diff --git a/components/publish/PublishWidget.vue b/components/publish/PublishWidget.vue
index 342f2872..1d3c77d1 100644
--- a/components/publish/PublishWidget.vue
+++ b/components/publish/PublishWidget.vue
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const {
   draftKey,
   initial = getDefaultDraft() as never /* Bug of vue-core */,
   expanded: _expanded = false,
+  placeholder,
 } = defineProps<{
   draftKey: string
   initial?: () => Draft
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ const {
   expanded?: boolean
 }>()
 
+const { t } = useI18n()
 // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-const
 let { draft, isEmpty } = $(useDraft(draftKey, initial))
 
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ const { editor } = useTiptap({
     get: () => draft.params.status,
     set: newVal => draft.params.status = newVal,
   }),
-  placeholder: computed(() => draft.placeholder),
+  placeholder: computed(() => placeholder || draft.params.inReplyToId ? t('placeholder.replying') : t('placeholder.default_1')),
   autofocus: shouldExpanded,
   onSubmit: publish,
   onFocus() { isExpanded = true },
diff --git a/components/tiptap/TiptapCodeBlock.vue b/components/tiptap/TiptapCodeBlock.vue
index 1c59f1d2..b7325f08 100644
--- a/components/tiptap/TiptapCodeBlock.vue
+++ b/components/tiptap/TiptapCodeBlock.vue
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const selectedLanguage = computed({
 
 <template>
   <NodeViewWrapper>
-    <div relative my2>
+    <div relative my2 class="code-block">
       <select v-model="selectedLanguage" contenteditable="false" absolute top-1 right-1 rounded px2 op0 hover:op100 focus:op100 transition>
         <option :value="null">
           plain
diff --git a/composables/content.ts b/composables/content.ts
index 9e8cbe74..a5c3246c 100644
--- a/composables/content.ts
+++ b/composables/content.ts
@@ -125,11 +125,25 @@ function treeToText(input: Node): string {
     pre = '\n'
 
   if (input.nodeName === 'code') {
-    const clz = input.attrs.find(attr => attr.name === 'class')
-    const lang = clz?.value.replace('language-', '')
+    if (input.parentNode?.nodeName === 'pre') {
+      const clz = input.attrs.find(attr => attr.name === 'class')
+      const lang = clz?.value.replace('language-', '')
 
-    pre = `\`\`\`${lang || ''}\n`
-    post = '\n```'
+      pre = `\`\`\`${lang || ''}\n`
+      post = '\n```'
+    }
+    else {
+      pre = '`'
+      post = '`'
+    }
+  }
+  else if (input.nodeName === 'b' || input.nodeName === 'strong') {
+    pre = '**'
+    post = '**'
+  }
+  else if (input.nodeName === 'i' || input.nodeName === 'em') {
+    pre = '*'
+    post = '*'
   }
 
   if ('childNodes' in input)
diff --git a/composables/statusDrafts.ts b/composables/statusDrafts.ts
index 923fba07..6bde5c66 100644
--- a/composables/statusDrafts.ts
+++ b/composables/statusDrafts.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ export interface Draft {
     status?: Exclude<CreateStatusParams['status'], null>
   }
   attachments: Attachment[]
-  placeholder: string
 }
 export type DraftMap = Record<string, Draft>
 
@@ -24,14 +23,13 @@ export const currentUserDrafts = computed(() => {
 })
 
 export function getDefaultDraft(options: Partial<Draft['params'] & Omit<Draft, 'params'>> = {}): Draft {
-  const { t } = useI18n()
   const {
     status = '',
     inReplyToId,
     visibility = 'public',
-    placeholder = t('placeholder.default_1'),
     attachments = [],
   } = options
+
   return {
     params: {
       status,
@@ -39,7 +37,6 @@ export function getDefaultDraft(options: Partial<Draft['params'] & Omit<Draft, '
       visibility,
     },
     attachments,
-    placeholder,
   }
 }
 
@@ -53,12 +50,10 @@ export function getDraftFromStatus(status: Status, text?: null | string): Draft
 }
 
 export function getReplyDraft(status: Status) {
-  const { t } = useI18n()
   return {
     key: `reply-${status.id}`,
     draft: () => getDefaultDraft({
       inReplyToId: status!.id,
-      placeholder: t('placeholder.reply_to_account', [status?.account ? getDisplayName(status.account) : t('placeholder.the_thread')]),
       visibility: status.visibility,
     }),
   }
@@ -76,7 +71,7 @@ export const isEmptyDraft = (draft: Draft | null | undefined) => {
 
 export function useDraft(
   draftKey: string,
-  initial: () => Draft = () => getDefaultDraft(),
+  initial: () => Draft = () => getDefaultDraft({}),
 ) {
   const draft = computed({
     get() {
diff --git a/locales/en-US.json b/locales/en-US.json
index 2bb7d85c..23eb2d8d 100644
--- a/locales/en-US.json
+++ b/locales/en-US.json
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
   "placeholder": {
     "default_1": "What is on your mind?",
     "reply_to_account": "Reply to {0}",
+    "replying": "Replying",
     "the_thread": "the thread"
   },
   "state": {
diff --git a/styles/global.css b/styles/global.css
index fa8e307a..7ce18f2d 100644
--- a/styles/global.css
+++ b/styles/global.css
@@ -67,9 +67,15 @@ body {
   p {
     --at-apply: my-2;
   }
+  code {
+    --at-apply: bg-code text-code px1 py0.5 rounded text-sm;
+  }
+  pre code {
+    --at-apply: text-base bg-transparent px0 py0 rounded-none;
+  }
 
   .code-block {
-    --at-apply: bg-code text-0.9rem p3 mt-2 rounded overflow-auto leading-1.6em;
+    --at-apply: font-mono bg-code text-base p3 mt-2 rounded overflow-auto leading-1.6em;
 
     .shiki {
       background: transparent !important;
@@ -78,15 +84,7 @@ body {
 }
 
 .content-editor {
-  --at-apply: 'outline-none flex-1';
-
-  pre {
-    --at-apply: font-mono bg-code rounded px3 py2;
-
-    code {
-      --at-apply: bg-transparent text-0.8rem p0;
-    }
-  }
+  --at-apply: outline-none flex-1;
 }
 
 .content-editor.content-rich {
diff --git a/styles/vars.css b/styles/vars.css
index 95f85089..5c77856e 100644
--- a/styles/vars.css
+++ b/styles/vars.css
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@
   --c-primary: #EA9E44;
   --c-primary-active: #C16929;
   --c-border: #88888820;
+
   --c-bg-base: #fff;
   --c-bg-active: #f6f6f6;
   --c-bg-code: #00000006;
   --c-bg-selection: #8885;
+
   --c-text-base: #232323;
+  --c-text-code: #7ca72f;
   --c-text-secondary: #686868;
   --c-text-secondary-light: #919191;
+
   --c-bg-btn-disabled: #a1a1a1;
   --c-text-btn-disabled: #fff;
   --c-text-btn: #232323;
@@ -18,9 +22,12 @@
   --c-bg-base: #111;
   --c-bg-active: #191919;
   --c-bg-code: #ffffff06;
+
   --c-text-base: #fff;
+  --c-text-code: #90be3d;
   --c-text-secondary: #888;
   --c-text-secondary-light: #686868;
+
   --c-bg-btn-disabled: #2a2a2a;
   --c-text-btn-disabled: #919191;
 }
diff --git a/tests/__snapshots__/content.test.ts.snap b/tests/__snapshots__/content-rich.test.ts.snap
similarity index 98%
rename from tests/__snapshots__/content.test.ts.snap
rename to tests/__snapshots__/content-rich.test.ts.snap
index 6f3499e7..534df3ac 100644
--- a/tests/__snapshots__/content.test.ts.snap
+++ b/tests/__snapshots__/content-rich.test.ts.snap
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ exports[`content-rich > custom emoji 1`] = `
 "Daniel Roe
 <img
   src=\\"https://media.mas.to/masto-public/cache/custom_emojis/images/000/288/667/original/c96ba3cb0e0e1eac.png\\"
-  alt=\\"nuxt\\"
+  alt=\\":nuxt:\\"
   class=\\"custom-emoji\\"
 />
 "
diff --git a/tests/content.test.ts b/tests/content-rich.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/content.test.ts
rename to tests/content-rich.test.ts
diff --git a/tests/html-to-text.test.ts b/tests/html-to-text.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..756b1930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/html-to-text.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { htmlToText } from '../composables/content'
+
+describe('html-to-text', () => {
+  it('inline code', () => {
+    expect(htmlToText('<p>text <code>code</code> inline</p>'))
+      .toMatchInlineSnapshot('"text `code` inline"')
+  })
+
+  it('code block', () => {
+    expect(htmlToText('<p>text </p><pre><code class="language-js">code</code></pre>'))
+      .toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        "text 
+        \`\`\`js
+        code
+        \`\`\`"
+      `)
+  })
+
+  it('bold & italic', () => {
+    expect(htmlToText('<p>text <b>bold</b> <em>italic</em></p>'))
+      .toMatchInlineSnapshot('"text **bold** *italic*"')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/types/index.ts b/types/index.ts
index ca95d383..dd7ae9e9 100644
--- a/types/index.ts
+++ b/types/index.ts
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ export interface GroupedNotifications {
   type: string
   items: Notification[]
 }
+
+export type TranslateFn = ReturnType<typeof useI18n>['t']
diff --git a/unocss.config.ts b/unocss.config.ts
index 77155147..fd568628 100644
--- a/unocss.config.ts
+++ b/unocss.config.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
 
       // text colors
       'text-base': 'text-$c-text-base',
+      'text-code': 'text-$c-text-code',
       'text-inverted': 'text-$c-bg-base',
       'text-secondary': 'text-$c-text-secondary',
       'text-secondary-light': 'text-$c-text-secondary-light',