diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/toolbar/toolbar-items.tsx b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/toolbar/toolbar-items.tsx
index 9b7e518a65..925685393a 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/toolbar/toolbar-items.tsx
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/toolbar/toolbar-items.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ import { MathDropdown } from './math-dropdown'
 import { InsertListDropdown } from './insert-list-dropdown'
 import { TableDropdown } from './table-dropdown'
 import { LegacyTableDropdown } from './table-inserter-dropdown-legacy'
-import { withinFormattingCommand } from '@/features/source-editor/utils/tree-operations/formatting'
+import {
+  withinFormattingCommand,
+  withinTypstFormatting,
+} from '@/features/source-editor/utils/tree-operations/formatting'
 import { isMac } from '@/shared/utils/os'
 import { useProjectContext } from '@/shared/context/project-context'
 import { useEditorPropertiesContext } from '@/features/ide-react/context/editor-properties-context'
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ export const ToolbarItems: FC<{
   const { features } = useProjectContext()
   const permissions = usePermissionsContext()
   const isActive = withinFormattingCommand(state)
+  const isTypstActive = withinTypstFormatting(state)
 
   const symbolPaletteAvailable = getMeta('ol-symbolPaletteAvailable')
   const showGroup = (group: string) => !overflowed || overflowed.has(group)
@@ -189,6 +193,33 @@ export const ToolbarItems: FC<{
           )}
         </>
       )}
+      {languageName === 'typst' && (
+        <>
+          {showGroup('group-format') && (
+            <div
+              className="ol-cm-toolbar-button-group"
+              aria-label={t('toolbar_text_style')}
+            >
+              <ToolbarButton
+                id="toolbar-format-bold"
+                label={t('toolbar_bold')}
+                command={commands.toggleTypstBold}
+                active={isTypstActive('Strong')}
+                icon="format_bold"
+                shortcut={isMac ? '⌘B' : 'Ctrl+B'}
+              />
+              <ToolbarButton
+                id="toolbar-format-italic"
+                label={t('toolbar_italic')}
+                command={commands.toggleTypstItalic}
+                active={isTypstActive('Emphasis')}
+                icon="format_italic"
+                shortcut={isMac ? '⌘I' : 'Ctrl+I'}
+              />
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </>
+      )}
     </>
   )
 })
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/toolbar/commands.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/toolbar/commands.ts
index 4d05330032..83650d9c4d 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/toolbar/commands.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/toolbar/commands.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import { sendSearchEvent } from '@/features/event-tracking/search-events'
 
 export const toggleBold = toggleRanges('\\textbf')
 export const toggleItalic = toggleRanges('\\textit')
+export const toggleTypstBold = wrapRanges('*', '*')
+export const toggleTypstItalic = wrapRanges('_', '_')
 
 // TODO: apply as a snippet?
 // TODO: read URL from clipboard?
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/typst/index.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/typst/index.ts
index bcdd507e60..b682c872b8 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/typst/index.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/typst/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { styleTags, tags as t } from '@lezer/highlight'
 import { parser } from '../../lezer-typst/typst.mjs'
 import { typstCompletions } from './complete'
 import { typstDocumentOutline } from './document-outline'
+import { shortcuts } from './shortcuts'
 
 // Note on tree structure: rules starting with a lowercase letter in the grammar
 // are inline (no tree node), so their children are promoted to the parent.
@@ -111,5 +112,6 @@ export const typst = () => {
     TypstLanguage.data.of({ autocomplete: typstCompletions }),
     typstDocumentOutline,
     syntaxHighlighting(typstHighlightStyle),
+    shortcuts(),
   ])
 }
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/typst/shortcuts.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/typst/shortcuts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b4ca1c49b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/languages/typst/shortcuts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { Prec } from '@codemirror/state'
+import { keymap } from '@codemirror/view'
+import { wrapRanges } from '../../commands/ranges'
+
+export const shortcuts = () => {
+  return Prec.high(
+    keymap.of([
+      {
+        key: 'Ctrl-b',
+        mac: 'Mod-b',
+        preventDefault: true,
+        run: wrapRanges('*', '*'),
+      },
+      {
+        key: 'Ctrl-i',
+        mac: 'Mod-i',
+        preventDefault: true,
+        run: wrapRanges('_', '_'),
+      },
+    ])
+  )
+}
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/utils/tree-operations/formatting.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/utils/tree-operations/formatting.ts
index dffdd246f5..1755feb8de 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/utils/tree-operations/formatting.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/utils/tree-operations/formatting.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,20 @@ import {
   matchingAncestor,
 } from '@/features/source-editor/utils/tree-operations/ancestors'
 
+export type TypstFormattingNode = 'Strong' | 'Emphasis'
+
+export const withinTypstFormatting = (state: EditorState) => {
+  const tree = syntaxTree(state)
+
+  return (nodeTypeName: TypstFormattingNode): boolean => {
+    const isFormatted = (range: SelectionRange): boolean => {
+      const node = tree.resolveInner(range.from, -1)
+      return Boolean(matchingAncestor(node, n => n.type.name === nodeTypeName))
+    }
+    return state.selection.ranges.every(isFormatted)
+  }
+}
+
 export type FormattingCommand = '\\textbf' | '\\textit'
 export type FormattingNodeType = string | number