diff --git a/src/backends/text/types.jl b/src/backends/text/types.jl
index 83fcbec6..627bfc21 100644
--- a/src/backends/text/types.jl
+++ b/src/backends/text/types.jl
@@ -305,5 +305,6 @@ struct TextHighlighter
         )
     end
 end
+TextHighlighter(f::Function; kwargs...) = TextHighlighter(f, Crayon(; kwargs...))
 
 _text__default_highlighter_fd(h::TextHighlighter, ::Any, ::Int, ::Int) = h._decoration
diff --git a/test/backends/text/highlighters.jl b/test/backends/text/highlighters.jl
index 354f8e49..7df3507e 100644
--- a/test/backends/text/highlighters.jl
+++ b/test/backends/text/highlighters.jl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         color = true,
         highlighters = [
             TextHighlighter((data, i, j) -> data[i, j] % 2 == 0, crayon"bold fg:cyan")
-            TextHighlighter((data, i, j) -> data[i, j] % 2 == 0, crayon"bold")
+            TextHighlighter((data, i, j) -> data[i, j] % 2 == 0; bold = true)
             TextHighlighter((data, i, j) -> data[i, j] % 2 != 0, crayon"bold italics")
         ]
     )