diff --git a/crates/text/src/fonts.rs b/crates/text/src/fonts.rs
index c70fedc4..0c22e4e6 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/fonts.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/fonts.rs
@@ -309,6 +309,9 @@ pub fn system_scanned() -> bool {
 /// A face by id (panics never: unknown ids give the default face).
 pub fn face(id: FaceId) -> Arc<Face> {
     let d = db().read().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner());
+    // The bundled fonts are compiled in and always parse (`tests::bundled_families_and_resolution` checks them), so
+    // the database is never empty.
+    #[allow(clippy::expect_used)]
     d.faces.get(id).or_else(|| d.faces.first()).cloned().expect("bundled fonts present")
 }
 
@@ -388,7 +391,8 @@ pub fn resolve(family: &str, style: &str) -> Resolved {
             return r;
         }
     }
-    let mut r = resolve_in(DEFAULT_FAMILY, style).expect("Inter is bundled");
+    // Inter is bundled; face 0 (the first bundled face) is the last resort.
+    let mut r = resolve_in(DEFAULT_FAMILY, style).unwrap_or(Resolved { face: 0, synth_bold: false, synth_italic: false, missing: true });
     r.missing = !family.is_empty() && !family.eq_ignore_ascii_case(DEFAULT_FAMILY);
     r
 }
@@ -403,13 +407,10 @@ fn resolve_in(family: &str, style: &str) -> Option<Resolved> {
         return Some(Resolved { face: f.id, synth_bold: false, synth_italic: false, missing: false });
     }
     let (w, it) = style_wants(style);
-    let best = fam
-        .iter()
-        .min_by_key(|f| {
-            let italic_pen = if f.info.italic == it { 0 } else { 1000 };
-            italic_pen + (f.info.weight as i32 - w as i32).unsigned_abs()
-        })
-        .expect("non-empty");
+    let best = fam.iter().min_by_key(|f| {
+        let italic_pen = if f.info.italic == it { 0 } else { 1000 };
+        italic_pen + (f.info.weight as i32 - w as i32).unsigned_abs()
+    })?;
     Some(Resolved { face: best.id, synth_bold: w >= 600 && best.info.weight <= 500, synth_italic: it && !best.info.italic, missing: false })
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/text/src/layout.rs b/crates/text/src/layout.rs
index f90aa7f3..629013b7 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/layout.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/layout.rs
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ fn paragraph(text: &str, base: usize, runs: &[(Range<usize>, TextStyle)], primar
                             last_ok = Some(p);
                             break;
                         }
-                        let b = last_ok.take().expect("checked");
+                        let Some(b) = last_ok.take() else { break };
                         ranges.push(start..b);
                         start = b;
                     }
@@ -1015,9 +1015,9 @@ pub fn layout_rich_uncached(text: &str, runs: &[(Range<usize>, TextStyle)], para
         x0 = x0.min(0.0);
         x1 = x1.max(w);
     }
-    let first = &lay.lines[0];
-    let last = lay.lines.last().expect("at least one line");
-    lay.bounds = [x0, first.baseline - first.ascent, x1.max(x0), last.baseline + last.descent];
+    if let (Some(first), Some(last)) = (lay.lines.first(), lay.lines.last()) {
+        lay.bounds = [x0, first.baseline - first.ascent, x1.max(x0), last.baseline + last.descent];
+    }
     lay
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/text/src/lib.rs b/crates/text/src/lib.rs
index 65232f02..02c99052 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 //! - This module turns a layer's [`TextDoc`] into per-character glyph outlines (Bezier paths) with
 //!   character / word / line indices, which is what text animators and selectors work on.
 
+#![deny(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic, clippy::unimplemented, clippy::todo, clippy::unreachable)]
+
 pub mod fonts;
 pub mod layout;
 pub mod path_text;