diff --git a/src/file/styles/style/character-style.spec.ts b/src/file/styles/style/character-style.spec.ts
index 1556aae109..727b7f3a3f 100644
--- a/src/file/styles/style/character-style.spec.ts
+++ b/src/file/styles/style/character-style.spec.ts
@@ -243,6 +243,56 @@ describe("CharacterStyle", () => {
             });
         });
 
+        it("#bold", () => {
+            const style = new CharacterStyle("myStyleId").bold();
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(style);
+            expect(tree).to.deep.equal({
+                "w:style": [
+                    { _attr: { "w:type": "character", "w:styleId": "myStyleId" } },
+                    {
+                        "w:rPr": [{ "w:b": [{ _attr: { "w:val": true } }] }],
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "w:uiPriority": [
+                            {
+                                _attr: {
+                                    "w:val": "99",
+                                },
+                            },
+                        ],
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "w:unhideWhenUsed": [],
+                    },
+                ],
+            });
+        });
+
+        it("#italics", () => {
+            const style = new CharacterStyle("myStyleId").italics();
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(style);
+            expect(tree).to.deep.equal({
+                "w:style": [
+                    { _attr: { "w:type": "character", "w:styleId": "myStyleId" } },
+                    {
+                        "w:rPr": [{ "w:i": [{ _attr: { "w:val": true } }] }],
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "w:uiPriority": [
+                            {
+                                _attr: {
+                                    "w:val": "99",
+                                },
+                            },
+                        ],
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "w:unhideWhenUsed": [],
+                    },
+                ],
+            });
+        });
+
         it("#link", () => {
             const style = new CharacterStyle("myStyleId").link("MyLink");
             const tree = new Formatter().format(style);
diff --git a/src/file/styles/style/character-style.ts b/src/file/styles/style/character-style.ts
index f7354ae788..c7f677b331 100644
--- a/src/file/styles/style/character-style.ts
+++ b/src/file/styles/style/character-style.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ export class CharacterStyle extends Style {
         return this.addRunProperty(new formatting.Color(color));
     }
 
+    public bold(): CharacterStyle {
+        return this.addRunProperty(new formatting.Bold());
+    }
+
+    public italics(): CharacterStyle {
+        return this.addRunProperty(new formatting.Italics());
+    }
+
     public underline(underlineType?: string, color?: string): CharacterStyle {
         return this.addRunProperty(new formatting.Underline(underlineType, color));
     }