diff --git a/packages/picasso/src/LexicalEditor/LexicalEditor.tsx b/packages/picasso/src/LexicalEditor/LexicalEditor.tsx
index 53ef662a7a..6b95eb5dba 100644
--- a/packages/picasso/src/LexicalEditor/LexicalEditor.tsx
+++ b/packages/picasso/src/LexicalEditor/LexicalEditor.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { ListItemNode, ListNode } from '@lexical/list'
 import { $isRootTextContentEmpty } from '@lexical/text'
 import type { LexicalEditor as LexicalEditorType } from 'lexical'
 import { OnChangePlugin } from '@lexical/react/LexicalOnChangePlugin'
+import { TextNode } from 'lexical'
 
 import { TriggerInitialOnChangePlugin } from './plugins'
 import { createLexicalTheme, setEditorValue } from './utils'
@@ -28,13 +29,42 @@ import LexicalTextLengthPlugin from '../LexicalTextLengthPlugin'
 import LexicalListPlugin from '../LexicalListPlugin'
 import LexicalHeadingsReplacementPlugin from '../LexicalHeadingsReplacementPlugin'
 import type { ASTType } from '../RichText'
+import { PicassoTextNode } from './nodes'
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles<Theme>(styles, {
   name: 'LexicalEditor',
 })
 
 const removeAttributesFromString = (htmlString: string) => {
-  return htmlString.replace(/\s(class|dir|value)="[^"]*"/g, '')
+  return htmlString.replace(/\s(class|dir|value|style)="[^"]*"/g, '')
+}
+
+// Courtesy of ChatGPT
+const removeTagsAndKeepContent = (html: string, tagsToRemove: string[]) => {
+  const parser = new DOMParser()
+  const htmlDoc = parser.parseFromString(html, 'text/html')
+
+  tagsToRemove.forEach(function (tag) {
+    const elements = htmlDoc.getElementsByTagName(tag)
+
+    for (let counter = elements.length - 1; counter >= 0; counter--) {
+      const parent = elements[counter].parentNode
+
+      if (parent) {
+        while (elements[counter].firstChild) {
+          if (elements[counter].firstChild) {
+            parent.insertBefore(
+              elements[counter].firstChild as Node,
+              elements[counter]
+            )
+          }
+        }
+        parent.removeChild(elements[counter])
+      }
+    }
+  })
+
+  return htmlDoc.body.innerHTML
 }
 
 export type Props = BaseProps & {
@@ -143,7 +173,20 @@ const LexicalEditor = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, Props>(function LexicalEditor(
         throw error
       },
       namespace: 'editor',
-      nodes: [ListNode, ListItemNode, HeadingNode],
+      nodes: [
+        ListNode,
+        ListItemNode,
+        HeadingNode,
+        PicassoTextNode,
+        // {
+        //   replace: TextNode,
+        //   with: (node: TextNode) => {
+        //     console.log('@@@ create new PicassoTextNode')
+
+        //     return new PicassoTextNode(node.getTextContent(), node.getKey())
+        //   },
+        // },
+      ],
       editable: !disabled,
     }),
     [defaultValue, theme, disabled]
@@ -158,6 +201,12 @@ const LexicalEditor = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, Props>(function LexicalEditor(
           ? ''
           : removeAttributesFromString($generateHtmlFromNodes(editor, null))
 
+        // const cleanedHtmlValue = removeTagsAndKeepContent(htmlValue, [
+        //   'b',
+        //   'i',
+        //   'span',
+        // ])
+
         onChange(htmlValue)
       })
     },
diff --git a/packages/picasso/src/LexicalEditor/nodes/PicassoTextNode.ts b/packages/picasso/src/LexicalEditor/nodes/PicassoTextNode.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd5bf5e325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/picasso/src/LexicalEditor/nodes/PicassoTextNode.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import type {
+  DOMExportOutput,
+  LexicalEditor,
+  NodeKey,
+  SerializedTextNode,
+} from 'lexical'
+import { TextNode } from 'lexical'
+
+export class PicassoTextNode extends TextNode {
+  constructor(text: string, key?: NodeKey) {
+    super(text, key)
+  }
+
+  static getType(): string {
+    return 'picasso-text'
+  }
+
+  static clone(node: PicassoTextNode): PicassoTextNode {
+    console.log('@@@ clone')
+
+    return super.clone(node)
+  }
+
+  exportDOM(editor: LexicalEditor): DOMExportOutput {
+    const { element } = super.exportDOM(editor)
+
+    console.log('@@@ element', element, this.getFormat())
+
+    return { element }
+  }
+
+  static importJSON(serializedNode: SerializedTextNode): PicassoTextNode {
+    return super.importJSON(serializedNode)
+  }
+
+  exportJSON(): SerializedTextNode {
+    return super.exportJSON()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/picasso/src/LexicalEditor/nodes/index.ts b/packages/picasso/src/LexicalEditor/nodes/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a56f826ae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/picasso/src/LexicalEditor/nodes/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { PicassoTextNode } from './PicassoTextNode'
diff --git a/packages/picasso/src/LexicalHeadingsReplacementPlugin/LexicalHeadingsReplacementPlugin.ts b/packages/picasso/src/LexicalHeadingsReplacementPlugin/LexicalHeadingsReplacementPlugin.ts
index c9bb5129ef..f099cf401a 100644
--- a/packages/picasso/src/LexicalHeadingsReplacementPlugin/LexicalHeadingsReplacementPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/picasso/src/LexicalHeadingsReplacementPlugin/LexicalHeadingsReplacementPlugin.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { HeadingNode } from '@lexical/rich-text'
 import { useEffect } from 'react'
 
 import { replaceHeadingNodes } from './utils'
+import { TextNode } from 'lexical'
+import { PicassoTextNode } from '../LexicalEditor/nodes'
 
 const LexicalHeadingsReplacementPlugin = () => {
   const [editor] = useLexicalComposerContext()
@@ -11,6 +13,14 @@ const LexicalHeadingsReplacementPlugin = () => {
     return editor.registerNodeTransform(HeadingNode, replaceHeadingNodes)
   }, [editor])
 
+  // useEffect(() => {
+  //   return editor.registerNodeTransform(TextNode, (node: TextNode) => {
+  //     console.log('@@@ replacing')
+  //     const newNode = PicassoTextNode.clone(node)
+  //     node.replace(newNode)
+  //   })
+  // }, [editor])
+
   return null
 }