diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/HtmlParser.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/HtmlParser.java
index 000b70969..75de19a93 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/HtmlParser.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/HtmlParser.java
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package org.joinmastodon.android.ui.text;
 
+import android.graphics.Typeface;
 import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
 import android.text.Spanned;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.text.style.BulletSpan;
+import android.text.style.StyleSpan;
+import android.text.style.UnderlineSpan;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import com.twitter.twittertext.Regex;
@@ -128,6 +131,9 @@ public class HtmlParser{
 							}
 						}
 						case "li" -> openSpans.add(new SpanInfo(new BulletSpan(V.dp(6)), ssb.length(), el));
+						case "em", "i" -> openSpans.add(new SpanInfo(new StyleSpan(Typeface.ITALIC), ssb.length(), el));
+						case "strong", "b" -> openSpans.add(new SpanInfo(new StyleSpan(Typeface.BOLD), ssb.length(), el));
+						case "u" -> openSpans.add(new SpanInfo(new UnderlineSpan(), ssb.length(), el));
 					}
 				}
 			}