diff --git a/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/section-heading-color.test.tsx b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/section-heading-color.test.tsx
index 9044342c9..55cd2b84f 100644
--- a/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/section-heading-color.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/section-heading-color.test.tsx
@@ -31,21 +31,24 @@ const renderHeading = async (css: string, hideSectionIcons = false) => {
 		const page = await document.getPage(1);
 		const operators = await page.getOperatorList();
 		let fill = "";
+		let size = 0;
 		const text: { value: string; fill: string }[] = [];
+		const sizes: { value: string; size: number }[] = [];
 		const colors: string[] = [];
 		for (const [index, fn] of operators.fnArray.entries()) {
 			const args = operators.argsArray[index];
 			if (fn === OPS.setFillRGBColor) fill = args[0];
+			if (fn === OPS.setFont) size = args[1];
 			if (fn === OPS.setFillRGBColor || fn === OPS.setStrokeRGBColor) colors.push(args[0]);
-			if (fn === OPS.showText)
-				text.push({
-					value: args[0]
-						.map((glyph: { unicode?: string } | number) => (typeof glyph === "number" ? "" : (glyph.unicode ?? "")))
-						.join(""),
-					fill,
-				});
+			if (fn === OPS.showText) {
+				const value = args[0]
+					.map((glyph: { unicode?: string } | number) => (typeof glyph === "number" ? "" : (glyph.unicode ?? "")))
+					.join("");
+				text.push({ value, fill });
+				sizes.push({ value, size });
+			}
 		}
-		return { text, colors };
+		return { text, colors, sizes };
 	} finally {
 		await loadingTask.destroy();
 	}
@@ -72,4 +75,8 @@ describe("Semantic section heading colors (#3348)", () => {
 		expect(text).toContainEqual({ value: "HEADING", fill: "#000000" });
 		expect(colors).toContain("#dc2626");
 	});
+	it.each([false, true])("gives heading text its text styles with hideSectionIcons=%s", async (hidden) => {
+		const { sizes } = await renderHeading("section-heading { font-size: 21pt; text-transform: lowercase; }", hidden);
+		expect(sizes).toContainEqual({ value: "heading", size: 21 });
+	});
 });
diff --git a/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/sections.tsx b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/sections.tsx
index 9e5ee1c27..a5a01ea84 100644
--- a/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/sections.tsx
+++ b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/sections.tsx
@@ -185,6 +185,34 @@ const defaultSectionHeadingContainerStyle = {
 	columnGap: 4,
 } satisfies Style;
 
+const sectionHeadingTextProperties = new Set<string>([
+	"color",
+	"direction",
+	"fontSize",
+	"fontStyle",
+	"fontWeight",
+	"letterSpacing",
+	"lineHeight",
+	"textAlign",
+	"textDecoration",
+	"textDecorationColor",
+	"textDecorationStyle",
+	"textIndent",
+	"textTransform",
+]);
+
+/**
+ * With an icon, the heading node is the icon row and its title is a separate text that carries the template's own
+ * heading font, so the heading's text styles have to be handed to that text or they never reach it.
+ */
+const sectionHeadingTextOf = (style: Style | undefined): Style | undefined =>
+	style &&
+	(Object.fromEntries(
+		Object.entries(style).filter(
+			([property, value]) => value !== undefined && sectionHeadingTextProperties.has(property),
+		),
+	) as Style);
+
 export const getSectionHeadingTextStyle = (...styles: StyleInput[]): Style[] => {
 	const textStyles = composeStyles(...styles).map(
 		({
@@ -380,9 +408,7 @@ const SectionShell = ({ sectionId, title, showHeading = true, children }: Sectio
 							bindSemanticNode={false}
 							style={getSectionHeadingTextStyle(
 								sectionHeadingStyle,
-								sectionHeadingResolved.style?.color === undefined
-									? undefined
-									: { color: sectionHeadingResolved.style.color },
+								sectionHeadingTextOf(sectionHeadingResolved.style),
 							)}
 						>
 							{sectionTitle}