diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
index 8f2f39b0f..8b4e7713e 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
@@ -537,3 +537,64 @@ fn commands_take_non_object_params_without_panicking() {
         assert!(r.is_ok(), "{p}: {r:?}");
     }
 }
+
+/// Drag a selection handle of item 0 on spread 0 from the edge point `at` by `by` (canvas units).
+fn drag_handle(s: &mut Session, at: designcraft_geom::Point, by: designcraft_geom::Vec2, v: ViewInfo) {
+    use designcraft_tools::{PointerEvent, PointerKind};
+    let p = s.layout().to_canvas(designcraft_doc::SpreadRef::Doc(0), at);
+    s.pointer(&PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Down, p.x, p.y), v).unwrap();
+    s.pointer(&PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Drag, p.x + by.x / 2.0, p.y + by.y / 2.0), v).unwrap();
+    s.pointer(&PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Drag, p.x + by.x, p.y + by.y), v).unwrap();
+    s.pointer(&PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Up, p.x + by.x, p.y + by.y), v).unwrap();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn text_frame_resize_snaps_to_the_margins() {
+    use designcraft_geom::{Point, Vec2};
+    for zoom in [1.0, 0.5] {
+        let mut s = Session::new();
+        s.execute("file.newSample", &json!({})).unwrap();
+        let margin = s.doc().unwrap().doc.spreads[0].pages[0].margin_rect();
+        let (x0, y0) = (margin.x0 + 40.0, margin.y0 + 40.0);
+        s.execute("frame.create", &json!({"rect": [x0, y0, x0 + 200.0, y0 + 200.0], "content": "text"})).unwrap();
+        s.set_tool("selection");
+        let v = ViewInfo::at_zoom(zoom);
+        let b0 = s.doc().unwrap().doc.spreads[0].items.last().unwrap().bounds();
+        // Right handle to 1.5 pt short of the right margin.
+        drag_handle(&mut s, Point::new(b0.x1, b0.center().y), Vec2::new(margin.x1 - 1.5 - b0.x1, 0.0), v);
+        let b = s.doc().unwrap().doc.spreads[0].items.last().unwrap().bounds();
+        assert!((b.x1 - margin.x1).abs() < 1e-6, "zoom {zoom}: right edge {} not on the margin {}", b.x1, margin.x1);
+        // Bottom handle to 1.5 pt past the bottom margin.
+        drag_handle(&mut s, Point::new(b.center().x, b.y1), Vec2::new(0.0, margin.y1 + 1.5 - b.y1), v);
+        let b = s.doc().unwrap().doc.spreads[0].items.last().unwrap().bounds();
+        assert!((b.y1 - margin.y1).abs() < 1e-6, "zoom {zoom}: bottom edge {} not on the margin {}", b.y1, margin.y1);
+        // Top-left corner handle onto the top and left margins.
+        drag_handle(&mut s, Point::new(b.x0, b.y0), Vec2::new(margin.x0 + 1.0 - b.x0, margin.y0 - 1.0 - b.y0), v);
+        let b = s.doc().unwrap().doc.spreads[0].items.last().unwrap().bounds();
+        assert!((b.x0 - margin.x0).abs() < 1e-6 && (b.y0 - margin.y0).abs() < 1e-6, "zoom {zoom}: corner {b:?} not on the margins {margin:?}");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn type_tool_frames_snap_to_the_margins() {
+    use designcraft_geom::Point;
+    use designcraft_tools::{PointerEvent, PointerKind};
+    let mut s = session();
+    let margin = s.doc().unwrap().doc.spreads[0].pages[0].margin_rect();
+    s.set_tool("type");
+    let v = ViewInfo::at_zoom(1.0);
+    let c = |s: &Session, x: f64, y: f64| s.layout().to_canvas(designcraft_doc::SpreadRef::Doc(0), Point::new(x, y));
+    // From 1.5 pt off the top-left margin corner to 1.5 pt off the right margin.
+    let a = c(&s, margin.x0 + 1.5, margin.y0 + 1.5);
+    let b = c(&s, margin.x1 - 1.5, margin.y0 + 101.5);
+    let before = s.doc().unwrap().doc.spreads[0].items.len();
+    s.pointer(&PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Down, a.x, a.y), v).unwrap();
+    s.pointer(&PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Drag, (a.x + b.x) / 2.0, b.y), v).unwrap();
+    s.pointer(&PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Drag, b.x, b.y), v).unwrap();
+    s.pointer(&PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Up, b.x, b.y), v).unwrap();
+    let items = &s.doc().unwrap().doc.spreads[0].items;
+    assert_eq!(items.len(), before + 1, "a frame was drawn");
+    let r = items.last().unwrap().bounds();
+    assert!((r.x0 - margin.x0).abs() < 1e-6 && (r.y0 - margin.y0).abs() < 1e-6, "press point {r:?} vs {margin:?}");
+    assert!((r.x1 - margin.x1).abs() < 1e-6, "right edge {} vs {}", r.x1, margin.x1);
+}
diff --git a/crates/tools/src/frame.rs b/crates/tools/src/frame.rs
index 87b4284cc..4b52e2ee5 100644
--- a/crates/tools/src/frame.rs
+++ b/crates/tools/src/frame.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,46 @@ impl FrameTool {
     }
 }
 
+/// The rectangle a frame-drawing drag from `sa` to `end` (spread space) makes, snapped when
+/// snapping is on, and the snap guides to draw. Shift constrains the shape first; only the
+/// driving edge snaps, then the other follows. Alt draws from the centre.
+pub(crate) fn snapped_drag_rect(cx: &ToolContext, sr: SpreadRef, sa: Point, end: Point, mods: Mods) -> (Rect, Vec<crate::Overlay>) {
+    let r = drag_rect(sa, end, mods);
+    if !cx.snap.any() {
+        return (r, vec![]);
+    }
+    let (mut x_edges, mut y_edges) = moving_edges(sa, end, r, mods.alt);
+    let driver_x = (end.x - sa.x).abs() >= (end.y - sa.y).abs();
+    if mods.shift {
+        if driver_x {
+            y_edges = [false, false, false];
+        } else {
+            x_edges = [false, false, false];
+        }
+    }
+    let hit = crate::snap::snap(
+        cx,
+        SnapRequest {
+            spread: sr,
+            gesture: Gesture::Create,
+            rect: r,
+            x_edges,
+            y_edges,
+            exclude: &[],
+            copying: false,
+            lengths: [length_on(x_edges, r.width()), length_on(y_edges, r.height())],
+            angle: None,
+            radius: 0.0,
+            pointer: end,
+        },
+    );
+    let mut r = crate::snap::nudge_edges(r, x_edges, y_edges, hit.delta);
+    if mods.shift {
+        r = restore_shift_frame(sa, end, r, driver_x, mods.alt);
+    }
+    (r, hit.guides)
+}
+
 pub fn drag_rect(a: Point, b: Point, m: Mods) -> Rect {
     let (mut dx, mut dy) = (b.x - a.x, b.y - a.y);
     if m.shift {
@@ -365,41 +405,9 @@ impl Tool for FrameTool {
                     }
                     out.push(Action::Preview("line.create".into(), json!({"spread": spread_json(sr), "a": [sa.x, sa.y], "b": [b.x, b.y]})));
                 } else {
-                    // Shift constrains the shape first. Only the driving edge snaps, then the other follows.
                     let end = cx.layout.to_spread(sr, ev.pos);
-                    let mut r = drag_rect(sa, end, ev.mods);
-                    if cx.snap.any() {
-                        let (mut x_edges, mut y_edges) = moving_edges(sa, end, r, ev.mods.alt);
-                        let driver_x = (end.x - sa.x).abs() >= (end.y - sa.y).abs();
-                        if ev.mods.shift {
-                            if driver_x {
-                                y_edges = [false, false, false];
-                            } else {
-                                x_edges = [false, false, false];
-                            }
-                        }
-                        let hit = crate::snap::snap(
-                            cx,
-                            SnapRequest {
-                                spread: sr,
-                                gesture: Gesture::Create,
-                                rect: r,
-                                x_edges,
-                                y_edges,
-                                exclude: &[],
-                                copying: false,
-                                lengths: [length_on(x_edges, r.width()), length_on(y_edges, r.height())],
-                                angle: None,
-                                radius: 0.0,
-                                pointer: end,
-                            },
-                        );
-                        r = crate::snap::nudge_edges(r, x_edges, y_edges, hit.delta);
-                        if ev.mods.shift {
-                            r = restore_shift_frame(sa, end, r, driver_x, ev.mods.alt);
-                        }
-                        self.guides = hit.guides;
-                    }
+                    let (r, guides) = snapped_drag_rect(cx, sr, sa, end, ev.mods);
+                    self.guides = guides;
                     self.last = Some((spread_json(sr), r));
                     out.push(self.preview(spread_json(sr), r));
                 }
diff --git a/crates/tools/src/snap.rs b/crates/tools/src/snap.rs
index 6d5c8f6a5..142525dec 100644
--- a/crates/tools/src/snap.rs
+++ b/crates/tools/src/snap.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 //! Snapping and smart guides.
 //!
-//! [`snap`] tries each pass on a free axis and keeps the first hit inside the snap zone.
+//! [`snap`] tries each pass on a free axis and keeps the first hit inside the snap zone; the
+//! baseline grid and the guides (ruler guides, margins, columns) count as one pass where the
+//! nearer target wins.
 //! Ruler guides, margins, and columns draw nothing. Alignment draws [`Overlay::Guide`] in
 //! canvas coordinates. Equal spacing draws [`Overlay::Gap`] the same way, through one
 //! spread-to-canvas transform. A rotation match draws [`Overlay::Measure`] at the pointer
@@ -374,13 +376,22 @@ fn format_angle(deg: f64) -> String {
 
 fn first_on_axis(cx: &ToolContext, req: &SnapRequest<'_>, axis: Axis, tol: f64) -> Option<AxisHit> {
     pass_grid(cx, req, axis, tol)
-        .or_else(|| pass_baseline(cx, req, axis, tol))
-        .or_else(|| pass_guides(cx, req, axis, tol))
+        .or_else(|| nearer(pass_baseline(cx, req, axis, tol), pass_guides(cx, req, axis, tol)))
         .or_else(|| pass_align(cx, req, axis, tol))
         .or_else(|| pass_spacing(cx, req, axis, tol))
         .or_else(|| pass_dimensions(cx, req, axis, tol))
 }
 
+/// The baseline grid and the guides (ruler guides, margins, columns) compete by distance, so a
+/// margin is reachable between the lines of a fine baseline grid at any zoom. A tie goes to the
+/// guide.
+fn nearer(baseline: Option<AxisHit>, guide: Option<AxisHit>) -> Option<AxisHit> {
+    match (baseline, guide) {
+        (Some(b), Some(g)) => Some(if b.delta.abs() < g.delta.abs() { b } else { g }),
+        (b, g) => g.or(b),
+    }
+}
+
 /// Document grid. No overlay.
 ///
 /// The interval is the major spacing divided by the subdivision count. A count below 1 counts
@@ -1747,6 +1758,24 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(hit.delta.y, 0.0);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn nearer_of_margin_and_baseline_wins() {
+        // Bottom margin at 792 - 54 = 738, between baseline lines 732 and 744.
+        let doc = Document::new(&NewDocument {
+            margins: designcraft_doc::Margins { top: 54.0, bottom: 54.0, inside: 54.0, outside: 42.0 },
+            ..Default::default()
+        });
+        let cache = Cache::new();
+        let layout = CanvasLayout::new(&doc, false);
+        let sel = Selection::default();
+        // At 50% the 4 px zone is 8 pt: both the margin and a baseline line are in reach.
+        let cx = ToolContext { zoom: 0.5, ..ctx_on(&doc, &sel, &cache, &layout) };
+        let bottom = |y1: f64| SnapRequest { y_edges: [false, false, true], gesture: Gesture::Resize, ..y_req(Rect::new(100.0, 600.0, 140.0, y1)) };
+        assert!((snap(&cx, bottom(739.5)).delta.y - -1.5).abs() < 1e-6, "the margin is nearer");
+        assert!((snap(&cx, bottom(742.5)).delta.y - 1.5).abs() < 1e-6, "the baseline line is nearer");
+        assert!((snap(&cx, bottom(741.0)).delta.y - -3.0).abs() < 1e-6, "a tie goes to the margin");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn rotated_item_matches_its_own_side() {
         let mut doc = Document::new(&NewDocument::default());
diff --git a/crates/tools/src/text.rs b/crates/tools/src/text.rs
index e84f2644c..e6ef1a5fe 100644
--- a/crates/tools/src/text.rs
+++ b/crates/tools/src/text.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 use designcraft_geom::Point;
 use serde_json::json;
 
-use crate::{Action, Cursor, Mods, PointerEvent, PointerKind, Tool, ToolContext, ToolKey, frame::drag_rect, rect_json, spread_json};
+use crate::{Action, Cursor, Mods, Overlay, PointerEvent, PointerKind, Tool, ToolContext, ToolKey, frame::snapped_drag_rect, rect_json, spread_json};
 
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct TypeTool {
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ pub struct TypeTool {
     /// A press on a table whose whole rows or columns are selected: (frame, press point in
     /// spread space) — a drag moves them, a click places the caret.
     cell_drag: Option<(u64, Point)>,
+    /// Snap guides while drawing a frame.
+    guides: Vec<Overlay>,
     /// The press selected a word, line, paragraph or story (several clicks): drags keep it.
     unit_selected: bool,
 }
@@ -90,7 +92,10 @@ impl Tool for TypeTool {
                     return vec![];
                 }
                 let Some((sr, sa)) = cx.layout.spread_at(a) else { return vec![] };
-                let r = drag_rect(sa, cx.layout.to_spread(sr, ev.pos), ev.mods);
+                // Drawn like the frame tools: the press point and the moving edges snap.
+                let sa = if cx.snap.any() { crate::snap::snap_point(cx, sr, sa).0 } else { sa };
+                let (r, guides) = snapped_drag_rect(cx, sr, sa, cx.layout.to_spread(sr, ev.pos), ev.mods);
+                self.guides = guides;
                 let mut out = vec![];
                 if !self.drawing {
                     self.drawing = true;
@@ -103,6 +108,7 @@ impl Tool for TypeTool {
                 out
             }
             PointerKind::Up => {
+                self.guides.clear();
                 let start = self.start.take();
                 if let Some((fid, from)) = self.cell_drag.take() {
                     let sp = cx.layout.spread_at(ev.pos).map(|(_, p)| p).unwrap_or(ev.pos);
@@ -155,6 +161,10 @@ impl Tool for TypeTool {
         }
     }
 
+    fn overlays(&self, _cx: &ToolContext) -> Vec<Overlay> {
+        if self.drawing { self.guides.clone() } else { vec![] }
+    }
+
     fn cursor(&self, cx: &ToolContext, p: Point, _m: Mods) -> Cursor {
         match cx.hit(p) {
             Some((_, id)) if cx.doc.item(id).is_some_and(|i| i.is_text_frame()) => Cursor::Text,