diff --git a/packages/core/src/canvas/text/index.ts b/packages/core/src/canvas/text/index.ts
index 0dc783db3..f853daefd 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/canvas/text/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/canvas/text/index.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ function demandRemoteCoverage(r: TextRenderer, node: SceneNode, characters: stri
 }
 
 function observedGlyphReadiness(r: TextRenderer, node: SceneNode): NodeFontReadiness {
+  if (
+    r.fontProvider &&
+    r.textPreparationCache?.hasGlyphCoverage(node, fontManager.generation(), r.fontProvider)
+  )
+    return 'ready'
+
   const missingOccurrences = withPreparedText(
     r,
     node,
@@ -151,7 +157,10 @@ function observedGlyphReadiness(r: TextRenderer, node: SceneNode): NodeFontReadi
       return prepared.missingGlyphs
     }
   )
-  if (missingOccurrences.length === 0) return 'ready'
+  if (missingOccurrences.length === 0) {
+    r.textPreparationCache?.recordGlyphCoverage(node)
+    return 'ready'
+  }
 
   const charactersByScript = new Map<FontFallbackScript, string[]>()
   for (const { character, utf16Start } of missingOccurrences) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/canvas/text/preparation-cache.ts b/packages/core/src/canvas/text/preparation-cache.ts
index a89b0db19..3eafa39f5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/canvas/text/preparation-cache.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/canvas/text/preparation-cache.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ interface Entry extends PreparedText {
 export class TextPreparationCache {
   private readonly entries = new Map<string, Entry>()
   private readonly nodeKeys = new Map<string, Set<string>>()
+  // A successful coverage check contains no native resources. Keep that result
+  // independently of paragraph LRU eviction, weakly owned by the source node.
+  private glyphCoverage = new WeakMap<SceneNode, PreparationInput[]>()
+  private readonly invalidatedCoverage = new Set<string>()
   private units = 0
   private generation = -1
   private provider: TypefaceFontProvider | null = null
@@ -91,7 +95,36 @@ export class TextPreparationCache {
     return consume(entry)
   }
 
+  hasGlyphCoverage(node: SceneNode, generation: number, provider: TypefaceFontProvider): boolean {
+    if (this.generation !== generation || this.provider !== provider) return false
+    if (this.invalidatedCoverage.delete(node.id)) {
+      this.glyphCoverage.delete(node)
+      return false
+    }
+    const inputs = this.glyphCoverage.get(node)
+    if (!inputs) return false
+    if (PARAGRAPH_INPUT_KEYS.every((prop, index) => inputs[index] === node[prop])) return true
+    this.glyphCoverage.delete(node)
+    return false
+  }
+
+  /** Call only after observing complete coverage with this cache's current font scope. */
+  recordGlyphCoverage(node: SceneNode): void {
+    this.invalidatedCoverage.delete(node.id)
+    this.glyphCoverage.set(
+      node,
+      PARAGRAPH_INPUT_KEYS.map((prop) => node[prop])
+    )
+  }
+
   deleteNode(id: string): void {
+    // Invalidation arrives by ID; don't add strong node ownership just to find
+    // weak observations. Bound pending IDs and conservatively reset on overflow.
+    this.invalidatedCoverage.add(id)
+    if (this.invalidatedCoverage.size > this.maxEntries) {
+      this.glyphCoverage = new WeakMap()
+      this.invalidatedCoverage.clear()
+    }
     const keys = this.nodeKeys.get(id)
     if (keys) for (const key of keys) this.remove(key)
   }
@@ -100,6 +133,8 @@ export class TextPreparationCache {
     for (const entry of this.entries.values()) entry.paragraph.delete()
     this.entries.clear()
     this.nodeKeys.clear()
+    this.glyphCoverage = new WeakMap()
+    this.invalidatedCoverage.clear()
     this.units = 0
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/canvas/dense-text-preview.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/canvas/dense-text-preview.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f20014842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/canvas/dense-text-preview.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import { expect, test, useEditorSetupWithClear } from '#tests/e2e/fixtures'
+import { probeParagraphBuilds } from '#tests/helpers/canvas/text-preparation'
+
+const editor = useEditorSetupWithClear('/?test&no-rulers&navigation-benchmark')
+
+test('dense text keeps exact pixels without reshaping unchanged labels during previews', async () => {
+  const interaction = await editor.page.evaluateHandle(() => {
+    const store = window.openPencil?.getStore?.()
+    if (!store) throw new Error('Editor unavailable')
+    return store.beginInteractiveEdit()
+  })
+  try {
+    const previewId = await editor.page.evaluate(() => {
+      const store = window.openPencil?.getStore?.()
+      if (!store) throw new Error('Editor unavailable')
+      const page = store.state.currentPageId
+      const group = store.graph.createNode('FRAME', page, {
+        name: 'Dense text',
+        width: 8000,
+        height: 3600,
+        fills: []
+      })
+      // Coverage and drawing formerly needed 1,200 entries in a 1,024-paragraph cache.
+      for (let i = 0; i < 600; i++) {
+        store.graph.createNode('TEXT', group.id, {
+          x: (i % 20) * 400,
+          y: Math.floor(i / 20) * 120,
+          width: 380,
+          height: 110,
+          fontFamily: 'Inter',
+          fontWeight: 400,
+          fontSize: 48,
+          text: `Label ${i}`,
+          fills: [{ type: 'SOLID', color: { r: 0, g: 0, b: 0, a: 1 }, opacity: 1, visible: true }]
+        })
+      }
+      const marker = store.graph.createNode('RECTANGLE', page, {
+        x: -10000,
+        y: -10000,
+        width: 10,
+        height: 10
+      })
+      store.clearSelection()
+      store.setZoomAroundPoint(0.06, 0, 0)
+      store.pan(-store.state.panX, -store.state.panY)
+      store.requestRender()
+      return marker.id
+    })
+    await editor.page.evaluate(() => window.openPencil?.test?.navigation?.waitForSettlement())
+    await editor.page.evaluate((id) => {
+      const store = window.openPencil?.getStore?.()
+      if (!store?.renderer) throw new Error('Renderer unavailable')
+      store.renderer.textPreparationCache.clear()
+      store.graph.updateNodePreview(id, { x: -10004 })
+      store.requestRepaint()
+    }, previewId)
+    await editor.canvas.waitForRender()
+    const reference = await editor.canvas.screenshotCanvasRegion(520, 240)
+    expect(reference).toMatchSnapshot('dense-text-preview.png', { threshold: 0, maxDiffPixels: 0 })
+
+    // One additional pass lets drawing paragraphs occupy the cache after coverage
+    // observations have been memoized. Subsequent preview frames must not shape text.
+    await editor.page.evaluate((id) => {
+      const store = window.openPencil?.getStore?.()
+      store?.graph.updateNodePreview(id, { x: -10003 })
+      store?.requestRepaint()
+    }, previewId)
+    await editor.canvas.waitForRender()
+    const probe = await probeParagraphBuilds(editor.page)
+    try {
+      for (const x of [-10002, -10001, -10000]) {
+        await editor.page.evaluate(
+          ({ id, x }) => {
+            const store = window.openPencil?.getStore?.()
+            store?.graph.updateNodePreview(id, { x })
+            store?.requestRepaint()
+          },
+          { id: previewId, x }
+        )
+        await editor.canvas.waitForRender()
+      }
+      expect(await probe.evaluate((probe) => probe.readiness())).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1800)
+      expect(await probe.evaluate((probe) => probe.count())).toBe(0)
+      const actual = await editor.canvas.screenshotCanvasRegion(520, 240)
+      expect(actual.equals(reference)).toBe(true)
+      editor.canvas.assertNoErrors()
+    } finally {
+      try {
+        await probe.evaluate((probe) => probe.restore())
+      } finally {
+        await probe.dispose()
+      }
+    }
+  } finally {
+    try {
+      await interaction.evaluate((end) => end())
+    } finally {
+      await interaction.dispose()
+    }
+  }
+})
diff --git a/tests/e2e/canvas/dense-text-preview.spec.ts-snapshots/dense-text-preview-openpencil-darwin.png b/tests/e2e/canvas/dense-text-preview.spec.ts-snapshots/dense-text-preview-openpencil-darwin.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..676a89643
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diff --git a/tests/e2e/canvas/typography-depth-visual.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/canvas/typography-depth-visual.spec.ts
index 4b49b5bdb..130d774e1 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/canvas/typography-depth-visual.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/canvas/typography-depth-visual.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { expect, test, useEditorSetupWithClear } from '#tests/e2e/fixtures'
+import { probeParagraphBuilds } from '#tests/helpers/canvas/text-preparation'
 
 const editor = useEditorSetupWithClear('/?test&no-chrome&no-rulers')
 
@@ -88,23 +89,7 @@ test('text case vertical alignment and ending truncation', async () => {
   }, previewId)
   await editor.canvas.waitForRender()
   const reference = await editor.canvas.screenshotCanvasRegion()
-  const preparations = await editor.page.evaluateHandle(() => {
-    const renderer = window.openPencil?.getStore?.().renderer
-    if (!renderer) throw new Error('Renderer unavailable')
-    const builder = renderer.ck.ParagraphBuilder
-    const original = builder.MakeFromFontProvider
-    let count = 0
-    builder.MakeFromFontProvider = (...args) => {
-      count++
-      return original.apply(builder, args)
-    }
-    return {
-      count: () => count,
-      restore: () => {
-        builder.MakeFromFontProvider = original
-      }
-    }
-  })
+  const preparations = await probeParagraphBuilds(editor.page)
   try {
     for (let step = 0; step < 3; step++) {
       await editor.page.evaluate(
diff --git a/tests/engine/render/canvas/text-preparation-cache.test.ts b/tests/engine/render/canvas/text-preparation-cache.test.ts
index c40e5f30b..5070afc6b 100644
--- a/tests/engine/render/canvas/text-preparation-cache.test.ts
+++ b/tests/engine/render/canvas/text-preparation-cache.test.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test'
 
-import type { Paragraph } from 'canvaskit-wasm'
+import type { CanvasKit, Paragraph } from 'canvaskit-wasm'
 
 import { SceneGraph } from '@open-pencil/scene-graph'
 
 import { initCanvasKit } from '#cli/headless'
+import { buildParagraph, nodeFontReadiness } from '#core/canvas/text'
 import type { ParagraphNode } from '#core/canvas/text/paragraph-inputs'
 import { TextPreparationCache } from '#core/canvas/text/preparation-cache'
+import { fontManager } from '#core/text/fonts'
 
 async function fixture(maxEntries = 8, maxUnits = 1000) {
   const ck = await initCanvasKit()
@@ -53,6 +55,102 @@ async function fixture(maxEntries = 8, maxUnits = 1000) {
 }
 
 describe('text preparation cache', () => {
+  test('does not repeatedly shape coverage when a dense scan exceeds paragraph capacity', async () => {
+    const f = await fixture(8)
+    const data = await Bun.file('public/Inter-Regular.ttf').arrayBuffer()
+    f.provider.registerFont(data, 'Inter')
+    fontManager.markLoaded('Inter', 'Regular', data)
+    let builds = 0
+    const ck: CanvasKit = {
+      ...f.ck,
+      ParagraphBuilder: {
+        ...f.ck.ParagraphBuilder,
+        MakeFromFontProvider(
+          ...args: Parameters<typeof f.ck.ParagraphBuilder.MakeFromFontProvider>
+        ) {
+          builds++
+          return f.ck.ParagraphBuilder.MakeFromFontProvider(...args)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    const renderer = {
+      ck,
+      fontProvider: f.provider,
+      fontsLoaded: true,
+      textPreparationCache: f.cache
+    }
+    const nodes = Array.from({ length: 6 }, (_, i) =>
+      f.graph.createNode('TEXT', f.node.parentId, {
+        text: `Label ${i}`,
+        fontFamily: 'Inter',
+        fontWeight: 400,
+        width: 100,
+        height: 30
+      })
+    )
+    function draw() {
+      for (const node of nodes) {
+        expect(nodeFontReadiness(renderer, node)).toBe('ready')
+        f.cache.use(
+          node,
+          'draw',
+          fontManager.generation(),
+          f.provider,
+          () => buildParagraph(renderer, node),
+          ({ paragraph }) => paragraph.getHeight()
+        )
+      }
+    }
+    try {
+      draw()
+      expect(builds).toBe(12)
+      draw()
+      const warmBuilds = builds
+      draw()
+      expect(builds).toBe(warmBuilds)
+      f.cache.deleteNode(nodes[0].id)
+      draw()
+      expect(builds).toBe(warmBuilds + 2)
+      f.graph.updateNodePreview(nodes[0].id, { text: 'Edited label' })
+      draw()
+      expect(builds).toBe(warmBuilds + 4)
+      f.cache.clear()
+      draw()
+      expect(builds).toBe(warmBuilds + 16)
+    } finally {
+      f.dispose()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('scopes successful coverage to fonts, inputs and explicit invalidation', async () => {
+    const f = await fixture(2)
+    const otherProvider = f.ck.TypefaceFontProvider.Make()
+    try {
+      f.use('coverage', 1)
+      f.cache.recordGlyphCoverage(f.node)
+      expect(f.cache.hasGlyphCoverage(f.node, 1, f.provider)).toBe(true)
+      expect(f.cache.hasGlyphCoverage(f.node, 2, f.provider)).toBe(false)
+      expect(f.cache.hasGlyphCoverage(f.node, 1, otherProvider)).toBe(false)
+      f.graph.updateNodePreview(f.node.id, { x: 50, rotation: 20 })
+      expect(f.cache.hasGlyphCoverage(f.node, 1, f.provider)).toBe(true)
+      f.graph.updateNodePreview(f.node.id, { width: 80 })
+      expect(f.cache.hasGlyphCoverage(f.node, 1, f.provider)).toBe(false)
+      f.use('coverage', 1)
+      f.cache.recordGlyphCoverage(f.node)
+      f.cache.deleteNode('unrelated')
+      expect(f.cache.hasGlyphCoverage(f.node, 1, f.provider)).toBe(true)
+      f.cache.deleteNode('another')
+      f.cache.deleteNode('overflow')
+      expect(f.cache.hasGlyphCoverage(f.node, 1, f.provider)).toBe(false)
+      f.cache.recordGlyphCoverage(f.node)
+      f.use('draw', 2)
+      expect(f.cache.hasGlyphCoverage(f.node, 2, f.provider)).toBe(false)
+    } finally {
+      otherProvider.delete()
+      f.dispose()
+    }
+  })
+
   test('reuses native paragraphs during movement and invalidates text layout inputs', async () => {
     const f = await fixture()
     try {
diff --git a/tests/helpers/canvas/text-preparation.ts b/tests/helpers/canvas/text-preparation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..341332034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/helpers/canvas/text-preparation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import type { Page } from '@playwright/test'
+
+export function probeParagraphBuilds(page: Page) {
+  return page.evaluateHandle(() => {
+    const renderers = window.openPencil?.getStore?.().canvasRenderers
+    if (!renderers?.length) throw new Error('Renderer unavailable')
+    const restores: Array<() => void> = []
+    let count = 0
+    let readiness = 0
+    for (const builder of new Set(renderers.map((renderer) => renderer.ck.ParagraphBuilder))) {
+      const original = builder.MakeFromFontProvider
+      builder.MakeFromFontProvider = (...args) => {
+        count++
+        return original.apply(builder, args)
+      }
+      restores.push(() => {
+        builder.MakeFromFontProvider = original
+      })
+    }
+    for (const renderer of renderers) {
+      const original = renderer.nodeFontReadiness
+      renderer.nodeFontReadiness = (node) => {
+        readiness++
+        return original.call(renderer, node)
+      }
+      restores.push(() => {
+        renderer.nodeFontReadiness = original
+      })
+    }
+    return {
+      count: () => count,
+      readiness: () => readiness,
+      restore: () => {
+        for (const restore of restores) restore()
+      }
+    }
+  })
+}