diff --git a/crates/render/src/text.rs b/crates/render/src/text.rs
index 3bfb5593..9fda6980 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/text.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/text.rs
@@ -533,6 +533,15 @@ pub fn caret_maps(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer, chars: usize) -> Vec<Mat3> {
     out
 }
 
+/// A paragraph's alignment: 0 left, 1 centre, 2 right (a justified paragraph by its last line).
+fn align_index(j: Justify) -> u8 {
+    match j {
+        Justify::Center | Justify::JustifyLastCenter => 1,
+        Justify::Right | Justify::JustifyLastRight => 2,
+        _ => 0,
+    }
+}
+
 /// Lay out and animate a text layer.
 pub fn text_geom(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer) -> Option<TextGeom> {
     let doc = source_text(ctx, layer)?;
@@ -578,7 +587,9 @@ pub fn text_geom(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer) -> Option<TextGeom> {
         })
         .collect();
     let advance = |gi: usize| lay.glyphs[gi].advance + vadv[gi];
-    // Tracking (before / after each character) and Line Anchor, per line.
+    // Tracking (before / after each character) and Line Anchor, per line. Without a Line Anchor
+    // a line grows from where its paragraph's alignment pins it (left, centre or right).
+    let paras = doc.paras();
     let mut shift = vec![0.0f64; n];
     let mut li_start = 0;
     while li_start < n {
@@ -588,7 +599,8 @@ pub fn text_geom(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer) -> Option<TextGeom> {
             li_end += 1;
         }
         let mut pen = 0.0;
-        let (mut la, mut la_k) = (0.0, 0.0);
+        let justify = lay.layout.lines.get(line).and_then(|l| paras.get(l.para)).map_or(doc.justify, |p| p.justify);
+        let (mut la, mut la_k) = (50.0 * f64::from(align_index(justify)), 0.0);
         for gi in li_start..li_end {
             let x = &xfs[gi];
             let em = lay.styles.get(lay.glyphs[gi].run).map_or(doc.size, |s| s.size) / 1000.0;
@@ -639,11 +651,7 @@ pub fn text_geom(ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer) -> Option<TextGeom> {
 
     // Path Options.
     let on_path = text_path(ctx, layer, text);
-    let align = match doc.justify {
-        Justify::Center | Justify::JustifyLastCenter => 1,
-        Justify::Right | Justify::JustifyLastRight => 2,
-        _ => 0,
-    };
+    let align = align_index(doc.justify);
     let first_baseline = lay.line_boxes.first().map(|b| b[1]).unwrap_or(0.0);
     let mut arc = vec![0.0f64; n];
     if let Some((pm, _, force, fm, lm)) = &on_path {
diff --git a/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs b/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs
index 93913aa8..c50999b0 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/text/tests.rs
@@ -207,6 +207,39 @@ fn tracking_line_anchor_and_character_offset() {
     assert_eq!(substitute('a', &CharXf { char_value: Some((66.0, 1.0)), ..Default::default() }), Some('B'));
 }
 
+/// Without a Line Anchor, tracking grows each line from where its paragraph's alignment pins it:
+/// left text grows right, centred text around its centre, right text to the left (#146).
+#[test]
+fn tracking_grows_from_each_paragraphs_alignment() {
+    use effectcraft_keyframe::{Justify, ParaStyle};
+    let tracked = |d: TextDoc, amount: f64| {
+        let (mut p, cid, comp) = setup(600, 300);
+        let mut l = text_layer(&mut p, &comp, d);
+        animator(&mut p, &mut l, &["tracking"], &["range"]);
+        set(&mut l, "text/animators/#1/properties/tracking", Value::Scalar(amount));
+        p.comp_mut(cid).unwrap().layers.push(l);
+        glyph_paths(&ctx(&p, cid, 0.0), &p.comp(cid).unwrap().layers[0])
+    };
+    // 4 chars × 500/1000 em × 40 px: 20 px of tracking each, half before and half after.
+    for (justify, x0, centre, x1) in [(Justify::Left, 10.0, 40.0, 70.0), (Justify::Center, -30.0, 0.0, 30.0), (Justify::Right, -70.0, -40.0, -10.0)] {
+        let d = TextDoc { justify, ..doc("ABCD", 40.0) };
+        let (w0, w1) = (bounds_of(&tracked(d.clone(), 0.0)), bounds_of(&tracked(d, 500.0)));
+        let got = [w1.x0 - w0.x0, w1.center().x - w0.center().x, w1.x1 - w0.x1];
+        assert!(got.iter().zip([x0, centre, x1]).all(|(g, w)| (g - w).abs() < 1.0), "{justify:?}: moved {got:?}, want {:?}", [x0, centre, x1]);
+    }
+    // Each paragraph by its own alignment: a left paragraph above a right-aligned one.
+    let mut d = doc("ABCD\nABCD", 40.0);
+    let left = d.base_para();
+    d.set_paras(vec![left.clone(), ParaStyle { justify: Justify::Right, ..left }]);
+    let lines = |paths: Vec<(BezPath, CharXf)>| -> [kurbo::Rect; 2] {
+        let (a, b): (Vec<_>, Vec<_>) = paths.into_iter().partition(|g| bounds_of(std::slice::from_ref(g)).center().y < 10.0);
+        [bounds_of(&a), bounds_of(&b)]
+    };
+    let ([a0, b0], [a1, b1]) = (lines(tracked(d.clone(), 0.0)), lines(tracked(d, 500.0)));
+    assert!((a1.x0 - a0.x0 - 10.0).abs() < 1.0, "the left paragraph grows right: {} {}", a0.x0, a1.x0);
+    assert!((b1.x1 - b0.x1 + 10.0).abs() < 1.0, "the right paragraph grows left: {} {}", b0.x1, b1.x1);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn anchor_grouping_line_rotates_around_line_centre() {
     let (mut p, cid, comp) = setup(600, 300);