diff --git a/src/core/sass/brand.ts b/src/core/sass/brand.ts
index e2150d23f93..cb8e18c367e 100644
--- a/src/core/sass/brand.ts
+++ b/src/core/sass/brand.ts
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ const brandTypographyBundle = (
         "style",
         "color",
         "background-color",
+        "decoration",
       ]
     ) {
       // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
@@ -447,6 +448,13 @@ const brandTypographyBundle = (
       ["color", "presentation-heading-color"],
       // TODO: style, needs CSS change
     ],
+    "link": [
+      // bootstrap + revealjs
+      ["color", "link-color"],
+      ["background-color", "link-color-bg"],
+      ["weight", "link-weight"],
+      ["decoration", "link-decoration"],
+    ],
     "monospace": [
       // bootstrap + revealjs
       ["family", "font-family-monospace"],
@@ -497,6 +505,7 @@ const brandTypographyBundle = (
   for (
     const kind of [
       // more specific entries go first
+      "link",
       "monospace-block",
       "monospace-inline",
       "monospace",
diff --git a/src/resources/formats/html/bootstrap/_bootstrap-rules.scss b/src/resources/formats/html/bootstrap/_bootstrap-rules.scss
index 91080707da3..a5ab4d85f7c 100644
--- a/src/resources/formats/html/bootstrap/_bootstrap-rules.scss
+++ b/src/resources/formats/html/bootstrap/_bootstrap-rules.scss
@@ -2174,3 +2174,10 @@ code {
   @include font-size($code-inline-font-size);
   font-weight: $font-weight-monospace-inline;
 }
+
+// link styling
+a {
+  background-color: $link-color-bg;
+  font-weight: $link-weight;
+  text-decoration: $link-decoration;
+}
diff --git a/src/resources/formats/html/bootstrap/_bootstrap-variables.scss b/src/resources/formats/html/bootstrap/_bootstrap-variables.scss
index 57713008985..6ea6a9674c9 100644
--- a/src/resources/formats/html/bootstrap/_bootstrap-variables.scss
+++ b/src/resources/formats/html/bootstrap/_bootstrap-variables.scss
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ $link-color: if(
   theme-override-value($theme-name, "link-color", $link-color),
   $link-color
 );
+$link-color-bg: transparent !default;
 
 /* Code Block Formatting */
 // Code Block Border Treatment
@@ -255,7 +256,8 @@ $h1h2h3-font-weight: 600 !default;
 $font-weight-base: 400 !default;
 $small-font-size: 0.875em !default;
 $code-font-size: $small-font-size !default;
-$font-family-monospace: SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, "Liberation Mono", "Courier New", monospace !default;
+$font-family-monospace: SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas,
+  "Liberation Mono", "Courier New", monospace !default;
 
 $font-family-monospace-block: $font-family-monospace !default;
 $font-family-monospace-inline: $font-family-monospace !default;
@@ -264,3 +266,5 @@ $font-weight-monospace-block: $font-weight-monospace !default;
 $font-weight-monospace-inline: $font-weight-monospace !default;
 $code-block-font-size: $code-font-size !default;
 $code-inline-font-size: $code-font-size !default;
+$link-weight: $font-weight-base !default;
+$link-decoration: inherit !default;
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diff --git a/src/resources/formats/revealjs/quarto.scss b/src/resources/formats/revealjs/quarto.scss
index c10975e3b35..9ba2eebfd6d 100644
--- a/src/resources/formats/revealjs/quarto.scss
+++ b/src/resources/formats/revealjs/quarto.scss
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ $font-weight-base: 400 !default;
 $code-font-size: $presentation-font-size-root !default;
 $font-family-monospace-block: $font-family-monospace !default;
 $font-family-monospace-inline: $font-family-monospace !default;
+$link-weight: $font-weight-base !default;
+$link-color-bg: transparent !default;
+$link-decoration: inherit !default;
 
 // main colors
 $body-bg: #fff !default;
@@ -923,3 +926,11 @@ kbd {
   --r-inline-code-font-size: #{$revealjs-code-inline-font-size};
   --r-block-code-font-size: #{$revealjs-code-block-font-size};
 }
+
+// _brand.yml rules
+
+.reveal a {
+  font-weight: $link-weight;
+  background-color: $link-color-bg;
+  text-decoration: $link-decoration;
+}