diff --git a/crates/render/src/lib.rs b/crates/render/src/lib.rs
index ac120165..e6f6620c 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/lib.rs
@@ -667,18 +667,21 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
         Region::Full
     }
 
-    /// Rasterisation scale of a layer's source: the output scale, or — for Continuously
-    /// Rasterize text and shape layers — the output scale times the layer's on-screen scale
-    /// (quarter-octave steps, rounded up, so vector content is drawn at its final size and
-    /// stays sharp when scaled up).
+    /// Rasterisation scale of a layer's source: the output scale, or — for text layers, which are
+    /// always continuously rasterised, and Continuously Rasterize shape layers and vector footage —
+    /// the output scale times the layer's on-screen scale (quarter-octave steps, rounded up, so
+    /// vector content is drawn at its final size and stays sharp when scaled up).
     pub fn raster_scale(&self, ctx: &EvalCtx, layer: &Layer) -> f64 {
         let s = self.opts.scale;
-        let vector = match layer.source {
-            LayerSource::Text | LayerSource::Shape => true,
-            LayerSource::Footage { item } => matches!(self.project.item(item).map(|i| &i.kind), Some(ItemKind::Footage(f)) if is_vector_footage(f)),
+        let continuous = match layer.source {
+            LayerSource::Text => true,
+            LayerSource::Shape => layer.switches.collapse,
+            LayerSource::Footage { item } => {
+                layer.switches.collapse && matches!(self.project.item(item).map(|i| &i.kind), Some(ItemKind::Footage(f)) if is_vector_footage(f))
+            }
             _ => false,
         };
-        if !layer.switches.collapse || !vector {
+        if !continuous {
             return s;
         }
         let (l2c, _) = ctx.layer_to_comp(layer);
diff --git a/crates/render/src/tests_collapse.rs b/crates/render/src/tests_collapse.rs
index 7d7e28ae..0ab11b3f 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/tests_collapse.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/tests_collapse.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Collapse Transformations, Continuously Rasterize and the Quality switch.
 
 use effectcraft_color::{BlendMode, Label};
-use effectcraft_keyframe::Value;
+use effectcraft_keyframe::{TextDoc, Value};
 use effectcraft_project::build::{self, Ids};
 use effectcraft_project::{BitDepth, Comp, ItemId, ItemKind, Layer, LayerSource, Project, Quality, Solid};
 use effectcraft_time::{FrameRate, Tick};
@@ -234,3 +234,32 @@ fn collapsed_precomp_of_another_size_renders_through_the_parent_camera() {
         assert!(img.get(100, 100)[3] < 0.01, "only the 40 px solid is drawn");
     }
 }
+
+/// Text layers are always continuously rasterised (#194): text scaled up with the layer's Scale is drawn
+/// at its on-screen size, as sharp as text set at that font size, without the switch.
+#[test]
+fn text_scaled_up_stays_sharp_without_the_switch() {
+    let run = |size: f64, scale: f64| {
+        let mut p = project();
+        let comp = Comp::new(240, 160, FrameRate::FPS_30, Tick::from_seconds_f64(2.0));
+        let mut l = build::layer(&mut p, &comp, "Text", LayerSource::Text, (240, 160), None);
+        l.props.prop_mut("text/sourceText").unwrap().value = Value::Text(Box::new(TextDoc { text: "HE".into(), size, ..Default::default() }));
+        set(&mut l, "transform/anchor", Value::Vec3([0.0, 0.0, 0.0]));
+        set(&mut l, "transform/position", Value::Vec3([40.0, 120.0, 0.0]));
+        set(&mut l, "transform/scale", Value::Vec3([scale, scale, 100.0]));
+        assert!(!l.switches.collapse);
+        let mut c = comp;
+        c.layers = vec![l];
+        let cid = p.add_item("Comp", Label::Sandstone, None, ItemKind::Comp(c.into()));
+        render_frame(&p, cid, Tick::ZERO, 1.0)
+    };
+    let partial = |img: &Image| img.data.iter().filter(|px| (0.02..0.98).contains(&px[3])).count();
+    let scaled = run(10.0, 800.0);
+    let native = run(80.0, 100.0);
+    let (ps, pn) = (partial(&scaled), partial(&native));
+    let d = max_diff(&scaled, &native);
+    eprintln!("partially covered pixels: scaled {ps}, native {pn}; max difference {d}");
+    assert!(native.data.iter().filter(|px| px[3] > 0.98).count() > 1000, "the text renders");
+    assert!(ps <= pn + pn / 2, "scaled text is blurred: {ps} soft pixels against {pn}");
+    assert!(d < 0.05, "scaled text differs from text set at that size by {d}");
+}
diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index 6d29b294..52f8897d 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -318,8 +318,9 @@ hierarchical block-matching optical flow and a bidirectional warp (Pixel Motion,
 its nested layers straight into the parent with concatenated transforms (one resample), so
 nested blend modes and adjustment layers act on the parent's layers; nested 3D layers use the
 parent's camera and lights and, when the precomp layer is 3D, are depth-sorted with the parent's
-3D run. Masks, effects or styles force a flattened render. On text and shape layers the switch is
-Continuously Rasterize: the source is rasterised at its on-screen scale. Quality: Draft samples
+3D run. Masks, effects or styles force a flattened render. Text layers are always rasterised at
+their on-screen scale; on shape layers and vector footage the switch is Continuously Rasterize and
+does the same. Quality: Draft samples
 nearest-neighbour, Wireframe draws the layer bounds. Slip edit (`layer.slip`, Alt+PageUp/Down,
 dragging the source bar in the timeline) moves the source under fixed in/out points.