diff --git a/crates/edit/src/tests.rs b/crates/edit/src/tests.rs
index f8a5d67e8..013b8d69a 100644
--- a/crates/edit/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/edit/src/tests.rs
@@ -728,3 +728,51 @@ fn paragraphs_move_and_rewrap_to_a_new_width() {
     text::rewrite_block(&mut doc, 0, 0, None, &text::BlockStyle { width: Some(0.0), ..Default::default() }).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(text::text_blocks(&reopen(&doc), 0).unwrap().iter().map(|b| b.text.split_whitespace().count()).sum::<usize>(), 12);
 }
+
+/// A page split into several content streams, as AutoCAD writes them: the first scales the
+/// page (`0.12 0 0 0.12 0 0 cm`, no `q`), the text comes in a later one.
+fn split_page(first: &str, second: &str) -> Document {
+    let objs: Vec<String> = vec![
+        "<< /Type /Catalog /Pages 2 0 R >>".into(),
+        "<< /Type /Pages /Kids [3 0 R] /Count 1 >>".into(),
+        "<< /Type /Page /Parent 2 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 600 800] /Contents [4 0 R 5 0 R] /Resources << /Font << /F1 6 0 R >> >> >>".into(),
+        format!("<< /Length {} >>\nstream\n{first}\nendstream", first.len()),
+        format!("<< /Length {} >>\nstream\n{second}\nendstream", second.len()),
+        "<< /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /BaseFont /Helvetica /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >>".into(),
+    ];
+    let mut out = b"%PDF-1.7\n".to_vec();
+    let mut offs = Vec::new();
+    for (i, o) in objs.iter().enumerate() {
+        offs.push(out.len());
+        out.extend_from_slice(format!("{} 0 obj\n{o}\nendobj\n", i + 1).as_bytes());
+    }
+    let x = out.len();
+    out.extend_from_slice(format!("xref\n0 {}\n0000000000 65535 f \n", objs.len() + 1).as_bytes());
+    for o in offs {
+        out.extend_from_slice(format!("{o:010} 00000 n \n").as_bytes());
+    }
+    out.extend_from_slice(format!("trailer\n<< /Size {} /Root 1 0 R >>\nstartxref\n{x}\n%%EOF\n", objs.len() + 1).as_bytes());
+    Document::open(Arc::new(out)).unwrap()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn the_graphics_state_carries_over_between_content_streams() {
+    let close = |a: f64, b: f64| (a - b).abs() < 0.5;
+    // Text at (1000, 2000) in a space scaled by 0.12: on the page at (120, 240), 12 pt.
+    let mut doc = split_page("0.12 0 0 0.12 0 0 cm", "BT /F1 100 Tf 1000 2000 Td (Site plan) Tj ET");
+    let lines = text::text_lines(&doc, 0).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(lines.len(), 1, "{lines:?}");
+    let l = &lines[0];
+    assert!(close(l.rect[0], 120.0) && l.rect[1] > 230.0 && l.rect[3] < 260.0, "{:?}", l.rect);
+    assert!(close(l.size, 12.0), "{}", l.size);
+    // Editing keeps the paragraph where it was, at its size; moving it moves it in page space.
+    text::rewrite_block(&mut doc, 0, 0, Some("Site plan, rev. B"), &text::BlockStyle { offset: Some([10.0, -20.0]), ..Default::default() }).unwrap();
+    let after = text::text_blocks(&reopen(&doc), 0).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(after[0].text, "Site plan, rev. B");
+    assert!(close(after[0].rect[0], 130.0) && close(after[0].rect[1], l.rect[1] - 20.0), "{:?}", after[0].rect);
+    assert!(close(after[0].size, 12.0), "{}", after[0].size);
+    // A `q` left open in one stream and closed in the next still restores the state.
+    let doc = split_page("q 0.5 0 0 0.5 0 0 cm", "Q BT /F1 10 Tf 100 100 Td (Footpath) Tj ET");
+    let l = &text::text_lines(&doc, 0).unwrap()[0];
+    assert!(close(l.rect[0], 100.0) && close(l.size, 10.0), "{l:?}");
+}
diff --git a/crates/edit/src/text.rs b/crates/edit/src/text.rs
index 2454be81a..75960b8c9 100644
--- a/crates/edit/src/text.rs
+++ b/crates/edit/src/text.rs
@@ -219,21 +219,36 @@ struct Shown {
     decodable: bool,
 }
 
-fn interpret(doc: &Document, ops: &[Op], fonts_res: &Dict, cache: &mut HashMap<Vec<u8>, Rc<Metrics>>) -> Vec<Shown> {
+/// The graphics state carried from one of a page's content streams to the next: the streams
+/// are one stream in pieces (§7.8.2), so a `cm` (AutoCAD scales the whole page in the first
+/// stream), an unbalanced `q`, the font and the colour still apply in the streams after it.
+struct Carry {
+    ts: Ts,
+    stack: Vec<Ts>,
+}
+
+impl Carry {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        let ts = Ts {
+            ctm: Matrix::IDENTITY,
+            fill: Vec::new(),
+            font: None,
+            size: 0.0,
+            char_spacing: 0.0,
+            word_spacing: 0.0,
+            scale: 1.0,
+            leading: 0.0,
+            rise: 0.0,
+        };
+        Carry { ts, stack: Vec::new() }
+    }
+}
+
+fn interpret(doc: &Document, ops: &[Op], fonts_res: &Dict, cache: &mut HashMap<Vec<u8>, Rc<Metrics>>, carry: &mut Carry) -> Vec<Shown> {
     let mut out = Vec::new();
-    let mut ts = Ts {
-        ctm: Matrix::IDENTITY,
-        fill: Vec::new(),
-        font: None,
-        size: 0.0,
-        char_spacing: 0.0,
-        word_spacing: 0.0,
-        scale: 1.0,
-        leading: 0.0,
-        rise: 0.0,
-    };
+    let mut ts = carry.ts.clone();
     let mut at_bt = (0usize, ts.clone());
-    let mut stack: Vec<Ts> = Vec::new();
+    let mut stack: Vec<Ts> = std::mem::take(&mut carry.stack);
     let (mut tm, mut tlm) = (Matrix::IDENTITY, Matrix::IDENTITY);
     let mut bt = 0usize;
     for (i, op) in ops.iter().enumerate() {
@@ -380,6 +395,8 @@ fn interpret(doc: &Document, ops: &[Op], fonts_res: &Dict, cache: &mut HashMap<V
             _ => {}
         }
     }
+    carry.ts = ts;
+    carry.stack = stack;
     out
 }
 
@@ -390,9 +407,10 @@ pub fn text_lines(doc: &Document, page: usize) -> Result<Vec<TextLine>, EditErro
     let fonts_res = res.get(b"Font").map(|f| doc.resolve(f)).and_then(|f| f.as_dict().cloned()).unwrap_or_default();
     let mut cache = HashMap::new();
     let mut lines: Vec<TextLine> = Vec::new();
+    let mut carry = Carry::new();
     for (si, (_, data)) in content_streams(doc, &p.dict).into_iter().enumerate() {
         let ops = parse(&data).ops;
-        let shown = interpret(doc, &ops, &fonts_res, &mut cache);
+        let shown = interpret(doc, &ops, &fonts_res, &mut cache, &mut carry);
         let mut last: Option<(usize, f64, f64, f64)> = None; // (bt, baseline, end_x, size)
         for s in shown {
             let joins = last.is_some_and(|(bt, base, end, size)| {