Is it possible to make italic text or italic bold in a markdown file used in the CMS red by using CSS or something?

That does work in the Typography component with CMS.

Sure! In the Markdown Component add the following classes to the CSS Classes field under Advanced: To make the italic text red use the following code: [&_em]:text-red-600 To make the italic text bold use the following code: prose-em:font-bold To make the italic text bold and red use the follow…

Awesome, glad you got it working :slight_smile:

Making Italic Text in a Markdown file red

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ercross (Edward Cross) February 11, 2026, 10:12pm 3

Hi Dan,

So that’s for the Markdown component, but I wanted to style text in the CMS blog post. Will it work there as well.

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Making Italic Text in a Markdown file red

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