diff --git a/crates/svg/src/import.rs b/crates/svg/src/import.rs
index 8bc4dcee..c8bfe40a 100644
--- a/crates/svg/src/import.rs
+++ b/crates/svg/src/import.rs
@@ -685,13 +685,34 @@ fn text_fallback(im: &mut Importer, svg: &str, w: f64, h: f64, layer_mode: bool)
         if rb.runs.is_empty() {
             continue;
         }
+        // Type on a path: a <textPath> naming a <path> (in the text's user space) by href.
+        let on_path = t.children().find(|c| c.is_element() && c.tag_name().name() == "textPath").and_then(|tp| {
+            let href = tp.attribute("href").or_else(|| tp.attribute(("http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink", "href")))?;
+            let id = href.strip_prefix('#')?;
+            let el = xml.descendants().find(|n| n.is_element() && n.tag_name().name() == "path" && n.attribute("id") == Some(id))?;
+            let mut bp = BezPath::from_svg(el.attribute("d")?).ok()?;
+            bp.apply_affine(acc * parse_transform(el.attribute("transform")));
+            let start = match tp.attribute("startOffset").map(str::trim) {
+                Some(o) if o.ends_with('%') => first_number(o.strip_suffix('%')) / 100.0,
+                Some(o) => {
+                    let len: f64 = bp.segments().map(|s| kurbo::ParamCurveArclen::arclen(&s, 1e-3)).sum();
+                    if len > 0.0 { first_number(Some(o)) / len } else { 0.0 }
+                }
+                None => 0.0,
+            };
+            Some((PathData::from_bezpath(&bp), start.clamp(0.0, 1.0)))
+        });
         let justify = match ctx.prop(t, "text-anchor").as_deref() {
             Some("middle") => Justify::Center,
             Some("end") => Justify::Right,
             _ => Justify::Left,
         };
+        let (kind, xf) = match on_path {
+            Some((path, start)) => (TextKind::OnPath { path, start }, Affine::IDENTITY),
+            None => (TextKind::Point, xf),
+        };
         let mut obj = TextObject {
-            kind: TextKind::Point,
+            kind,
             xf,
             runs: rb.runs,
             para: Default::default(),
diff --git a/crates/svg/src/lib.rs b/crates/svg/src/lib.rs
index 932ce101..737dae84 100644
--- a/crates/svg/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/svg/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 //! * Masks and filters are ignored (reported as warnings); nested clip paths use the outer clip only.
 //! * usvg only keeps `<text>` when fonts are loaded; we don't load a font database (too expensive and
 //!   unavailable on wasm), so `<text>` elements are read directly from the XML as live point-type
-//!   [`TextObject`]s and placed on top of their layer.
+//!   [`TextObject`]s (type on a path for a `<textPath>`) and placed on top of their layer.
 #![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 
 mod export;
diff --git a/crates/svg/tests/roundtrip.rs b/crates/svg/tests/roundtrip.rs
index f3159fe0..0719bcc4 100644
--- a/crates/svg/tests/roundtrip.rs
+++ b/crates/svg/tests/roundtrip.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use vectorcraft_color::{BlendMode, Color, Gradient, GradientGeom, GradientKind, GradientPaint, Paint};
 use vectorcraft_doc::{
     Appearance, AppearanceItem, CharStyle, Dash, Document, FillLayer, ImageBlob, ImageObject, LineCap, LineJoin, Node, NodeId, NodeKind, StrokeAlign,
-    StrokeLayer, TextObject,
+    StrokeLayer, TextKind, TextObject,
 };
 use vectorcraft_geom::{Affine, FillRule, PathData, Point, Rect, shapes};
 use vectorcraft_svg::{ExportOptions, Styling, export, import, import_with_report};
@@ -374,6 +374,26 @@ fn text_roundtrip_and_escaping() {
     assert!(t.xf.translation().to_point().distance(Point::new(20.0, 50.0)) < 0.01);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn text_on_path_roundtrip() {
+    let mut d = Document::new(200.0, 200.0);
+    let mut curve = vectorcraft_geom::BezPath::new();
+    curve.move_to((20.0, 150.0));
+    curve.curve_to((60.0, 40.0), (140.0, 40.0), (180.0, 150.0));
+    let mut t = TextObject::point(Point::new(0.0, 0.0), "On a curve", CharStyle { size: 14.0, ..CharStyle::default() });
+    t.kind = TextKind::OnPath { path: PathData::from_bezpath(&curve), start: 0.25 };
+    let id = d.alloc_id();
+    let d = doc_with(vec![Node::new(id, NodeKind::Text(Box::new(t)))]);
+    let r = roundtrip(&d);
+    let a = art(&r);
+    let NodeKind::Text(t) = &a[0].kind else { panic!() };
+    assert_eq!(t.plain_text(), "On a curve");
+    let TextKind::OnPath { path, start } = &t.kind else { panic!("not type on a path: {:?}", t.kind) };
+    assert!((start - 0.25).abs() < 1e-6, "start {start}");
+    let doc_path = path.bounds().map(|b| t.xf.transform_rect_bbox(b)).unwrap();
+    assert!(close_rect(doc_path, PathData::from_bezpath(&curve).bounds().unwrap(), 0.01), "{doc_path:?}");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn styling_modes_roundtrip() {
     for styling in [Styling::PresentationAttributes, Styling::InlineStyle, Styling::InternalCss] {