diff --git a/src/documents/document/look.rs b/src/documents/document/look.rs
index 0c79cbf..b049fd2 100644
--- a/src/documents/document/look.rs
+++ b/src/documents/document/look.rs
@@ -58,22 +58,45 @@ impl MarkdownDocument {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Half a view of room at each end, for typewriter.
+    pub(super) fn make_room(&mut self) {
+        let room = match self.look.typewriter && self.mode == MarkdownMode::Visual {
+            true => self.list.viewport_bounds().size.height / 2.0,
+            false => gpui::Pixels::ZERO,
+        };
+        if room != self.room {
+            self.room = room;
+            let last = self.parsed.blocks.len();
+            self.list.remeasure_items(0..1);
+            self.list.remeasure_items(last..last + 1);
+        }
+    }
+
     /// The current block mid-view once it or its text moves.
     pub(super) fn center_current(&mut self, cx: &gpui::App) {
         if !self.look.typewriter || self.mode != MarkdownMode::Visual {
             return;
         }
         let ix = self.current_block(cx);
-        let Some(block) = self.list.bounds_for_item(ix) else {
+        let Some(mut block) = self.list.bounds_for_item(ix) else {
             return;
         };
-        // A new layout moves it too: its height counts.
-        let height = f32::from(block.size.height).round() as u64;
-        let moved = (ix, self.edits, self.typed, height);
+        // The ends' room is no block.
+        if ix == 0 {
+            block.origin.y += self.room;
+            block.size.height -= self.room;
+        }
+        if ix == self.parsed.blocks.len() {
+            block.size.height -= self.room;
+        }
+        let view = self.list.viewport_bounds();
+        // A new layout or a resize moves it too.
+        let heights =
+            [block.size.height, view.size.height].map(|height| f32::from(height).round() as u64);
+        let moved = (ix, self.edits, self.typed, heights);
         if self.centered == Some(moved) {
             return;
         }
-        let view = self.list.viewport_bounds();
         self.list.scroll_by(block.center().y - view.center().y);
         self.centered = Some(moved);
     }
diff --git a/src/documents/document/mod.rs b/src/documents/document/mod.rs
index 5265670..0f086ae 100644
--- a/src/documents/document/mod.rs
+++ b/src/documents/document/mod.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use std::{ops::Range, path::Path, rc::Rc, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
 use gpui::{
     App, AppContext as _, Context, Entity, EventEmitter, FocusHandle, Focusable, ListAlignment,
-    ListState, Subscription, Task, Window,
+    ListState, Pixels, Subscription, Task, Window,
 };
 
 pub use attach::Attachment;
@@ -88,8 +88,10 @@ pub struct MarkdownDocument {
     look: DocumentLook,
     /// Typing in the open block, counted.
     typed: u64,
-    /// The block, text, typing and height last centered.
-    centered: Option<(usize, u64, u64, u64)>,
+    /// Typewriter room past each end of the list.
+    room: Pixels,
+    /// The block, text, typing and heights last centered.
+    centered: Option<(usize, u64, u64, [u64; 2])>,
     focus: FocusHandle,
     on_link: Option<OnLink>,
     _subscriptions: Vec<Subscription>,
@@ -146,6 +148,7 @@ impl MarkdownDocument {
             look: DocumentLook::default(),
             typed: 0,
             centered: None,
+            room: Pixels::ZERO,
             focus,
             on_link: None,
             _subscriptions: subscriptions,
diff --git a/src/documents/document/tests/look.rs b/src/documents/document/tests/look.rs
index 8e01a70..af8aa96 100644
--- a/src/documents/document/tests/look.rs
+++ b/src/documents/document/tests/look.rs
@@ -106,3 +106,113 @@ fn focus_counts_the_open_block_as_the_readers(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
         3
     );
 }
+
+fn typewriter() -> DocumentLook {
+    DocumentLook {
+        typewriter: true,
+        ..DocumentLook::default()
+    }
+}
+
+/// How far block `ix` sits from mid-view.
+fn off_middle(
+    document: &gpui::Entity<super::MarkdownDocument>,
+    ix: usize,
+    cx: &mut gpui::VisualTestContext,
+) -> gpui::Pixels {
+    document.read_with(cx, |document, _| {
+        let mut block = document.list.bounds_for_item(ix).expect("laid out");
+        if ix == 0 {
+            block.origin.y += document.room;
+            block.size.height -= document.room;
+        }
+        if ix == document.parsed.blocks.len() {
+            block.size.height -= document.room;
+        }
+        (block.center().y - document.list.viewport_bounds().center().y).abs()
+    })
+}
+
+#[gpui::test]
+fn an_open_block_takes_the_scale(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    let (document, cx) = open("A paragraph.\n", MarkdownMode::Visual, cx);
+    document.update_in(cx, |document, window, cx| {
+        document.open(Some(0), false, window, cx)
+    });
+    frames(cx);
+    let plain = document
+        .read_with(cx, |document, _| document.list.bounds_for_item(0))
+        .expect("laid out");
+    let large = DocumentLook {
+        scale: 2.0,
+        ..DocumentLook::default()
+    };
+    document.update(cx, |document, cx| document.set_look(large, cx));
+    frames(cx);
+    let scaled = document
+        .read_with(cx, |document, _| document.list.bounds_for_item(0))
+        .expect("laid out");
+    assert!(
+        scaled.size.height > plain.size.height * 1.5,
+        "{plain:?} to {scaled:?}"
+    );
+}
+
+#[gpui::test]
+fn a_resize_centers_the_block_again(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    let (document, cx) = open(&long(), MarkdownMode::Visual, cx);
+    document.update_in(cx, |document, window, cx| {
+        document.set_look(typewriter(), cx);
+        document.open(Some(40), false, window, cx);
+        document.list.scroll_to_reveal_item(40);
+    });
+    frames(cx);
+    cx.simulate_resize(gpui::size(px(1000.0), px(400.0)));
+    frames(cx);
+    assert!(off_middle(&document, 40, cx) < px(4.0));
+}
+
+#[gpui::test]
+fn the_first_and_last_blocks_center(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    let (document, cx) = open(&long(), MarkdownMode::Visual, cx);
+    document.update_in(cx, |document, window, cx| {
+        document.set_look(typewriter(), cx);
+        document.open(Some(0), false, window, cx);
+    });
+    frames(cx);
+    let first = off_middle(&document, 0, cx);
+    assert!(first < px(4.0), "the first is {first:?} off");
+    document.update_in(cx, |document, window, cx| {
+        document.open(Some(59), false, window, cx);
+        document.list.scroll_to_reveal_item(59);
+    });
+    frames(cx);
+    assert!(off_middle(&document, 59, cx) < px(4.0), "the last");
+}
+
+#[gpui::test]
+fn the_last_source_line_centers_and_a_resize_follows(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    let (document, cx) = open(&long(), MarkdownMode::Source, cx);
+    document.update(cx, |document, cx| {
+        document.set_look(typewriter(), cx);
+        document.set_caret(119, 0, cx);
+    });
+    frames(cx);
+    let top = document.read_with(cx, |document, cx| document.top_line(cx));
+    assert!(
+        top > 80,
+        "top {top}: the last line is mid-view, not at the bottom"
+    );
+    cx.simulate_resize(gpui::size(px(1000.0), px(400.0)));
+    frames(cx);
+    let resized = document.read_with(cx, |document, cx| document.top_line(cx));
+    let editor = document.read_with(cx, |document, _| document.editor().clone());
+    let (line, height) =
+        editor.read_with(cx, |editor, _| (editor.metrics.line, editor.metrics.height));
+    let half = (height / line / 2.0).floor() as usize;
+    let middle = 119 - half;
+    assert!(
+        resized.abs_diff(middle) <= 1,
+        "top {top} to {resized}; mid-view is {middle}"
+    );
+}
diff --git a/src/documents/document/visual.rs b/src/documents/document/visual.rs
index 328e922..7cac6e7 100644
--- a/src/documents/document/visual.rs
+++ b/src/documents/document/visual.rs
@@ -42,8 +42,19 @@ pub(crate) fn bind_keys(cx: &mut App) {
 }
 
 impl MarkdownDocument {
-    /// List item `ix`: a block, or the end.
-    fn item(&mut self, ix: usize, _: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Self>) -> AnyElement {
+    /// List item `ix`, with typewriter room at the ends.
+    fn item(&mut self, ix: usize, window: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Self>) -> AnyElement {
+        let (first, last) = (ix == 0, ix == self.parsed.blocks.len());
+        let room = self.room;
+        div()
+            .when(first, |item| item.pt(room))
+            .when(last, |item| item.pb(room))
+            .child(self.block_item(ix, window, cx))
+            .into_any_element()
+    }
+
+    /// A block, or the end.
+    fn block_item(&mut self, ix: usize, _: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Self>) -> AnyElement {
         let theme = cx.theme();
         let colors = theme.colors.clone();
         let (radius, body, mono) = (
@@ -57,6 +68,7 @@ impl MarkdownDocument {
         let open = self.open.as_ref();
         let field = |open: &super::Open| {
             div()
+                .text_size(body)
                 .px_3()
                 .py_2()
                 .rounded(radius)
@@ -164,6 +176,8 @@ impl Render for MarkdownDocument {
                 cx.emit(super::Attachment::Files(dropped.paths().to_vec()));
             }));
         self.center_current(cx);
+        // Typewriter: half a view past each end.
+        self.make_room();
         let blocks = list(self.list.clone(), cx.processor(Self::item)).size_full();
         // The text column: its measure, font, centered.
         let column = |content: gpui::AnyElement, look: &super::DocumentLook| {
diff --git a/src/editor/state.rs b/src/editor/state.rs
index 9980e3c..5a97487 100644
--- a/src/editor/state.rs
+++ b/src/editor/state.rs
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ pub(crate) struct Metrics {
     pub top: Pixels,
     pub advance: Pixels,
     pub line: Pixels,
+    /// The view's height, under any typewriter room.
+    pub height: Pixels,
 }
 
 const BLINK: Duration = Duration::from_millis(530);
@@ -122,6 +124,8 @@ pub struct CodeEditor {
     pub(crate) metrics: Metrics,
     /// The caret row typewriter scrolling last centered.
     pub(crate) centered: Option<usize>,
+    /// Typewriter room past each end, as last drawn.
+    pub(crate) room: Pixels,
     pub(crate) dragging: bool,
     pub(crate) caret_on: bool,
     /// Blink runs only while focused, or unseen cursors redraw forever.
@@ -208,6 +212,7 @@ impl CodeEditor {
             composing: None,
             metrics: Metrics::default(),
             centered: None,
+            room: Pixels::ZERO,
             dragging: false,
             caret_on: true,
             focused: false,
diff --git a/src/editor/view.rs b/src/editor/view.rs
index 944056d..94b19c5 100644
--- a/src/editor/view.rs
+++ b/src/editor/view.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ impl CodeEditor {
 
     /// The first line the list shows, after scrolling.
     pub(crate) fn top_line(&self) -> Option<usize> {
-        let scrolled = -self.scroll.0.borrow().base_handle.offset().y;
+        // Typewriter room above the first line is no line.
+        let scrolled = -self.scroll.0.borrow().base_handle.offset().y - self.room;
         let first = (scrolled / self.frame.line).floor().max(0.0) as usize;
         self.frame.rows[first.min(self.frame.rows.len().saturating_sub(1))..]
             .iter()
@@ -270,6 +271,13 @@ impl Render for CodeEditor {
                 .scroll_to_item_strict(row, ScrollStrategy::Center);
             self.centered = Some(row);
         }
+        // Half a view of room: a resize keeps the center.
+        let height = self.metrics.height;
+        self.room = match self.options.typewriter {
+            true => height / 2.0,
+            false => gpui::px(0.0),
+        };
+        let room = self.room;
         let sticky = if self.options.sticky {
             self.sticky(cx)
         } else {
@@ -284,7 +292,9 @@ impl Render for CodeEditor {
             }),
         )
         .track_scroll(&self.scroll)
-        .size_full();
+        .size_full()
+        .pt(room)
+        .pb(room);
         let (top, focus, input) = (cx.entity(), self.focus.clone(), cx.entity());
         let unlock = cx.entity();
         let banner = self.options.read_only.then(|| {
@@ -303,12 +313,22 @@ impl Render for CodeEditor {
             .relative()
             .flex_1()
             .h_full()
+            .min_h_0()
             .child(list)
             .children(sticky)
             .child(
                 canvas(
-                    move |bounds, _, cx| {
-                        top.update(cx, |editor, _| editor.metrics.top = bounds.origin.y);
+                    move |bounds, window, cx| {
+                        let resized = top.update(cx, |editor, _| {
+                            editor.metrics.top = bounds.origin.y;
+                            let resized = editor.metrics.height != bounds.size.height;
+                            editor.metrics.height = bounds.size.height;
+                            resized
+                        });
+                        // A new height centers the caret again.
+                        if resized {
+                            window.request_animation_frame();
+                        }
                     },
                     |_, _, _, _| {},
                 )