diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
index 0c8a2764..0fa41a4d 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
@@ -272,6 +272,13 @@ export const ObsidianFlavoredMarkdown: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>
                       type: "html",
                       value: `<iframe src="${url}"></iframe>`,
                     }
+                  // MMW - assign custom styling to .zip embed download link
+                  } else if ([".zip", ".7z"].includes(ext)) {
+                    const downloadText = alias ? alias : fp
+                    return {
+                      type: "html",
+                      value: `<a href="${url}" class="mmw-download-link" download>Download ${downloadText}</a>`,
+                    }
                   } else {
                     const block = anchor
                     return {
diff --git a/quartz/styles/custom.scss b/quartz/styles/custom.scss
index fd3b58c2..c87e080a 100644
--- a/quartz/styles/custom.scss
+++ b/quartz/styles/custom.scss
@@ -1088,3 +1088,44 @@ kbd:active kbd {
   color: #db8942;
   text-align: center;
 }
+
+/* ===================== */
+
+/* --- Download Link --- */
+
+a.mmw-download-link:link, a.mmw-download-link:visited {
+  background-color: #8f9fa926; 
+  border: none;
+  text-align: center;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  display: inline-block;
+  font-size: 1.2rem;
+  width: 100%;
+  transition: .4s;
+  padding: 6px;
+}
+
+a.mmw-download-link:hover, a.mmw-download-link:active {
+  background-color: #8f9fa93d;
+}
+
+a.mmw-download-link::before {
+  /* display download icon before link text */
+  display: inherit;
+  vertical-align: middle;
+  padding-right: 5px;
+}
+
+  /*change svg stroke='' based on dark/light theme*/
+[saved-theme="light"]a.mmw-download-link::before {
+  content: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='1.2rem' height='1.2rem' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' stroke='%232b2b2b' stroke-width='2' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round' class='lucide lucide-download'%3E%3Cpath d='M21 15v4a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H5a2 2 0 0 1-2-2v-4'/%3E%3Cpolyline points='7 10 12 15 17 10'/%3E%3Cline x1='12' x2='12' y1='15' y2='3'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
+}
+
+[saved-theme="dark"]a.mmw-download-link::before {
+  content: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='1.2rem' height='1.2rem' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' stroke='%23ebebec' stroke-width='2' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round' class='lucide lucide-download'%3E%3Cpath d='M21 15v4a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H5a2 2 0 0 1-2-2v-4'/%3E%3Cpolyline points='7 10 12 15 17 10'/%3E%3Cline x1='12' x2='12' y1='15' y2='3'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
+}
+
+a.mmw-download-link div.popover {
+  display: none;
+  /* prevent link popover from appearing */
+}