diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index 9d1662a6..37dd2a42 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ app's JSON control channel (`deckcraft --control PORT`).
 
 | Date | What landed |
 |---|---|
+| 2026-10-15 | PDF export and rendering: `anchorCtr` centres the drawn text block — right-aligned text no longer ran past the box edge (#736) |
 | 2026-10-13 | Eyedropper: Shape Fill, Shape Outline, Font Color and every other colour menu end with an Eyedropper that takes the colour drawn at a point of the slide (hover shows it, a click applies it, Esc cancels); `slide.colorAt` gives the same from scripts and MCP (#367) |
 | 2026-10-13 | Slide show: Honeycomb's hexagons cover the whole slide again — the bottom quarter stayed black until the endpoint (#420) |
 | 2026-10-13 | Copy and Cut from the ribbon, the slide's right-click menu and the menus put the text on the system clipboard, as Ctrl+C and Ctrl+X do (#431) |
diff --git a/crates/text/src/lib.rs b/crates/text/src/lib.rs
index 38f0a7b4..089023d9 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/lib.rs
@@ -1911,9 +1911,20 @@ fn layout_scaled(ctx: &Ctx, shape: &Shape, body: &TextBody, bp: &BodyProps, opts
         // PowerPoint draws justified and distributed anchoring at the bottom.
         Anchor::Bottom | Anchor::Justified | Anchor::Distributed => inner.height() - used_h,
     };
-    // anchorCtr: centre the block horizontally.
-    let dx = if bp.anchor_ctr.unwrap_or(false) { ((inner.width() - out.content_width) / 2.0).max(0.0) } else { 0.0 };
-    let ox = inner.x0 + dx;
+    // anchorCtr: centre the drawn text block on the box. Lines sit where their alignment put
+    // them, so the origin is set so the block's centre lands on the box's centre — a left-edge
+    // offset alone pushed right-aligned lines out of the box (#736). Empty lines carry no ink
+    // and stay out of the block. Overflowing content centres symmetrically past both edges.
+    // Not applied to vertical text (there the offset would run along the wrong axis) or
+    // multi-column bodies (centring unimplemented for them).
+    let centre_block = bp.anchor_ctr.unwrap_or(false) && ncols == 1 && matches!(vert, TextDir::Horizontal);
+    let ox = if centre_block && !all_lines.is_empty() {
+        let ink = all_lines.iter().filter(|(li, ..)| li.end > li.start);
+        let (bmin, bmax) = ink.fold((f64::INFINITY, f64::NEG_INFINITY), |(a, b), (li, ..)| (a.min(li.extent.0), b.max(li.extent.1)));
+        if bmax >= bmin { inner.x0 + inner.width() / 2.0 - (bmin + bmax) / 2.0 } else { inner.x0 }
+    } else {
+        inner.x0
+    };
     let oy = inner.y0 + dy;
     // Emit runs, in visual order.
     for (line, place, _, bullet) in all_lines.iter_mut() {
diff --git a/crates/text/src/tests.rs b/crates/text/src/tests.rs
index 9d40d79b..57fda755 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/tests.rs
@@ -1342,3 +1342,68 @@ fn stacked_combining_marks_take_a_face_that_draws_them() {
     }
     let _ = f;
 }
+
+/// #736: `anchorCtr` centres the text block horizontally, whatever the paragraphs' own
+/// alignment, and overflowing content centres symmetrically past both edges.
+#[test]
+fn anchorctr_centres_the_text_block() {
+    let text = "The shape is top - center - overriding paragraph right alignment.";
+    // The block's centre: (min left + max right) over the laid-out lines, in box coordinates.
+    let block_centre = |l: &TextLayout| -> f64 {
+        // Empty lines carry no ink and sit where their alignment left them: not part of the block.
+        let ink = l.lines.iter().filter(|li| li.end > li.start);
+        let (min, max) = ink.fold((f64::INFINITY, f64::NEG_INFINITY), |(a, b), li| (a.min(li.extent.0), b.max(li.extent.1)));
+        (min + max) / 2.0
+    };
+    let para = |align: Option<Align>, text: &str| Paragraph {
+        props: ParaProps { align, ..Default::default() },
+        runs: vec![Run::new(text)],
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let anchored =
+        |paragraphs: Vec<Paragraph>| TextBody { body: BodyProps { anchor_ctr: Some(true), ..Default::default() }, paragraphs, ..Default::default() };
+    // One right-aligned line in a wide box: the block is centred, not pushed past the right edge.
+    let body_right = anchored(vec![para(Some(Align::Right), text)]);
+    let (p, mut sh) = setup("", 828.0, 104.0);
+    sh.text = Some(body_right);
+    let l = lay(&p, &sh, 828.0, 104.0);
+    assert!((block_centre(&l) - 414.0).abs() <= 1.0, "right-aligned: centre {}, want 414", block_centre(&l));
+    // Left-aligned text centres the same way.
+    let body_left = anchored(vec![para(None, text)]);
+    let (p, mut sh) = setup("", 828.0, 104.0);
+    sh.text = Some(body_left);
+    let l = lay(&p, &sh, 828.0, 104.0);
+    assert!((block_centre(&l) - 414.0).abs() <= 1.0, "left-aligned: centre {}, want 414", block_centre(&l));
+    // A trailing empty paragraph carries no ink and must not skew the block.
+    let body_empty = anchored(vec![para(Some(Align::Right), text), para(None, "")]);
+    let (p, mut sh) = setup("", 828.0, 104.0);
+    sh.text = Some(body_empty);
+    let l = lay(&p, &sh, 828.0, 104.0);
+    assert!((block_centre(&l) - 414.0).abs() <= 1.0, "trailing empty paragraph: centre {}, want 414", block_centre(&l));
+    // Mixed alignments: the drawn block (not either alignment edge) is what centres.
+    let body_mixed = anchored(vec![para(Some(Align::Right), text), para(None, "short")]);
+    let (p, mut sh) = setup("", 828.0, 104.0);
+    sh.text = Some(body_mixed);
+    let l = lay(&p, &sh, 828.0, 104.0);
+    assert!((block_centre(&l) - 414.0).abs() <= 1.0, "mixed: centre {}, want 414", block_centre(&l));
+    // Content wider than the box overflows symmetrically past both edges (no wrap).
+    let body_wide = TextBody {
+        body: BodyProps { anchor_ctr: Some(true), wrap: Some(false), ..Default::default() },
+        paragraphs: vec![para(Some(Align::Right), text)],
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let (p, mut sh) = setup("", 300.0, 104.0);
+    sh.text = Some(body_wide);
+    let l = lay(&p, &sh, 300.0, 104.0);
+    assert!((block_centre(&l) - 150.0).abs() <= 2.0, "overflowing: centre {}, want 150", block_centre(&l));
+    // Control: without anchorCtr a right-aligned line still ends at the box's right edge.
+    let body_control = TextBody { body: BodyProps::default(), paragraphs: vec![para(Some(Align::Right), text)], ..Default::default() };
+    let (p, mut sh) = setup(text, 828.0, 104.0);
+    sh.text = Some(body_control);
+    let l = lay(&p, &sh, 828.0, 104.0);
+    assert!(
+        l.lines.iter().all(|li| li.extent.1 > 810.0),
+        "control: right-aligned at the box edge, got {:?}",
+        l.lines.iter().map(|li| li.extent).collect::<Vec<_>>()
+    );
+}