diff --git a/library/src/layout/page.rs b/library/src/layout/page.rs
index b0e3ff6d2..3901740ca 100644
--- a/library/src/layout/page.rs
+++ b/library/src/layout/page.rs
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ impl Marginal {
             Self::Content(content) => Some(content.clone()),
             Self::Func(func, span) => {
                 let args = Args::new(*span, [Value::Int(page as i64)]);
-                Some(func.call_detached(world, args)?.display(world))
+                Some(func.call_detached(world, args)?.display())
             }
         })
     }
diff --git a/library/src/structure/list.rs b/library/src/structure/list.rs
index 3f73386cc..2a3f3035f 100644
--- a/library/src/structure/list.rs
+++ b/library/src/structure/list.rs
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ impl Label {
             Self::Content(content) => content.clone(),
             Self::Func(func, span) => {
                 let args = Args::new(*span, [Value::Int(number as i64)]);
-                func.call_detached(world, args)?.display(world)
+                func.call_detached(world, args)?.display()
             }
         })
     }
diff --git a/src/model/eval.rs b/src/model/eval.rs
index eb6b8ddb7..79ad08158 100644
--- a/src/model/eval.rs
+++ b/src/model/eval.rs
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ impl Eval for ast::MarkupNode {
             Self::Desc(v) => v.eval(vm)?,
             Self::Label(_) => unimplemented!("handled above"),
             Self::Ref(v) => v.eval(vm)?,
-            Self::Expr(v) => v.eval(vm)?.display(vm.world),
+            Self::Expr(v) => v.eval(vm)?.display(),
         }
         .spanned(self.span()))
     }
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ fn eval_code(
                     break;
                 }
 
-                let tail = eval_code(vm, exprs)?.display(vm.world);
+                let tail = eval_code(vm, exprs)?.display();
                 Value::Content(tail.styled_with_map(styles))
             }
             ast::Expr::Show(show) => {
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ fn eval_code(
                     break;
                 }
 
-                let tail = eval_code(vm, exprs)?.display(vm.world);
+                let tail = eval_code(vm, exprs)?.display();
                 Value::Content(tail.styled_with_recipe(vm.world, recipe)?)
             }
             _ => expr.eval(vm)?,
diff --git a/src/model/func.rs b/src/model/func.rs
index 21e36784d..cb4f52803 100644
--- a/src/model/func.rs
+++ b/src/model/func.rs
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ impl Func {
 impl Debug for Func {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         match self.name() {
-            Some(name) => f.write_str(name),
-            None => f.write_str("(..) => {..}"),
+            Some(name) => write!(f, "<function {name}>"),
+            None => f.write_str("<function>"),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/model/styles.rs b/src/model/styles.rs
index 324b52f50..4195d3e1f 100644
--- a/src/model/styles.rs
+++ b/src/model/styles.rs
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ impl Transform {
                     let point = || Tracepoint::Apply(content.name().into());
                     result = result.trace(world, point, span);
                 }
-                Ok(result?.display(world))
+                Ok(result?.display())
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/model/value.rs b/src/model/value.rs
index 9e6968fa3..aec68ca1e 100644
--- a/src/model/value.rs
+++ b/src/model/value.rs
@@ -4,14 +4,12 @@ use std::fmt::{self, Debug, Formatter};
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use comemo::Tracked;
 use siphasher::sip128::{Hasher128, SipHasher};
 
 use super::{format_str, ops, Args, Array, Cast, Content, Dict, Func, Str};
 use crate::diag::StrResult;
 use crate::geom::{Abs, Angle, Color, Em, Fr, Length, Ratio, Rel, RgbaColor};
 use crate::util::{format_eco, EcoString};
-use crate::World;
 
 /// A computational value.
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -98,18 +96,15 @@ impl Value {
     }
 
     /// Return the display representation of the value.
-    pub fn display(self, world: Tracked<dyn World>) -> Content {
-        let items = &world.config().items;
+    pub fn display(self) -> Content {
         match self {
-            Value::None => Content::empty(),
-            Value::Int(v) => (items.text)(format_eco!("{}", v)),
-            Value::Float(v) => (items.text)(format_eco!("{}", v)),
-            Value::Str(v) => (items.text)(v.into()),
-            Value::Content(v) => v,
-
-            // For values which can't be shown "naturally", we return the raw
-            // representation with typst code syntax highlighting.
-            v => (items.raw)(v.repr().into(), Some("typc".into()), false),
+            Self::None => Content::empty(),
+            Self::Int(v) => item!(text)(format_eco!("{}", v)),
+            Self::Float(v) => item!(text)(format_eco!("{}", v)),
+            Self::Str(v) => item!(text)(v.into()),
+            Self::Content(v) => v,
+            Self::Func(_) => Content::empty(),
+            _ => item!(raw)(self.repr().into(), Some("typc".into()), false),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -425,7 +420,7 @@ mod tests {
         test(dict!["two" => false, "one" => 1], "(one: 1, two: false)");
 
         // Functions, content and dynamics.
-        test(Func::from_fn("nil", |_, _| Ok(Value::None)), "nil");
+        test(Func::from_fn("nil", |_, _| Ok(Value::None)), "<function nil>");
         test(Dynamic::new(1), "1");
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ref/code/call.png b/tests/ref/code/call.png
index eaf77ad6c..f0f2e8526 100644
Binary files a/tests/ref/code/call.png and b/tests/ref/code/call.png differ
diff --git a/tests/ref/code/repr.png b/tests/ref/code/repr.png
index b8beb09ac..b81083f53 100644
Binary files a/tests/ref/code/repr.png and b/tests/ref/code/repr.png differ
diff --git a/tests/typ/code/repr.typ b/tests/typ/code/repr.typ
index 4d7a6cd5a..bdea9c825 100644
--- a/tests/typ/code/repr.typ
+++ b/tests/typ/code/repr.typ
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
 #raw(repr[*{"H" + "i"} there*])
 
 ---
-// Functions
+// Functions are invisible.
+Nothing
 #let f(x) = x
-
-{f} \
-{rect} \
-{() => none} \
+{f}
+{rect}
+{() => none}