diff --git a/packages/layout-engine/painters/dom/src/paragraph-hash-utils.ts b/packages/layout-engine/painters/dom/src/paragraph-hash-utils.ts
index 605e251e3..62def18ba 100644
--- a/packages/layout-engine/painters/dom/src/paragraph-hash-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/layout-engine/painters/dom/src/paragraph-hash-utils.ts
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ export const getRunBooleanProp = (run: Run, prop: string): boolean => {
  * @returns The underline style or empty string if not present
  */
 export const getRunUnderlineStyle = (run: Run): string => {
+  if ('underline' in run && typeof run.underline === 'boolean') {
+    return run.underline ? 'single' : '';
+  }
   if ('underline' in run && run.underline && typeof run.underline === 'object') {
     return (run.underline as { style?: string }).style ?? '';
   }
diff --git a/packages/layout-engine/pm-adapter/src/converters/paragraph.ts b/packages/layout-engine/pm-adapter/src/converters/paragraph.ts
index 111be4564..1182fde05 100644
--- a/packages/layout-engine/pm-adapter/src/converters/paragraph.ts
+++ b/packages/layout-engine/pm-adapter/src/converters/paragraph.ts
@@ -338,10 +338,16 @@ export function fieldAnnotationNodeToRun(
   if (typeof textHighlight === 'string') run.textHighlight = textHighlight;
 
   // Text formatting
+  // Prefer explicit attrs on the annotation node; they should override metadata formatting.
   const formatting = fieldMetadata?.formatting;
-  if (attrs.bold === true || formatting?.bold === true) run.bold = true;
-  if (attrs.italic === true || formatting?.italic === true) run.italic = true;
-  if (attrs.underline === true || formatting?.underline === true) run.underline = true;
+  if (attrs.bold === true) run.bold = true;
+  else if (attrs.bold !== false && formatting?.bold === true) run.bold = true;
+
+  if (attrs.italic === true) run.italic = true;
+  else if (attrs.italic !== false && formatting?.italic === true) run.italic = true;
+
+  if (attrs.underline === true) run.underline = true;
+  else if (attrs.underline !== false && formatting?.underline === true) run.underline = true;
 
   // Position tracking
   const pos = positions.get(node);