
   })