diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/textedit.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/textedit.rs
index 8ce750a5e..ac0af5867 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/textedit.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/textedit.rs
@@ -351,6 +351,8 @@ pub(crate) struct CharChange {
     stroke: Option<Paint>,
     /// Weight (`strokeWidth`), cap, join, miter limit and dashes of the character stroke.
     stroke_opts: StrokeChange,
+    /// Document points per text-space point for a stroke edit.
+    stroke_scale: Option<f64>,
     underline: Option<bool>,
     strikethrough: Option<bool>,
     all_caps: Option<bool>,
@@ -641,6 +643,7 @@ impl CharChange {
             fill: paint_param(p, "fill", cmd)?,
             stroke: paint_param(p, "stroke", cmd)?,
             stroke_opts,
+            stroke_scale: None,
             underline: flag("underline"),
             strikethrough: flag("strikethrough"),
             all_caps: flag("allCaps"),
@@ -723,6 +726,7 @@ impl CharChange {
         self.tcy_up_down = self.tcy_up_down.map(|v| local_type_value(t, v, (-1296.0, 1296.0), false, cmd)).transpose()?;
         self.tcy_left_right = self.tcy_left_right.map(|v| local_type_value(t, v, (-1296.0, 1296.0), false, cmd)).transpose()?;
         self.h_scale = self.h_scale.map(|v| local_type_value(t, v, (1.0, 10000.0), true, cmd)).transpose()?;
+        self.stroke_scale = Some(vectorcraft_doc::Scaling::factor(t.xf).filter(|k| k.is_finite() && *k > 1e-12).unwrap_or(1.0));
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -809,10 +813,13 @@ impl CharChange {
             st.fill = v.clone();
         }
         if let Some(v) = &self.stroke {
+            if !v.is_none() {
+                super::gradient::run_stroke_weight(st);
+            }
             st.stroke = v.clone();
         }
         if !self.stroke_opts.is_empty() {
-            self.stroke_opts.apply_char(st);
+            self.stroke_opts.apply_char_scaled(st, self.stroke_scale.unwrap_or(1.0));
         }
         if let Some(v) = self.underline {
             st.underline = v;
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests/charstroke.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests/charstroke.rs
index ba948cb66..2c34e697e 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests/charstroke.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests/charstroke.rs
@@ -91,6 +91,21 @@ fn range_stroke_options_split_runs() {
     assert!(s.execute("text.setRangeStyle", &json!({"id": id.0, "strokeOptions": 3})).is_err());
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn range_stroke_gains_a_default_weight_and_scales_explicit_weight() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let id = NodeId(run(&mut s, "text.create", json!({"x": 10, "y": 50, "text": "ABCD"}))["id"].as_u64().unwrap());
+    let weights = |s: &Session| text(s, id).runs.iter().map(|r| r.style.stroke_width).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    run(&mut s, "text.setRangeStyle", json!({"id": id.0, "start": 0, "end": 2, "stroke": "#ff0000"}));
+    assert_eq!(weights(&s), [1.0, 0.0], "a newly painted range has a visible default stroke");
+
+    run(&mut s, "object.scale", json!({"ids": [id.0], "sx": 200, "sy": 200}));
+    run(&mut s, "text.setRangeStyle", json!({"id": id.0, "start": 0, "end": 2, "strokeWidth": 2.0}));
+    assert_eq!(weights(&s), [1.0, 0.0], "two document points become one text-space point at 200% scale");
+    run(&mut s, "text.setRangeStyle", json!({"id": id.0, "start": 2, "end": 4, "stroke": "#0000ff", "strokeWidth": 4.0}));
+    assert_eq!(weights(&s), [1.0, 2.0], "a different range receives its scaled weight");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn eyedropper_and_outlines_carry_the_character_stroke() {
     let mut s = session();
diff --git a/docs/mcp.md b/docs/mcp.md
index 8a2551ffc..5fab5134a 100644
--- a/docs/mcp.md
+++ b/docs/mcp.md
@@ -2404,6 +2404,8 @@ dash?, dashOffset?, alignDashes?}}`. `text.setStyle {ids?, stroke?, strokeWidth?
 and weight of the characters of each object given (without `start` and `end`: all of its text), with its other keys in
 one undo step; `strokeWidth` is in document points, as `stroke.set` gives the weight of scaled type. A `stroke` color
 without `strokeWidth` gives characters that have no stroke weight 1 pt, as `paint.setStroke` does.
+`text.setRangeStyle` does the same for its range, and its `strokeWidth` and `strokeOptions` lengths are in document
+points too. The 1 pt default of both commands is in the type's own units, so on type scaled to 200% it draws 2 pt wide.
 `align: "inside"|"outside"` keeps the characters' stroke on that side of the
 glyph outlines, drawn at twice the weight and clipped, while the type stays editable (beyond Illustrator); SVG export
 writes the text live and that stroke as glyph outlines over it. `inspect_document` reports each object's stroke as `strokeOptions` (type: its first