diff --git a/crates/render/src/tests/typeedges.rs b/crates/render/src/tests/typeedges.rs
index e6230a767..fae0207d0 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/tests/typeedges.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/tests/typeedges.rs
@@ -642,13 +642,13 @@ fn type_with_a_brush_stroke_is_drawn_as_sharp() {
     }
 }
 
-/// Strong and Crisp type in the art of a scatter brush, on an undashed path at 50% opacity, keep
-/// that opacity inside the characters: the coverage the method reshapes the edges by is drawn
-/// without the path's opacity.
+/// Strong and Crisp type in the art of a scatter brush, on an undashed path at 50% opacity, draw
+/// every pixel at half of what the same path draws at full opacity: the coverage the method
+/// reshapes the edges by is drawn without the path's opacity.
 #[test]
 fn type_in_a_translucent_scatter_brush_stroke_keeps_its_opacity() {
     use vectorcraft_brush::{Brush, BrushKind, Scatter};
-    let draw = |m: TypeAntiAlias| {
+    let draw = |m: TypeAntiAlias, opacity: f32| {
         let mut d = Document::new(f64::from(W), f64::from(H));
         let mut t = TextObject::point(Point::new(0.0, 0.0), "H", CharStyle { size: 40.0, ..Default::default() });
         t.anti_alias = m;
@@ -662,18 +662,19 @@ fn type_in_a_translucent_scatter_brush_stroke_keeps_its_opacity() {
         }
         let line = vectorcraft_geom::shapes::line(Point::new(20.0, 45.0), Point::new(240.0, 45.0));
         let mut n = Node::path(d.alloc_id(), line, ap);
-        n.opacity = 0.5;
+        n.opacity = opacity;
         let l = d.layers[0].id;
         d.insert(Some(l), 0, n).unwrap();
         alphas(&d, &RenderOptions::default())
     };
     let most = |a: &[u8]| a.iter().copied().max().unwrap_or(0);
-    let sharp = draw(TypeAntiAlias::Sharp);
+    let sharp = draw(TypeAntiAlias::Sharp, 0.5);
     assert!((126..=129).contains(&most(&sharp)), "half opaque: {}", most(&sharp));
     for m in [TypeAntiAlias::Crisp, TypeAntiAlias::Strong] {
-        let drawn = draw(m);
-        assert!((126..=129).contains(&most(&drawn)), "{m:?} keeps the path's opacity: {}", most(&drawn));
-        assert_ne!(drawn, sharp, "{m:?} changes the edges");
+        let (half, full) = (draw(m, 0.5), draw(m, 1.0));
+        assert_ne!(half, sharp, "{m:?} changes the edges");
+        let off = half.iter().zip(&full).filter(|&(&h, &f)| (2 * i32::from(h) - i32::from(f)).abs() > 6).count();
+        assert_eq!(off, 0, "{m:?}: pixels not at half of full opacity");
     }
 }