diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/ast/quarkdown/TextTransform.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/ast/quarkdown/TextTransform.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbcc9f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/ast/quarkdown/TextTransform.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown
+
+import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.NestableNode
+import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.Node
+import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.rendering.representable.RenderRepresentable
+import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.rendering.representable.RenderRepresentableVisitor
+import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.visitor.node.NodeVisitor
+
+/**
+ * Text transformation a portion of text can undergo.
+ * If a property is set to `null` it is not specified, hence ignored.
+ * @param size font size
+ * @param weight font weight
+ * @param style font style
+ * @param decoration text decoration
+ * @param case text case
+ * @param variant font variant
+ */
+class TextTransformData(
+    val size: Size? = null,
+    val weight: Weight? = null,
+    val style: Style? = null,
+    val decoration: Decoration? = null,
+    val case: Case? = null,
+    val variant: Variant? = null,
+) {
+    enum class Size : RenderRepresentable {
+        TINY,
+        SMALL,
+        NORMAL,
+        MEDIUM,
+        LARGE,
+        ;
+
+        override fun <T> accept(visitor: RenderRepresentableVisitor<T>): T = visitor.visit(this)
+    }
+
+    enum class Weight : RenderRepresentable {
+        NORMAL,
+        BOLD,
+        ;
+
+        override fun <T> accept(visitor: RenderRepresentableVisitor<T>): T = visitor.visit(this)
+    }
+
+    enum class Style : RenderRepresentable {
+        NORMAL,
+        ITALIC,
+        ;
+
+        override fun <T> accept(visitor: RenderRepresentableVisitor<T>): T = visitor.visit(this)
+    }
+
+    enum class Decoration : RenderRepresentable {
+        NONE,
+        UNDERLINE,
+        STRIKETHROUGH,
+        ;
+
+        override fun <T> accept(visitor: RenderRepresentableVisitor<T>): T = visitor.visit(this)
+    }
+
+    enum class Case : RenderRepresentable {
+        NONE,
+        UPPERCASE,
+        LOWERCASE,
+        CAPITALIZE,
+        ;
+
+        override fun <T> accept(visitor: RenderRepresentableVisitor<T>): T = visitor.visit(this)
+    }
+
+    enum class Variant : RenderRepresentable {
+        NORMAL,
+        SMALL_CAPS,
+        ;
+
+        override fun <T> accept(visitor: RenderRepresentableVisitor<T>): T = visitor.visit(this)
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * A portion of text with a specific visual transformation.
+ * @param data transformation the text undergoes
+ */
+data class TextTransform(
+    val data: TextTransformData,
+    override val children: List<Node>,
+) : NestableNode {
+    override fun <T> accept(visitor: NodeVisitor<T>): T = visitor.visit(this)
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/BaseHtmlNodeRenderer.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/BaseHtmlNodeRenderer.kt
index 620a6f1b..75c3326b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/BaseHtmlNodeRenderer.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/BaseHtmlNodeRenderer.kt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.PageCounterInitializer
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.PageMarginContentInitializer
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.SlidesConfigurationInitializer
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.Stacked
+import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.TextTransform
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.context.Context
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.context.resolveOrFallback
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.rendering.UnsupportedRenderException
@@ -246,4 +247,6 @@ open class BaseHtmlNodeRenderer(context: Context) : TagNodeRenderer<HtmlTagBuild
     override fun visit(node: SlidesConfigurationInitializer): CharSequence = throw UnsupportedRenderException(node)
 
     override fun visit(node: MathSpan): CharSequence = throw UnsupportedRenderException(node)
+
+    override fun visit(node: TextTransform): CharSequence = throw UnsupportedRenderException(node)
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/CssRepresentableVisitor.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/CssRepresentableVisitor.kt
index 2f8a8c2e..608102b7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/CssRepresentableVisitor.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/CssRepresentableVisitor.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package eu.iamgio.quarkdown.rendering.html
 
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.Clipped
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.Stacked
+import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.TextTransformData
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.document.page.PageMarginPosition
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.document.page.Size
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.document.page.Sizes
@@ -50,6 +51,25 @@ class CssRepresentableVisitor : RenderRepresentableVisitor<String> {
     override fun visit(transition: Transition.Style) = transition.kebabCaseName
 
     override fun visit(speed: Transition.Speed) = speed.kebabCaseName
+
+    override fun visit(size: TextTransformData.Size) =
+        when (size) {
+            TextTransformData.Size.TINY -> "0.5em"
+            TextTransformData.Size.SMALL -> "0.75em"
+            TextTransformData.Size.NORMAL -> "1em"
+            TextTransformData.Size.MEDIUM -> "1.5em"
+            TextTransformData.Size.LARGE -> "2em"
+        }
+
+    override fun visit(weight: TextTransformData.Weight) = weight.kebabCaseName
+
+    override fun visit(style: TextTransformData.Style) = style.kebabCaseName
+
+    override fun visit(decoration: TextTransformData.Decoration) = decoration.kebabCaseName
+
+    override fun visit(case: TextTransformData.Case) = case.kebabCaseName
+
+    override fun visit(variant: TextTransformData.Variant) = variant.kebabCaseName
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/QuarkdownHtmlNodeRenderer.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/QuarkdownHtmlNodeRenderer.kt
index 956ce2f9..27419e1f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/QuarkdownHtmlNodeRenderer.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/QuarkdownHtmlNodeRenderer.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.PageCounterInitializer
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.PageMarginContentInitializer
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.SlidesConfigurationInitializer
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.Stacked
+import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.TextTransform
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.context.Context
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.document.DocumentType
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.rendering.tag.buildTag
@@ -105,6 +106,19 @@ class QuarkdownHtmlNodeRenderer(context: Context) : BaseHtmlNodeRenderer(context
     // Math is processed by the MathJax library which requires text delimiters instead of tags.
     override fun visit(node: MathSpan) = INLINE_MATH_FENCE + "$" + node.expression + "$" + INLINE_MATH_FENCE
 
+    override fun visit(node: TextTransform) =
+        buildTag("span") {
+            +node.children
+            style {
+                "font-size" value node.data.size
+                "font-weight" value node.data.weight
+                "font-style" value node.data.style
+                "font-variant" value node.data.variant
+                "text-decoration" value node.data.decoration
+                "text-transform" value node.data.case
+            }
+        }
+
     // Invisible nodes
 
     override fun visit(node: PageMarginContentInitializer) =
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/representable/RenderRepresentableVisitor.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/representable/RenderRepresentableVisitor.kt
index 5bde59bd..2cd22817 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/representable/RenderRepresentableVisitor.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/representable/RenderRepresentableVisitor.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package eu.iamgio.quarkdown.rendering.representable
 
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.Clipped
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.Stacked
+import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.TextTransformData
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.document.page.PageMarginPosition
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.document.page.Size
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.document.page.Sizes
@@ -33,4 +34,16 @@ interface RenderRepresentableVisitor<T> {
     fun visit(transition: Transition.Style): T
 
     fun visit(speed: Transition.Speed): T
+
+    fun visit(size: TextTransformData.Size): T
+
+    fun visit(weight: TextTransformData.Weight): T
+
+    fun visit(style: TextTransformData.Style): T
+
+    fun visit(decoration: TextTransformData.Decoration): T
+
+    fun visit(case: TextTransformData.Case): T
+
+    fun visit(variant: TextTransformData.Variant): T
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/visitor/node/NodeVisitor.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/visitor/node/NodeVisitor.kt
index 90e5e973..639275ad 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/visitor/node/NodeVisitor.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/visitor/node/NodeVisitor.kt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.PageCounterInitializer
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.PageMarginContentInitializer
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.SlidesConfigurationInitializer
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.Stacked
+import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.TextTransform
 
 /**
  * A visitor for [eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.Node]s.
@@ -130,6 +131,8 @@ interface NodeVisitor<T> {
 
     fun visit(node: MathSpan): T
 
+    fun visit(node: TextTransform): T
+
     // Quarkdown invisible nodes
 
     fun visit(node: PageMarginContentInitializer): T
diff --git a/stdlib/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/stdlib/Text.kt b/stdlib/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/stdlib/Text.kt
index 49452f05..41f31717 100644
--- a/stdlib/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/stdlib/Text.kt
+++ b/stdlib/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/stdlib/Text.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package eu.iamgio.quarkdown.stdlib
 
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.Code
+import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.InlineMarkdownContent
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.MarkdownContent
+import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.TextTransform
+import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.TextTransformData
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.context.MutableContext
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.function.reflect.Injected
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.function.reflect.Name
@@ -15,10 +18,34 @@ import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.util.toPlainText
  */
 val Text: Module =
     setOf(
+        ::text,
         ::code,
         ::loremIpsum,
     )
 
+/**
+ * Creates an inline text node with specified formatting and transformation.
+ * @param size font size, or default if not specified
+ * @param weight font weight, or default if not specified
+ * @param style font style, or default if not specified
+ * @param decoration text decoration, or default if not specified
+ * @param case text case, or default if not specified
+ * @param variant font variant, or default if not specified
+ */
+fun text(
+    size: TextTransformData.Size? = null,
+    weight: TextTransformData.Weight? = null,
+    style: TextTransformData.Style? = null,
+    decoration: TextTransformData.Decoration? = null,
+    case: TextTransformData.Case? = null,
+    variant: TextTransformData.Variant? = null,
+    content: InlineMarkdownContent,
+): NodeValue =
+    TextTransform(
+        TextTransformData(size, weight, style, decoration, case, variant),
+        content.children,
+    ).wrappedAsValue()
+
 /**
  * Creates a code block. Contrary to its standard Markdown implementation with backtick/tilde fences,
  * this function accepts Markdown content as its body, hence it can be used - for example -