diff --git a/crates/svg/src/css.rs b/crates/svg/src/css.rs
index 05ab3ce55..1b19da801 100644
--- a/crates/svg/src/css.rs
+++ b/crates/svg/src/css.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,28 @@ pub(crate) fn declarations<'a>(props: impl IntoIterator<Item = &'a (&'static str
 
 /// A CSS string.
 pub(crate) fn css_string(s: &str) -> String {
-    format!("\"{}\"", s.replace('\\', "\\\\").replace('"', "\\\""))
+    quoted(s, '"')
+}
+
+/// `s` as a CSS string in `quote`s. A backslash and the quote are escaped, and so are line breaks
+/// and other control characters (a newline would end the string and let the rest be rules) and
+/// `<` and `>` (which could end a `<style>` element), as hex escapes.
+fn quoted(s: &str, quote: char) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(s.len() + 2);
+    out.push(quote);
+    for c in s.chars() {
+        match c {
+            '\\' => out.push_str("\\\\"),
+            c if c == quote => {
+                out.push('\\');
+                out.push(c);
+            }
+            c if c.is_control() || matches!(c, '<' | '>') => out.push_str(&format!("\\{:x} ", u32::from(c))),
+            c => out.push(c),
+        }
+    }
+    out.push(quote);
+    out
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn blend_css(b: BlendMode) -> &'static str {
@@ -108,11 +129,11 @@ fn generic_fallback(family: &str) -> &'static str {
 /// and the `wdth` setting is `font-stretch` too ([`font_stretch`]).
 pub(crate) fn font_props(st: &CharStyle, len: &dyn Fn(f64) -> String) -> Props {
     let mut p = Props::new();
-    // A quoted family escapes `\` and `'`, which would otherwise end the string early.
+    // A quoted family escapes `\`, `'` and line breaks, which would otherwise end the string early.
     // Only a plain identifier (no leading digit) can be written bare; anything else is quoted.
     let bare = st.font_family.chars().next().is_some_and(|c| !c.is_ascii_digit() && c != '-')
         && st.font_family.chars().all(|c| c.is_alphanumeric() || matches!(c, '-' | '_'));
-    let fam = if !bare { format!("'{}'", st.font_family.replace('\\', "\\\\").replace('\'', "\\'")) } else { st.font_family.clone() };
+    let fam = if !bare { quoted(&st.font_family, '\'') } else { st.font_family.clone() };
     p.push(("font-family", format!("{fam}{}", generic_fallback(&st.font_family))));
     p.push(("font-size", len(st.size * st.v_scale / 100.0)));
     let (weight, italic) = font_descriptor(st);
@@ -751,4 +772,11 @@ mod tests {
         }
         assert_eq!(w.next_suffix["b"], 20_001);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn line_breaks_and_tags_cannot_end_a_string() {
+        assert!(family("a\n} * {color:red").starts_with(r"'a\a } * {color:red'"), "{}", family("a\n} * {color:red"));
+        assert_eq!(css_string("w\r\"</style>"), r#""w\d \"\3c /style\3e ""#);
+        assert_eq!(css_string("wght"), "\"wght\"");
+    }
 }