diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/typst-decorations.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/typst-decorations.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fe9476664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/typst-decorations.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+import {
+  Decoration,
+  DecorationSet,
+  ViewPlugin,
+  ViewUpdate,
+} from '@codemirror/view'
+import { EditorState, Range } from '@codemirror/state'
+import { syntaxTree } from '@codemirror/language'
+import { Tree } from '@lezer/common'
+import { selectionIntersects } from './selection'
+
+/**
+ * Returns true when the node range should have its markers hidden:
+ * either the document is read-only, or the cursor is not inside the node.
+ */
+function shouldDecorate(
+  state: EditorState,
+  from: number,
+  to: number
+): boolean {
+  return state.readOnly || !selectionIntersects(state.selection, { from, to })
+}
+
+/**
+ * Visual-mode decorations for Typst markup.
+ *
+ * Hides syntactic markers (*/_/= headings/backticks) when the cursor is
+ * outside them, and applies CSS classes for bold, italic, headings, and
+ * inline code.  Mirrors the pattern used by markDecorations for LaTeX.
+ */
+export const typstDecorations = ViewPlugin.define(
+  view => {
+    const createDecorations = (
+      state: EditorState,
+      tree: Tree
+    ): DecorationSet => {
+      const decorations: Range<Decoration>[] = []
+
+      for (const { from, to } of view.visibleRanges) {
+        tree.iterate({
+          from,
+          to,
+          enter(nodeRef) {
+            const { from: nFrom, to: nTo } = nodeRef
+
+            switch (nodeRef.type.name) {
+              case 'Strong': {
+                // *bold text*
+                if (shouldDecorate(state, nFrom, nTo)) {
+                  decorations.push(Decoration.replace({}).range(nFrom, nFrom + 1))
+                  const body = nodeRef.node.getChild('StrongBody')
+                  if (body) {
+                    decorations.push(
+                      Decoration.mark({
+                        class: 'ol-cm-typst-strong',
+                        inclusive: true,
+                      }).range(body.from, body.to)
+                    )
+                  }
+                  if (nTo > nFrom + 1) {
+                    decorations.push(Decoration.replace({}).range(nTo - 1, nTo))
+                  }
+                }
+                return false
+              }
+
+              case 'Emphasis': {
+                // _italic text_
+                if (shouldDecorate(state, nFrom, nTo)) {
+                  decorations.push(Decoration.replace({}).range(nFrom, nFrom + 1))
+                  const body = nodeRef.node.getChild('EmphBody')
+                  if (body) {
+                    decorations.push(
+                      Decoration.mark({
+                        class: 'ol-cm-typst-emph',
+                        inclusive: true,
+                      }).range(body.from, body.to)
+                    )
+                  }
+                  if (nTo > nFrom + 1) {
+                    decorations.push(Decoration.replace({}).range(nTo - 1, nTo))
+                  }
+                }
+                return false
+              }
+
+              case 'Heading': {
+                // = Title  /  == Title  /  === Title …
+                const markNode = nodeRef.node.getChild('HeadingMark')
+                const titleNode = nodeRef.node.getChild('HeadingTitle')
+                if (markNode && titleNode) {
+                  const markText = state.doc.sliceString(
+                    markNode.from,
+                    markNode.to
+                  )
+                  const level = (markText.match(/^=+/) ?? ['='])[0].length
+                  const cls = `ol-cm-typst-heading ol-cm-typst-h${Math.min(level, 6)}`
+
+                  if (shouldDecorate(state, markNode.from, markNode.to)) {
+                    decorations.push(
+                      Decoration.replace({}).range(markNode.from, markNode.to)
+                    )
+                  }
+                  decorations.push(
+                    Decoration.mark({ class: cls }).range(
+                      titleNode.from,
+                      titleNode.to
+                    )
+                  )
+                }
+                return false
+              }
+
+              case 'RawInline': {
+                // `inline code`
+                if (shouldDecorate(state, nFrom, nTo)) {
+                  const content = nodeRef.node.getChild('RawInlineContent')
+                  if (content) {
+                    decorations.push(
+                      Decoration.replace({}).range(nFrom, content.from)
+                    )
+                    decorations.push(
+                      Decoration.mark({
+                        class: 'ol-cm-typst-raw-inline',
+                      }).range(content.from, content.to)
+                    )
+                    decorations.push(
+                      Decoration.replace({}).range(content.to, nTo)
+                    )
+                  }
+                }
+                return false
+              }
+            }
+          },
+        })
+      }
+
+      return Decoration.set(decorations, true)
+    }
+
+    let previousTree = syntaxTree(view.state)
+
+    return {
+      decorations: createDecorations(view.state, previousTree),
+      update(update: ViewUpdate) {
+        const tree = syntaxTree(update.state)
+        if (
+          tree.type === previousTree.type &&
+          tree.length < update.view.viewport.to
+        ) {
+          // still parsing — just map existing decorations over any edits
+          this.decorations = this.decorations.map(update.changes)
+        } else if (
+          tree !== previousTree ||
+          update.viewportChanged ||
+          update.selectionSet // ← re-evaluate on cursor movement to show/hide markers
+        ) {
+          previousTree = tree
+          this.decorations = createDecorations(update.state, tree)
+        }
+      },
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    decorations(value) {
+      return value.decorations
+    },
+  }
+)
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/visual-theme.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/visual-theme.ts
index 2832cc042a..b093a5cbee 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/visual-theme.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/visual-theme.ts
@@ -467,6 +467,33 @@ const mainVisualTheme = EditorView.theme({
       padding: '0 0.5em',
     },
   },
+
+  // ── Typst visual decorations ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+  '.ol-cm-typst-strong': {
+    fontWeight: 700,
+  },
+  '.ol-cm-typst-emph': {
+    fontStyle: 'italic',
+  },
+  '.ol-cm-typst-heading': {
+    fontWeight: 550,
+    lineHeight: '1.35',
+    color: 'inherit !important',
+    background: 'inherit !important',
+  },
+  '.ol-cm-typst-h1': { fontSize: '2em' },
+  '.ol-cm-typst-h2': { fontSize: '1.6em' },
+  '.ol-cm-typst-h3': { fontSize: '1.44em' },
+  '.ol-cm-typst-h4': { fontSize: '1.2em' },
+  '.ol-cm-typst-h5': { fontSize: '1em' },
+  '.ol-cm-typst-h6': { fontSize: '1em' },
+  '.ol-cm-typst-raw-inline': {
+    fontFamily: 'var(--source-font-family)',
+    fontSize: '0.9em',
+    backgroundColor: 'rgba(125, 125, 125, 0.1)',
+    borderRadius: '3px',
+    lineHeight: 1,
+  },
 })
 
 const contentWidthThemeConf = new Compartment()
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/visual.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/visual.ts
index 884733981e..8859553fcd 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/visual.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/visual.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { listItemMarker } from './list-item-marker'
 import { pasteHtml } from './paste-html'
 import { commandTooltip } from '../command-tooltip'
 import { tableGeneratorTheme } from './table-generator'
+import { typstDecorations } from './typst-decorations'
 import { debugConsole } from '@/utils/debugging'
 import { PreviewPath } from '../../../../../../types/preview-path'
 
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ const extension = (options: Options) => [
   atomicDecorations(options),
   visualEditorExtensions.map(extension => extension(options)),
   markDecorations, // NOTE: must be after atomicDecorations, so that mark decorations wrap inline widgets
+  typstDecorations,
   visualKeymap,
   commandTooltip,
   scrollJumpAdjuster,