diff --git a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/legacy_text.rs b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/legacy_text.rs
index 4e6164e4b..1fb369053 100644
--- a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/legacy_text.rs
+++ b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/legacy_text.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ struct ParaRun {
     tabs_version: u64,
 }
 
+/// An overflow paragraph break (`(\r) TX`) read before any more type, with the state in force
+/// where it was read.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct PendingBreak {
+    /// `TV` at the break.
+    vertical: bool,
+    /// The attributes and [`TypeState::tabs_version`] of the empty paragraph the break ends, when
+    /// it ends one that no character started.
+    para: Option<(ParaStyle, u64)>,
+}
+
 /// A text object being read.
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
 pub(super) struct LegacyText {
@@ -101,7 +112,7 @@ pub(super) struct LegacyText {
     /// The current paragraph's attributes are in `paras`.
     para_taken: bool,
     /// An overflow paragraph break (`(\r) TX`) not yet followed by type: the story's end.
-    pending_break: bool,
+    pending_break: Option<PendingBreak>,
     /// Characters were set in a mask rendering mode (`Tr` 4 to 7): the text object is a clipping
     /// path (§5.7).
     clips: bool,
@@ -632,7 +643,10 @@ impl Reader<'_> {
         }
         // Overflow text ending the story with a paragraph break (`(\r) TX`) adds no paragraph.
         if w == "TX" && decoded == "\n" {
-            t.pending_break = true;
+            if t.pending_break.is_none() {
+                let para = (!t.para_taken).then(|| (st.para.clone(), st.tabs_version));
+                t.pending_break = Some(PendingBreak { vertical: st.vertical, para });
+            }
             return;
         }
         // As many characters as the file's allowance has left.
@@ -642,10 +656,13 @@ impl Reader<'_> {
         }
         let decoded: String = decoded.chars().take(room).collect();
         st.chars += decoded.chars().count();
+        // A break read before these characters keeps the direction and paragraph attributes it was
+        // read with, and is the story's first character when nothing came before it.
+        let brk = t.pending_break.take();
         if t.runs.is_empty() {
-            t.vertical = st.vertical;
+            t.vertical = brk.as_ref().map_or(st.vertical, |b| b.vertical);
         }
-        t.direction_changed |= st.vertical != t.vertical;
+        t.direction_changed |= st.vertical != t.vertical || brk.as_ref().is_some_and(|b| b.vertical != t.vertical);
         let gs = &self.gs;
         let mut style = st.style.clone();
         style.tate_chu_yoko |= st.kumi_recorded && !t.vertical;
@@ -664,7 +681,10 @@ impl Reader<'_> {
         (style.stroke_cap, style.stroke_join, style.stroke_miter_limit, style.stroke_dash) = (gs.cap, gs.join, gs.miter, gs.dash.clone());
         (style.overprint_fill, style.overprint_stroke) = (gs.overprint_fill, gs.overprint_stroke);
         let mut text = String::new();
-        if std::mem::take(&mut t.pending_break) {
+        if let Some(brk) = brk {
+            if let Some((mut para, tabs_version)) = brk.para {
+                t.begin_para(&mut para, tabs_version);
+            }
             text.push('\n');
             t.para_taken = false;
         }
diff --git a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/tests.rs b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/tests.rs
index fd1e2ece3..e736fe6da 100644
--- a/crates/eps/src/import/ai/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/eps/src/import/ai/tests.rs
@@ -3554,6 +3554,31 @@ fn legacy_type_keeps_its_writing_direction() {
     let after = point_type("", "Hi").replace("TO\n", "1 TV\nTO\n");
     let after = legacy_texts(&format!("{after}{}", point_type("", "Next")));
     assert_eq!((after[0].vertical, after[1].vertical), (false, true));
+    // An overflow break (`(\r) TX`) keeps the direction in force where it was read: at the start of
+    // the story it sets the object's direction, and later it warns when that differs.
+    let leading = legacy_read(&point_type("1 TV\n(\\r) TX\n0 TV", "Body"));
+    let leading = (art_texts(&leading.doc), leading.warnings);
+    assert_eq!((leading.0[0].vertical, leading.0[0].plain_text().as_str()), (true, "\nBody"));
+    assert_eq!(leading.1, [DIRECTION_CHANGE_LEFT_OUT]);
+    let inside = legacy_read(&point_type("", "a").replace("TO\n", "1 TV\n(\\r) TX\n0 TV\n(b) Tx\nTO\n"));
+    let inside = (art_texts(&inside.doc), inside.warnings);
+    assert_eq!((inside.0[0].vertical, inside.0[0].plain_text().as_str()), (false, "a\nb"));
+    assert_eq!(inside.1, [DIRECTION_CHANGE_LEFT_OUT]);
+}
+
+/// An overflow break (`(\r) TX`) that type follows ends a paragraph as `(\r) Tx` does: an empty
+/// paragraph it ends keeps the attributes in force where the break was read.
+#[test]
+fn an_overflow_break_keeps_the_paragraph_attributes_it_was_read_with() {
+    use vectorcraft_doc::Justify::{Center, Right};
+    for op in ["Tx", "TX"] {
+        let leading = &legacy_texts(&point_type(&format!("1 Ta\n(\\r) {op}\n2 Ta"), "Body"))[0];
+        assert_eq!((leading.para_at(0).justify, leading.para_at(1).justify), (Center, Right), "{op}");
+        let empty = point_type("1 Ta", "a\\r").replace("TO\n", &format!("(\\r) {op}\n2 Ta\n(b) Tx\nTO\n"));
+        let empty = &legacy_texts(&empty)[0];
+        assert_eq!(empty.plain_text(), "a\n\nb", "{op}");
+        assert_eq!((empty.para_at(1).justify, empty.para_at(2).justify), (Center, Right), "{op}");
+    }
 }
 
 /// The glyph origins of a legacy-format text object.