diff --git a/crates/svg/src/import/text.rs b/crates/svg/src/import/text.rs
index 57a156b82..2502bd2bd 100644
--- a/crates/svg/src/import/text.rs
+++ b/crates/svg/src/import/text.rs
@@ -503,6 +503,53 @@ impl Ctx {
         out.spans[slot].1 = start..out.chars.len();
     }
 
+    /// `textLength` and `lengthAdjust` (SVG 1.1 §10.9.1,
+    /// https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/text.html#TextElementTextLengthAttribute): the characters of
+    /// each element with a `textLength` are fitted to that advance, by adding the difference evenly
+    /// between them (`spacing`, the default; it becomes kerning) or by stretching them
+    /// (`spacingAndGlyphs`; it becomes horizontal scale, kept within 1–10000%). Innermost elements
+    /// first, so an element's length takes in its children's. Vertical type is spaced out only.
+    fn fit_lengths(&self, spans: &[(XNode, Range<usize>)], cells: &mut [Cell], vertical: bool, label: &str, warnings: &mut Vec<String>) {
+        let n = cells.len();
+        for (el, r) in spans.iter().rev() {
+            let Some(want) = el.attribute("textLength").and_then(|v| self.length(v, self.font_size(*el), self.viewport.0)).filter(|w| *w >= 0.0)
+            else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            // Past the largest coordinate, the characters would only be out of reach.
+            let want = want.min(vectorcraft_doc::MAX_COORD);
+            let Some(part) = cells.get_mut(r.start.min(n)..r.end.min(n)) else { continue };
+            let Some(gaps) = part.len().checked_sub(1) else { continue };
+            let stretch = el.attribute("lengthAdjust").map(str::trim) == Some("spacingAndGlyphs");
+            if stretch && vertical {
+                warnings.push(format!("{label}: lengthAdjust=\"spacingAndGlyphs\" on vertical text spaces the characters out instead"));
+            }
+            // Kerning and scale change shaping (manual kerning turns pair kerning off): measure again.
+            for _ in 0..4 {
+                let have = advance(&point_text(part));
+                if !have.is_finite() || (want - have).abs() < 0.01 {
+                    break;
+                }
+                if stretch && !vertical {
+                    let k = want / have;
+                    if !k.is_finite() || k <= 0.0 {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    for c in part.iter_mut() {
+                        c.style.h_scale = (c.style.h_scale * k).clamp(1.0, 10_000.0);
+                    }
+                } else if gaps > 0 {
+                    let d = (want - have) / gaps as f64;
+                    for c in part.iter_mut().take(gaps) {
+                        c.kern += d;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// The path a `<textPath>` follows, in the text's user space.
     fn text_path(&self, xml: &roxmltree::Document, tp: XNode) -> Option<BezPath> {
         let mut bp = match tp.attribute("path") {
@@ -730,6 +777,7 @@ impl Ctx {
             }
         });
         let vertical = self.css.prop(t, "writing-mode").is_some_and(|m| m.starts_with("tb") || m.starts_with("vertical"));
+        self.fit_lengths(&cs.spans, &mut cells, vertical, label, warnings);
         let mut obj = TextObject::point(Point::ZERO, "", CharStyle::default());
         let mut breaks: Vec<Break> = vec![];
         let mut para_styles: Vec<ParaStyle> = vec![];
diff --git a/crates/svg/tests/it/import_text.rs b/crates/svg/tests/it/import_text.rs
index 5fa2b5d7f..7d0e08c0b 100644
--- a/crates/svg/tests/it/import_text.rs
+++ b/crates/svg/tests/it/import_text.rs
@@ -693,3 +693,40 @@ fn flowed_text_that_cannot_be_read_is_reported() {
         assert!(w.iter().any(|w| w.contains(id) && w.contains("flowRoot")), "{id}: {w:?}");
     }
 }
+
+/// Total advance of a single-line text.
+fn advance(t: &TextObject) -> f64 {
+    layout(FontDb::global(), t).glyphs.iter().map(|g| g.advance).sum()
+}
+
+/// SVG 1.1 §10.9.1: `textLength` fits the characters to that advance, by spacing them out
+/// (`lengthAdjust="spacing"`, the default) or by stretching them (`spacingAndGlyphs`).
+/// https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/text.html#TextElementTextLengthAttribute
+#[test]
+fn text_length_fits_the_advance() {
+    let natural = advance(only_text(&open(r#"<text x="20" y="100" font-size="20">Hello World</text>"#)));
+    for adjust in ["spacingAndGlyphs", "spacing"] {
+        for want in [50.0, 150.0, 300.0] {
+            let (d, w) = import_with_report(&svg(&format!(
+                r#"<text x="20" y="100" font-size="20" textLength="{want}" lengthAdjust="{adjust}">Hello World</text>"#
+            )))
+            .unwrap();
+            assert!(w.is_empty(), "{w:?}");
+            let t = only_text(&d);
+            assert_eq!(t.plain_text(), "Hello World");
+            let got = advance(t);
+            assert!(close(got, want, 0.05), "{adjust} {want}: {got} (natural {natural})");
+            let scaled = t.runs.iter().all(|r| close(r.style.h_scale, 100.0 * want / natural, 0.5));
+            assert_eq!(scaled, adjust == "spacingAndGlyphs", "{adjust} {want}: {:?}", t.runs);
+        }
+    }
+    // On a tspan, only its characters are fitted; units and percentages of the viewport resolve.
+    let t = open(r#"<text x="20" y="100" font-size="20">Hi <tspan textLength="25%">there</tspan>!</text>"#);
+    let t = only_text(&t);
+    let lay = layout(FontDb::global(), t);
+    let span: f64 = lay.glyphs.iter().filter(|g| (3..8).contains(&g.byte)).map(|g| g.advance).sum();
+    assert!(close(span, 100.0, 0.05), "{span}");
+    // A negative length is ignored.
+    let t = open(r#"<text x="20" y="100" font-size="20" textLength="-5">Hello World</text>"#);
+    assert!(close(advance(only_text(&t)), natural, 1e-6));
+}
diff --git a/crates/svg/tests/it/prop_svg.rs b/crates/svg/tests/it/prop_svg.rs
index a25aec175..2dd7ceec1 100644
--- a/crates/svg/tests/it/prop_svg.rs
+++ b/crates/svg/tests/it/prop_svg.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,27 @@ proptest! {
         let _ = import(&format!("<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\">{s}</svg>"));
     }
 
+    /// Any `textLength` and `lengthAdjust`, on the text or a tspan (vertical too), imports to a
+    /// valid document without panicking.
+    #[test]
+    fn import_random_text_lengths(
+        len in "-?[0-9]{0,12}(\\.[0-9]{0,4})?(e[+-]?[0-9]{1,3})?(%|px|em|pt)?|[a-z ]{0,6}",
+        adjust in "spacing|spacingAndGlyphs|[a-zA-Z]{0,8}",
+        text in "[A-Za-z \u{5d0}-\u{5ea}]{0,12}",
+        on_span in any::<bool>(),
+        vertical in any::<bool>(),
+    ) {
+        let attrs = format!("textLength=\"{len}\" lengthAdjust=\"{adjust}\"");
+        let (outer, inner) = if on_span { ("", attrs.as_str()) } else { (attrs.as_str(), "") };
+        let wm = if vertical { " writing-mode=\"tb\"" } else { "" };
+        let svg = format!(
+            "<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"><text x=\"10\" y=\"50\"{wm} {outer}>a<tspan {inner}>{text}</tspan>b</text></svg>"
+        );
+        if let Ok(doc) = import(&svg) {
+            check_document(&doc).map_err(TestCaseError::fail)?;
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Importing random path data never panics and gives a valid document.
     #[test]
     fn import_random_path_data(d in "[MLCQZHVAmlcqzhva0-9 .,eE+-]{0,80}") {