diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/text.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/text.rs
index a2f76115..813a6036 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/text.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/text.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ fn step_weight(s: &mut Session, p: &Value, up: bool) -> Result<Value> {
 }
 
 /// Put a text layer on a path: the text takes the path layer's place, geometry and transform, and
-/// the path layer is removed.
+/// the path layer is removed. The path's effects move to the text when it has any, and its fills
+/// when one of them shows, each with its style and variable bindings; otherwise the text keeps
+/// its own.
 fn on_path(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     const CMD: &str = "text.onPath";
     let doc = s.doc()?;
@@ -144,6 +146,14 @@ fn on_path(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     }
     let (parent, index) = (pn.parent.ok_or_else(|| bad(CMD, "pages have no path"))?, doc.index_in_parent(path));
     let (transform, w, h) = (pn.transform, pn.width, pn.height);
+    let fills = pn.fills.iter().any(|f| f.visible).then(|| (pn.fills.clone(), pn.styles.fill.clone()));
+    let effects = (!pn.effects.is_empty()).then(|| (pn.effects.clone(), pn.styles.effect.clone()));
+    let moved = |k: &str| match super::lists::list_binding(k) {
+        Some((super::lists::BoundList::Fills, ..)) => fills.is_some(),
+        Some((super::lists::BoundList::Effects, ..)) => effects.is_some(),
+        _ => false,
+    };
+    let bound: Vec<(String, VariableId)> = pn.bound.iter().filter(|(k, _)| moved(k)).map(|(k, v)| (k.clone(), v.clone())).collect();
     let mut tp = TextPath::new(&geom);
     tp.start = num(p, "start").filter(|v| v.is_finite()).unwrap_or(0.0).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
     tp.flip = boolean(p, "flip").unwrap_or(false);
@@ -153,6 +163,14 @@ fn on_path(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     let n = doc.get_mut(text)?;
     n.transform = transform;
     (n.width, n.height) = (w, h);
+    n.bound.retain(|k, _| !moved(k));
+    n.bound.extend(bound);
+    if let Some((fills, style)) = fills {
+        (n.fills, n.styles.fill) = (fills, style);
+    }
+    if let Some((effects, style)) = effects {
+        (n.effects, n.styles.effect) = (effects, style);
+    }
     if let NodeKind::Text(t) = &mut n.kind {
         t.path = Some(Box::new(tp));
     }
@@ -165,7 +183,7 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
         spec!(
             "text.onPath",
             "Text on path",
-            "{text? (text layer), path? (vector or shape layer; default: the selected text and other layer), start? (0..1 along the path), flip?}  the text follows the path and the path layer is removed → {id}",
+            "{text? (text layer), path? (vector or shape layer; default: the selected text and other layer), start? (0..1 along the path), flip?}  the text follows the path and takes its effects and its fills when one shows, and the path layer is removed → {id}",
             true,
             on_path
         ),
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/draw_tools_tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/draw_tools_tests.rs
index 39fc545f..f4041d60 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/draw_tools_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/draw_tools_tests.rs
@@ -222,6 +222,83 @@ fn svg_text_paths_import_as_text_on_a_path() {
     assert_eq!(t.align_h, figcraft_doc::TextAlignH::Center);
 }
 
+/// A text layer with its own green fill bound to `ink` and a layer blur, and a curve; the
+/// variables `ink` and `shadow` exist.
+fn text_and_curve(s: &mut Session, path_props: Value) -> (NodeId, NodeId) {
+    let t = id(s.execute("text.create", &json!({"text": "Around", "x": 0, "y": 0})).unwrap());
+    let v = id(s.execute("vector.create", &json!({"path": "M0 0 C50 -50 150 -50 200 0", "x": 40, "y": 100, "props": path_props})).unwrap());
+    s.execute("variable.createCollection", &json!({"name": "Paint"})).unwrap();
+    for (name, value) in [("ink", "#00FF00"), ("shadow", "#FF000080")] {
+        s.execute("variable.create", &json!({"collection": "Paint", "name": name, "type": "color", "value": value})).unwrap();
+    }
+    s.execute("variable.bind", &json!({"ids": [t], "field": "fills/0/color", "variable": "ink"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("effect.add", &json!({"ids": [t], "type": "layerBlur"})).unwrap();
+    (t, v)
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn text_put_on_a_filled_path_takes_its_fill_and_effects() {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let (t, v) = text_and_curve(&mut s, json!({"fill": "#FF0000"}));
+    let brand = s.execute("style.create", &json!({"type": "paint", "name": "Brand", "value": "#3366FF"})).unwrap()["id"].clone();
+    s.execute("style.apply", &json!({"ids": [v], "style": brand})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("effect.add", &json!({"ids": [v], "type": "dropShadow"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("variable.bind", &json!({"ids": [v], "field": "effects/0/color", "variable": "shadow"})).unwrap();
+    let path = s.doc().unwrap().node(v).unwrap().clone();
+    let text = s.doc().unwrap().node(t).unwrap().clone();
+    assert!(path.styles.fill.is_some() && path.bound.contains_key("effects/0/color"));
+    s.execute("text.onPath", &json!({"ids": [t, v]})).unwrap();
+    let n = s.doc().unwrap().node(t).unwrap();
+    // "the vector object's fill and effects are automatically transferred to the text layer"
+    assert_eq!((&n.fills, &n.styles.fill), (&path.fills, &path.styles.fill), "the path's fill and its style");
+    assert_eq!((&n.effects, &n.styles.effect), (&path.effects, &path.styles.effect), "the path's effects");
+    assert_eq!(n.bound, path.bound, "the path's bindings replace the text's fill binding");
+    s.execute("edit.undo", &json!({})).unwrap();
+    let n = s.doc().unwrap().node(t).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((&n.fills, &n.styles.fill), (&text.fills, &text.styles.fill), "undo gives the text its own fill back");
+    assert_eq!((&n.effects, &n.styles.effect), (&text.effects, &text.styles.effect), "undo gives the text its own effects back");
+    assert_eq!(n.bound, text.bound, "undo gives the text its own fill binding back");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn text_put_on_a_stroke_only_path_keeps_its_own_fill_and_effects() {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let (t, v) = text_and_curve(&mut s, json!({"fills": []}));
+    let text = s.doc().unwrap().node(t).unwrap().clone();
+    assert!(!text.fills.is_empty() && !text.effects.is_empty());
+    s.execute("text.onPath", &json!({"ids": [t, v]})).unwrap();
+    let n = s.doc().unwrap().node(t).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((&n.fills, &n.effects, &n.bound), (&text.fills, &text.effects, &text.bound), "a path with no fill or effects to give");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn text_put_on_a_path_with_an_empty_effect_style_keeps_its_own_effects() {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let (t, v) = text_and_curve(&mut s, json!({"fills": []}));
+    let none = s.execute("style.create", &json!({"type": "effect", "name": "None", "value": []})).unwrap()["id"].clone();
+    s.execute("style.apply", &json!({"ids": [v], "style": none})).unwrap();
+    let path = s.doc().unwrap().node(v).unwrap().clone();
+    assert!(path.effects.is_empty() && path.styles.effect.is_some());
+    let text = s.doc().unwrap().node(t).unwrap().clone();
+    s.execute("text.onPath", &json!({"ids": [t, v]})).unwrap();
+    let n = s.doc().unwrap().node(t).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((&n.effects, &n.styles.effect), (&text.effects, &text.styles.effect), "a path whose effect style draws no effects");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn text_put_on_a_path_takes_a_fill_binding_made_through_fills() {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let (t, v) = text_and_curve(&mut s, json!({"fill": "#FF0000"}));
+    s.execute("variable.bind", &json!({"ids": [v], "field": "fills", "variable": "shadow"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("variable.bind", &json!({"ids": [t], "field": "fills", "variable": "ink"})).unwrap();
+    let path = s.doc().unwrap().node(v).unwrap().clone();
+    assert!(path.bound.contains_key("fills"));
+    s.execute("text.onPath", &json!({"ids": [t, v]})).unwrap();
+    let n = s.doc().unwrap().node(t).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(n.bound, path.bound, "the path's `fills` binding replaces the text's");
+    assert_eq!(n.fills, path.fills);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn pattern_fills_tile_their_source_live() {
     let mut s = Session::new();
diff --git a/docs/mcp.md b/docs/mcp.md
index 53ca6b7a..b4a726cc 100644
--- a/docs/mcp.md
+++ b/docs/mcp.md
@@ -919,6 +919,8 @@ click or drag across regions with `pointer` to merge, add `alt` to remove; `shap
 - **Text on a path**: `text.onPath {text?, path?, start?, flip?}` (default: the selected text layer
   and the other selected layer) puts a text layer on a vector's or shape's path: the text takes the
   path layer's place, transform and box, and the path layer is removed (`edit.undo` brings it back).
+  The text also takes the path layer's effects when it has any, and its fills when one of them
+  shows, each with its style and variable bindings; otherwise the text keeps its own.
   The baseline follows the path from `start` (0..1 of its length); the text's horizontal alignment
   places it there (left starts, centre centres, right ends at it); `flip` runs it on the other side
   the other way. Glyphs past an open path's end are hidden; a closed path (ellipse, rectangle) wraps