Integration (#667): a character style made at a bare caret captures the typing format

crates/engine/src/cmd/style.rs

@@ -794,7 +794,11 @@ fn create_char(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
         let story = st.doc.text_story(target.story, target.cell).ok_or(designcraft_doc::DocError::NoStory(target.story))?;
         // Match paragraph fromSelection's first-character/caret policy, but keep paragraph
         // attributes inherited instead of freezing the fully resolved character properties.
-        let format = if target.range.is_empty() { story.char_format_at(target.range.start) } else { story.format_after(target.range.start) };
+        let mut format = if target.range.is_empty() { story.char_format_at(target.range.start) } else { story.format_after(target.range.start) }.clone();
+        // A bare caret: what typing there would get, as `type.selectionAttrs` reports.
+        if target.range.is_empty() {
+            super::text::with_typing_format(s, &mut format);
+        }
         let mut captured = st.doc.styles.char_style_attrs(&format.style);
         captured.merge(&format.over);
         // Replay the explicit fields so null clears a captured value rather than looking absent.

crates/engine/src/cmd/text.rs

@@ -1593,6 +1593,13 @@ fn mixed_para_attrs(doc: &designcraft_doc::Document, targets: &[Target]) -> Vec<
     mixed.into_iter().collect()
 }
 
+/// `cf` with the typing format chosen at the active document's caret, if any.
+pub(crate) fn with_typing_format(s: &Session, cf: &mut designcraft_doc::CharFormat) {
+    if let Some(f) = typing_format(s) {
+        apply_typing_format(cf, f);
+    }
+}
+
 fn apply_typing_format(cf: &mut designcraft_doc::CharFormat, f: &TypingFormat) {
     cf.over.merge(&f.attrs);
     for k in &f.cleared {

crates/engine/tests/character_style_from_selection.rs

@@ -272,3 +272,12 @@ fn character_capture_explicit_null_restores_live_paragraph_inheritance() {
         assert_eq!(effective["chars"]["underlineWeight"], 3.0);
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn character_capture_at_a_bare_caret_takes_the_typing_format() {
+    let (mut s, sid) = story("alpha beta");
+    select(&mut s, sid, 5, 5);
+    s.execute("type.char", &json!({"attrs": {"fontStyle": "Bold"}})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("style.character.create", &json!({"name": "Typed", "fromSelection": true})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(chars(&s, "Typed").font_style.as_deref(), Some("Bold"));
+}