diff --git a/src/documents/diagram.rs b/src/documents/diagram.rs
index 62ea63b..8904066 100644
--- a/src/documents/diagram.rs
+++ b/src/documents/diagram.rs
@@ -104,21 +104,24 @@ pub fn diagram_svg(source: &str) -> Result<String, SharedString> {
         ink: "#000000".into(),
         scale: 100,
     };
-    let drawn = svg(&chart)?;
-    // Markers and text become paths any reader draws.
+    flatten(&svg(&chart)?)
+}
+
+/// `svg` with markers and text as paths any reader draws.
+pub(crate) fn flatten(svg: &str) -> Result<String, SharedString> {
     let options = usvg::Options {
         fontdb: fonts(),
         ..usvg::Options::default()
     };
-    let tree = usvg::Tree::from_data(drawn.as_bytes(), &options)
+    let tree = usvg::Tree::from_data(svg.as_bytes(), &options)
         .map_err(|error| SharedString::from(format!("{error}")))?;
     // A letter without a font vanishes: say so.
     let (mut kept, mut lost) = (0, 0);
     texts(tree.root(), &mut kept, &mut lost);
-    let written = labels(&drawn)?;
+    let written = labels(svg)?;
     if kept < written || lost > 0 {
-        log::error!("diagram: {kept} of {written} labels set, {lost} letters without a font");
-        return Err("no installed font could set this diagram's labels".into());
+        log::error!("svg: {kept} of {written} texts set, {lost} letters without a font");
+        return Err("no installed font has every letter here".into());
     }
     Ok(tree.to_string(&usvg::WriteOptions::default()))
 }
diff --git a/src/documents/mod.rs b/src/documents/mod.rs
index f0597c3..8f33f90 100644
--- a/src/documents/mod.rs
+++ b/src/documents/mod.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ pub(crate) use blocks::source;
 pub use blocks::{Align, BlockData, BlockEditor, BlockEvent, BlockKind, Media};
 pub use contents::outline;
 pub use counts::{ReadingTime, WordCount};
+pub(crate) use diagram::flatten;
 pub use diagram::{Diagram, diagram_svg};
 pub use document::{
     Attachment, DocumentEvent, DocumentHeading, DocumentLook, LARGEST_READ, MarkdownDocument,
diff --git a/src/typography/math.rs b/src/typography/math.rs
index 68bef20..f3db1e0 100644
--- a/src/typography/math.rs
+++ b/src/typography/math.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ pub fn formula_svg(source: &str, display: bool) -> Result<String, MathError> {
         font: 1600,
         scale: 100,
     };
-    svg(&formula).map(|(svg, _)| svg)
+    // RaTeX writes text where it has no outline.
+    let (svg, _) = svg(&formula)?;
+    crate::documents::flatten(&svg).map_err(MathError::said)
 }
 
 /// The formula as outlined SVG holding all ink; its size.
diff --git a/src/typography/math/tests.rs b/src/typography/math/tests.rs
index 5ad86eb..e408244 100644
--- a/src/typography/math/tests.rs
+++ b/src/typography/math/tests.rs
@@ -182,6 +182,14 @@ fn a_shared_formula_stays_until_its_last_holder_leaves(cx: &mut gpui::TestAppCon
 fn an_exported_formula_is_black_outlines() {
     let svg = formula_svg(r"\sqrt{x}", true).expect("typesets");
     assert!(svg.starts_with("<svg") && !svg.contains("<text"), "{svg}");
-    assert!(svg.contains("0,0,0"), "black: {svg}");
+    assert!(svg.contains("#000000"), "black: {svg}");
     assert!(formula_svg(r"\frac{", false).is_err());
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn an_exported_formula_outlines_its_text_or_says_why() {
+    let svg = formula_svg(r"\text{中文} + x", false).expect("a system font sets it");
+    assert!(!svg.contains("<text"), "{svg}");
+    let why = formula_svg("\\text{\u{F0000}}", false).expect_err("no font");
+    assert!(why.to_string().contains("font"), "{why}");
+}