This would be a {{ "bold text" }}, but autoescaping is turned on, so all unsafe characters are escaped. {% autoescape off %} This is a {{ "bold text" }}, because autoescaping is turned off in this block. {% autoescape on %} And again, this is not a {{ "bold text" }}, because in this block autoescaping is turned on again. {% endautoescape %} {% endautoescape %}