diff --git a/library/src/math/ctx.rs b/library/src/math/ctx.rs
index aed826b53..904c43331 100644
--- a/library/src/math/ctx.rs
+++ b/library/src/math/ctx.rs
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'v> MathContext<'a, 'b, 'v> {
             .into_frame())
     }
 
-    pub fn layout_text(&mut self, elem: &TextElem) -> SourceResult<()> {
+    pub fn layout_text(&mut self, elem: &TextElem) -> SourceResult<MathFragment> {
         let text = elem.text();
         let span = elem.span();
         let mut chars = text.chars();
-        if let Some(glyph) = chars
+        let fragment = if let Some(glyph) = chars
             .next()
             .filter(|_| chars.next().is_none())
             .map(|c| self.style.styled_char(c))
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'v> MathContext<'a, 'b, 'v> {
                 && glyph.class == Some(MathClass::Large)
             {
                 let height = scaled!(self, display_operator_min_height);
-                self.push(glyph.stretch_vertical(self, height, Abs::zero()));
+                glyph.stretch_vertical(self, height, Abs::zero()).into()
             } else {
-                self.push(glyph);
+                glyph.into()
             }
         } else if text.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_digit()) {
             // Numbers aren't that difficult.
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'v> MathContext<'a, 'b, 'v> {
                 fragments.push(GlyphFragment::new(self, c, span).into());
             }
             let frame = MathRow::new(fragments).to_frame(self);
-            self.push(FrameFragment::new(self, frame));
+            FrameFragment::new(self, frame).into()
         } else {
             // Anything else is handled by Typst's standard text layout.
             let spaced = text.graphemes(true).count() > 1;
@@ -161,14 +161,12 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'v> MathContext<'a, 'b, 'v> {
             }
             let text: EcoString = text.chars().map(|c| style.styled_char(c)).collect();
             let frame = self.layout_content(&TextElem::packed(text).spanned(span))?;
-            self.push(
-                FrameFragment::new(self, frame)
-                    .with_class(MathClass::Alphabetic)
-                    .with_spaced(spaced),
-            );
-        }
-
-        Ok(())
+            FrameFragment::new(self, frame)
+                .with_class(MathClass::Alphabetic)
+                .with_spaced(spaced)
+                .into()
+        };
+        Ok(fragment)
     }
 
     pub fn styles(&self) -> StyleChain {
diff --git a/library/src/math/mod.rs b/library/src/math/mod.rs
index b4a5b1567..286d189a6 100644
--- a/library/src/math/mod.rs
+++ b/library/src/math/mod.rs
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ impl LayoutMath for Content {
         }
 
         if let Some(elem) = self.to::<TextElem>() {
-            ctx.layout_text(elem)?;
+            let fragment = ctx.layout_text(elem)?;
+            ctx.push(fragment);
             return Ok(());
         }
 
diff --git a/library/src/math/op.rs b/library/src/math/op.rs
index e8db0c5db..2d8266cc1 100644
--- a/library/src/math/op.rs
+++ b/library/src/math/op.rs
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ pub struct OpElem {
 
 impl LayoutMath for OpElem {
     fn layout_math(&self, ctx: &mut MathContext) -> SourceResult<()> {
-        let frame = ctx.layout_content(&TextElem::packed(self.text()))?;
+        let fragment =
+            ctx.layout_text(&TextElem::new(self.text()).spanned(self.span()))?;
         ctx.push(
-            FrameFragment::new(ctx, frame)
+            FrameFragment::new(ctx, fragment.to_frame())
                 .with_class(MathClass::Large)
                 .with_limits(self.limits(ctx.styles())),
         );
diff --git a/macros/src/element.rs b/macros/src/element.rs
index dd837754b..37ca19eb7 100644
--- a/macros/src/element.rs
+++ b/macros/src/element.rs
@@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ fn create(element: &Elem) -> TokenStream {
             pub fn span(&self) -> ::typst::syntax::Span {
                 self.0.span()
             }
+
+             /// Set the element's span.
+             pub fn spanned(self, span: ::typst::syntax::Span) -> Self {
+                Self(self.0.spanned(span))
+            }
         }
 
         #element_impl
diff --git a/tests/ref/math/op.png b/tests/ref/math/op.png
index b4878438c..08d8b93ba 100644
Binary files a/tests/ref/math/op.png and b/tests/ref/math/op.png differ
diff --git a/tests/typ/math/op.typ b/tests/typ/math/op.typ
index 2a1c20444..08395de0b 100644
--- a/tests/typ/math/op.typ
+++ b/tests/typ/math/op.typ
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ $ lim_(n->infinity) 1/n = 0 $
 // Test custom operator.
 $ op("myop", limits: #false)_(x:=1) x \
   op("myop", limits: #true)_(x:=1) x $
+
+---
+// Test styled operator.
+$ bold(op("bold", limits: #true))_x y $