diff --git a/src/terminal/new/Screen.zig b/src/terminal/new/Screen.zig
index c80db969a..98210aed4 100644
--- a/src/terminal/new/Screen.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/new/Screen.zig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const Screen = @This();
 const std = @import("std");
 const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
+const sgr = @import("../sgr.zig");
 const unicode = @import("../../unicode/main.zig");
 const PageList = @import("PageList.zig");
 const pagepkg = @import("page.zig");
@@ -31,7 +32,12 @@ const Cursor = struct {
     /// next character print will force a soft-wrap.
     pending_wrap: bool = false,
 
-    /// The currently active style. The style is page-specific so when
+    /// The currently active style. This is the concrete style value
+    /// that should be kept up to date. The style ID to use for cell writing
+    /// is below.
+    style: style.Style = .{},
+
+    /// The currently active style ID. The style is page-specific so when
     /// we change pages we need to ensure that we update that page with
     /// our style when used.
     style_id: style.Id = style.default_id,
@@ -208,6 +214,7 @@ pub fn cursorDownScroll(self: *Screen) !void {
     }
 
     // No space, we need to allocate a new page and move the cursor to it.
+    // TODO: copy style over
 
     const new_page = try self.pages.grow();
     assert(new_page.data.size.rows == 0);
@@ -241,6 +248,171 @@ pub fn scroll(self: *Screen, behavior: Scroll) void {
     }
 }
 
+/// Set a style attribute for the current cursor.
+///
+/// This can cause a page split if the current page cannot fit this style.
+/// This is the only scenario an error return is possible.
+pub fn setAttribute(self: *Screen, attr: sgr.Attribute) !void {
+    switch (attr) {
+        .unset => {
+            self.cursor.style = .{};
+        },
+
+        .bold => {
+            self.cursor.style.flags.bold = true;
+        },
+
+        .reset_bold => {
+            // Bold and faint share the same SGR code for this
+            self.cursor.style.flags.bold = false;
+            self.cursor.style.flags.faint = false;
+        },
+
+        .italic => {
+            self.cursor.style.flags.italic = true;
+        },
+
+        .reset_italic => {
+            self.cursor.style.flags.italic = false;
+        },
+
+        .faint => {
+            self.cursor.style.flags.faint = true;
+        },
+
+        .underline => |v| {
+            self.cursor.style.flags.underline = v;
+        },
+
+        .reset_underline => {
+            self.cursor.style.flags.underline = .none;
+        },
+
+        .underline_color => |rgb| {
+            self.cursor.style.underline_color = .{ .rgb = .{
+                .r = rgb.r,
+                .g = rgb.g,
+                .b = rgb.b,
+            } };
+        },
+
+        .@"256_underline_color" => |idx| {
+            self.cursor.style.underline_color = .{ .palette = idx };
+        },
+
+        .reset_underline_color => {
+            self.cursor.style.underline_color = .none;
+        },
+
+        .blink => {
+            self.cursor.style.flags.blink = true;
+        },
+
+        .reset_blink => {
+            self.cursor.style.flags.blink = false;
+        },
+
+        .inverse => {
+            self.cursor.style.flags.inverse = true;
+        },
+
+        .reset_inverse => {
+            self.cursor.style.flags.inverse = false;
+        },
+
+        .invisible => {
+            self.cursor.style.flags.invisible = true;
+        },
+
+        .reset_invisible => {
+            self.cursor.style.flags.invisible = false;
+        },
+
+        .strikethrough => {
+            self.cursor.style.flags.strikethrough = true;
+        },
+
+        .reset_strikethrough => {
+            self.cursor.style.flags.strikethrough = false;
+        },
+
+        .direct_color_fg => |rgb| {
+            self.cursor.style.fg_color = .{
+                .rgb = .{
+                    .r = rgb.r,
+                    .g = rgb.g,
+                    .b = rgb.b,
+                },
+            };
+        },
+
+        .direct_color_bg => |rgb| {
+            self.cursor.style.bg_color = .{
+                .rgb = .{
+                    .r = rgb.r,
+                    .g = rgb.g,
+                    .b = rgb.b,
+                },
+            };
+        },
+
+        .@"8_fg" => |n| {
+            self.cursor.style.fg_color = .{ .palette = @intFromEnum(n) };
+        },
+
+        .@"8_bg" => |n| {
+            self.cursor.style.bg_color = .{ .palette = @intFromEnum(n) };
+        },
+
+        .reset_fg => self.cursor.style.fg_color = .none,
+
+        .reset_bg => self.cursor.style.bg_color = .none,
+
+        .@"8_bright_fg" => |n| {
+            self.cursor.style.fg_color = .{ .palette = @intFromEnum(n) };
+        },
+
+        .@"8_bright_bg" => |n| {
+            self.cursor.style.bg_color = .{ .palette = @intFromEnum(n) };
+        },
+
+        .@"256_fg" => |idx| {
+            self.cursor.style.fg_color = .{ .palette = idx };
+        },
+
+        .@"256_bg" => |idx| {
+            self.cursor.style.bg_color = .{ .palette = idx };
+        },
+
+        .unknown => return,
+    }
+
+    var page = self.cursor.page_offset.page.data;
+
+    // Remove our previous style if is unused.
+    if (self.cursor.style_ref) |ref| {
+        if (ref.* == 0) {
+            page.styles.remove(page.memory, self.cursor.style_id);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // If our new style is the default, just reset to that
+    if (self.cursor.style.default()) {
+        self.cursor.style_id = 0;
+        self.cursor.style_ref = null;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // After setting the style, we need to update our style map.
+    // Note that we COULD lazily do this in print. We should look into
+    // if that makes a meaningful difference. Our priority is to keep print
+    // fast because setting a ton of styles that do nothing is uncommon
+    // and weird.
+    const md = try page.styles.upsert(page.memory, self.cursor.style);
+    self.cursor.style_id = md.id;
+    self.cursor.style_ref = &md.ref;
+}
+
 /// Dump the screen to a string. The writer given should be buffered;
 /// this function does not attempt to efficiently write and generally writes
 /// one byte at a time.
@@ -360,9 +532,72 @@ test "Screen read and write" {
 
     var s = try Screen.init(alloc, 80, 24, 1000);
     defer s.deinit();
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(style.Id, 0), s.cursor.style_id);
 
     try s.testWriteString("hello, world");
     const str = try s.dumpStringAlloc(alloc, .{ .screen = .{} });
     defer alloc.free(str);
     try testing.expectEqualStrings("hello, world", str);
 }
+
+test "Screen style basics" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    const alloc = testing.allocator;
+
+    var s = try Screen.init(alloc, 80, 24, 1000);
+    defer s.deinit();
+    const page = s.cursor.page_offset.page.data;
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 0), page.styles.count(page.memory));
+
+    // Set a new style
+    try s.setAttribute(.{ .bold = {} });
+    try testing.expect(s.cursor.style_id != 0);
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), page.styles.count(page.memory));
+    try testing.expect(s.cursor.style.flags.bold);
+
+    // Set another style, we should still only have one since it was unused
+    try s.setAttribute(.{ .italic = {} });
+    try testing.expect(s.cursor.style_id != 0);
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), page.styles.count(page.memory));
+    try testing.expect(s.cursor.style.flags.italic);
+}
+
+test "Screen style reset to default" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    const alloc = testing.allocator;
+
+    var s = try Screen.init(alloc, 80, 24, 1000);
+    defer s.deinit();
+    const page = s.cursor.page_offset.page.data;
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 0), page.styles.count(page.memory));
+
+    // Set a new style
+    try s.setAttribute(.{ .bold = {} });
+    try testing.expect(s.cursor.style_id != 0);
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), page.styles.count(page.memory));
+
+    // Reset to default
+    try s.setAttribute(.{ .reset_bold = {} });
+    try testing.expect(s.cursor.style_id == 0);
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 0), page.styles.count(page.memory));
+}
+
+test "Screen style reset with unset" {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    const alloc = testing.allocator;
+
+    var s = try Screen.init(alloc, 80, 24, 1000);
+    defer s.deinit();
+    const page = s.cursor.page_offset.page.data;
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 0), page.styles.count(page.memory));
+
+    // Set a new style
+    try s.setAttribute(.{ .bold = {} });
+    try testing.expect(s.cursor.style_id != 0);
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), page.styles.count(page.memory));
+
+    // Reset to default
+    try s.setAttribute(.{ .unset = {} });
+    try testing.expect(s.cursor.style_id == 0);
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 0), page.styles.count(page.memory));
+}
diff --git a/src/terminal/new/Terminal.zig b/src/terminal/new/Terminal.zig
index ae127e544..dd30c2c01 100644
--- a/src/terminal/new/Terminal.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/new/Terminal.zig
@@ -1239,6 +1239,11 @@ pub fn eraseChars(self: *Terminal, count_req: usize) void {
     // }
 }
 
+/// Set a style attribute.
+pub fn setAttribute(self: *Terminal, attr: sgr.Attribute) !void {
+    try self.screen.setAttribute(attr);
+}
+
 /// Return the current string value of the terminal. Newlines are
 /// encoded as "\n". This omits any formatting such as fg/bg.
 ///
@@ -3920,3 +3925,34 @@ test "Terminal: deleteLines resets wrap" {
         try testing.expectEqualStrings("B", str);
     }
 }
+
+test "Terminal: default style is empty" {
+    const alloc = testing.allocator;
+    var t = try init(alloc, 5, 5);
+    defer t.deinit(alloc);
+
+    try t.print('A');
+
+    {
+        const list_cell = t.screen.pages.getCell(.{ .screen = .{ .x = 0, .y = 0 } }).?;
+        const cell = list_cell.cell;
+        try testing.expectEqual(@as(u21, 'A'), cell.content.codepoint);
+        try testing.expectEqual(@as(style.Id, 0), cell.style_id);
+    }
+}
+
+test "Terminal: bold style" {
+    const alloc = testing.allocator;
+    var t = try init(alloc, 5, 5);
+    defer t.deinit(alloc);
+
+    try t.setAttribute(.{ .bold = {} });
+    try t.print('A');
+
+    {
+        const list_cell = t.screen.pages.getCell(.{ .screen = .{ .x = 0, .y = 0 } }).?;
+        const cell = list_cell.cell;
+        try testing.expectEqual(@as(u21, 'A'), cell.content.codepoint);
+        try testing.expect(cell.style_id != 0);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/terminal/new/style.zig b/src/terminal/new/style.zig
index 3de581676..9d867940d 100644
--- a/src/terminal/new/style.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/new/style.zig
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ pub const Style = struct {
         rgb: color.RGB,
     };
 
+    /// True if the style is the default style.
+    pub fn default(self: Style) bool {
+        const def: []const u8 = comptime std.mem.asBytes(&Style{});
+        return std.mem.eql(u8, std.mem.asBytes(&self), def);
+    }
+
     test {
         // The size of the struct so we can be aware of changes.
         const testing = std.testing;
@@ -203,6 +209,11 @@ pub const Set = struct {
         id_map.removeByPtr(id_entry.key_ptr);
         style_map.removeByPtr(style_ptr);
     }
+
+    /// Return the number of styles currently in the set.
+    pub fn count(self: *const Set, base: anytype) usize {
+        return self.id_map.map(base).count();
+    }
 };
 
 /// Metadata about a style. This is used to track the reference count