diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ## Install
 
 ```shell
-$ stack install
+$ stack install slate
 ```
 
 ## Usage
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
   rename                   Rename a slate.
   wipe                     Wipe a slate.
 
-$ slate add "My first note."
+$ slate add "My *first* note."
 $ slate add "New note!"
 $ slate display
-00 - My first note.
+00 - My <b>first</b> note.
 01 - New note!
 
 $ slate done 0
diff --git a/slate.cabal b/slate.cabal
--- a/slate.cabal
+++ b/slate.cabal
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: 0c4dd43c3f2d0caa98d5db89c38d2085527502780a7656087a24d835af4321e8
+-- hash: 0ed91232973ab0351a59fb06271930c070cbac5157ada7dacfc9a1f51bb3e185
 
 name:           slate
-version:        0.2.0.0
+version:        0.3.0.0
 synopsis:       A note taking CLI tool.
 description:    Please see the README on Github at <https://github.com/evuez/slate#readme>
 homepage:       https://github.com/evuez/slate#readme
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     , filepath >=1.4
     , optparse-applicative >=0.14
   exposed-modules:
+      AnsiStyle
       Lib
   other-modules:
       Paths_slate
diff --git a/src/AnsiStyle.hs b/src/AnsiStyle.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AnsiStyle.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+module AnsiStyle
+  ( toAnsi
+  ) where
+
+data Style
+  = Normal
+  | Emphasized
+  deriving (Show)
+
+data Text = Text
+  { style :: Style
+  , parsed :: String
+  , rest :: String
+  } deriving (Show)
+
+getStyle :: Style -> Char -> (Style, String)
+getStyle Normal '*' = (Emphasized, "\x1B[1m")
+getStyle Normal '_' = (Emphasized, "\x1B[1m")
+getStyle Emphasized '*' = (Normal, "\x1B[0m")
+getStyle Emphasized '_' = (Normal, "\x1B[0m")
+getStyle s c = (s, [c])
+
+toAnsi :: String -> String
+toAnsi s = parsed $ parseNote $ Text Normal [] s
+
+parseNote :: Text -> Text
+parseNote (Text s p (c:t)) = do
+  let (s1, c1) = getStyle s c
+  parseNote $ Text s1 (p ++ c1) t
+parseNote (Text s p ([])) = Text s p []
diff --git a/src/Lib.hs b/src/Lib.hs
--- a/src/Lib.hs
+++ b/src/Lib.hs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   , parser
   ) where
 
+import AnsiStyle (toAnsi)
 import Data.Semigroup ((<>))
 import Options.Applicative
 import System.Directory
@@ -144,9 +145,10 @@
 displaySlate _ f = putStr $ "\"" ++ f ++ "\" is not a valid filter."
 
 displayNote :: Int -> String -> String
-displayNote line (' ':'-':' ':'[':' ':']':note) = padInt line 2 ++ " -" ++ note
+displayNote line (' ':'-':' ':'[':' ':']':note) =
+  padInt line 2 ++ " -" ++ (toAnsi note)
 displayNote line (' ':'-':' ':'[':'x':']':note) =
-  "\x1B[9m" ++ padInt line 2 ++ " -" ++ note ++ "\x1B[0m"
+  "\x1B[9m" ++ padInt line 2 ++ " -" ++ (toAnsi note) ++ "\x1B[0m"
 displayNote line _ =
   "\x1B[31m" ++
   padInt line 2 ++ " - Parsing error: line is malformed" ++ "\x1B[0m"