diff --git a/crates/svg/src/export.rs b/crates/svg/src/export.rs
index 661b6381e..1f9f79ac0 100644
--- a/crates/svg/src/export.rs
+++ b/crates/svg/src/export.rs
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@ fn write(doc: &Document, opts: &ExportOptions, native: Option<&[u8]>, id_prefix:
     }
     if !doc.title.is_empty() {
         out.push_str(&w.indent(1));
-        out.push_str(&format!("<title>{}</title>{nl}", xml_escape(&doc.title)));
+        out.push_str(&format!("<title>{}</title>{nl}", xml_text(&doc.title)));
     }
     // File Info's description.
     if !doc.metadata.description.trim().is_empty() {
         out.push_str(&w.indent(1));
-        out.push_str(&format!("<desc>{}</desc>{nl}", xml_escape(&doc.metadata.description)));
+        out.push_str(&format!("<desc>{}</desc>{nl}", xml_text(&doc.metadata.description)));
     }
     // Window › SVG Interactivity › Link JavaScript Files.
     for file in &doc.svg_scripts {
diff --git a/crates/svg/tests/title_control_chars.rs b/crates/svg/tests/title_control_chars.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7f842c0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/svg/tests/title_control_chars.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Integration tests: unwrapping and panicking on failure is fine here, unlike in shipped code (AGENTS.md › Robustness).
+#![allow(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic)]
+use vectorcraft_doc::Document;
+use vectorcraft_svg::{ExportOptions, export, import};
+
+#[test]
+fn title_and_description_control_chars_are_filtered() {
+    let mut d = Document::new(200.0, 200.0);
+    d.title = "Poster\u{b}v2".into();
+    d.metadata.description = "a\u{1}b".into();
+    let svg = export(&d, &ExportOptions::default());
+    assert!(import(&svg).is_ok(), "export wrote invalid XML: {svg}");
+    assert!(svg.contains("<title>Poster v2</title>"));
+    assert!(svg.contains("<desc>ab</desc>"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn title_and_description_markup_is_escaped() {
+    let mut d = Document::new(200.0, 200.0);
+    d.title = "A & <B>".into();
+    d.metadata.description = "x & y".into();
+    let svg = export(&d, &ExportOptions::default());
+    assert!(import(&svg).is_ok(), "export wrote invalid XML: {svg}");
+    assert!(svg.contains("<title>A &amp; &lt;B&gt;</title>"));
+    assert!(svg.contains("<desc>x &amp; y</desc>"));
+}