diff --git a/apps/web/package.json b/apps/web/package.json
index 4375b9f6e..50d2ef35b 100644
--- a/apps/web/package.json
+++ b/apps/web/package.json
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
 		"@tanstack/react-router": "^1.170.32",
 		"@tiptap/extension-color": "^3.31.2",
 		"@tiptap/extension-highlight": "^3.31.2",
+		"@tiptap/extension-heading": "^3.31.2",
+		"@tiptap/extension-paragraph": "^3.31.2",
 		"@tiptap/extension-table": "^3.31.2",
 		"@tiptap/extension-text-align": "^3.31.2",
 		"@tiptap/extension-text-style": "^3.31.2",
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/input/rich-input-whitespace.ts b/apps/web/src/components/input/rich-input-whitespace.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27fd94be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/input/rich-input-whitespace.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+import type { Level } from "@tiptap/extension-heading";
+import type { Node as ProseMirrorNode, TagParseRule } from "@tiptap/pm/model";
+import { Heading } from "@tiptap/extension-heading";
+import { Paragraph } from "@tiptap/extension-paragraph";
+import { DOMSerializer, DOMParser as ProseMirrorDOMParser } from "@tiptap/pm/model";
+import { Plugin } from "@tiptap/pm/state";
+import { ReplaceAroundStep, ReplaceStep } from "@tiptap/pm/transform";
+import { Decoration, DecorationSet } from "@tiptap/pm/view";
+import { combineTransactionSteps, Extension, getChangedRanges } from "@tiptap/react";
+
+export const whitespaceAttribute = "data-resume-whitespace";
+export const whitespacePreserveValue = "preserve";
+
+const preservedWhitespace = {
+	default: null,
+	parseHTML: (element: HTMLElement) =>
+		element.getAttribute(whitespaceAttribute) === whitespacePreserveValue ? whitespacePreserveValue : null,
+	renderHTML: (attributes: { resumeWhitespace?: string | null }) =>
+		attributes.resumeWhitespace === whitespacePreserveValue ? { [whitespaceAttribute]: whitespacePreserveValue } : {},
+};
+
+export const LiteralParagraph = Paragraph.extend({
+	addAttributes() {
+		return { ...this.parent?.(), resumeWhitespace: preservedWhitespace };
+	},
+	parseHTML() {
+		return [
+			{ tag: `p[${whitespaceAttribute}="${whitespacePreserveValue}"]`, preserveWhitespace: "full" },
+			{ tag: "p" },
+		] as TagParseRule[];
+	},
+});
+
+export const LiteralHeading = Heading.extend({
+	addAttributes() {
+		return { ...this.parent?.(), resumeWhitespace: preservedWhitespace };
+	},
+	parseHTML() {
+		return this.options.levels.flatMap((level: Level) => [
+			{
+				tag: `h${level}[${whitespaceAttribute}="${whitespacePreserveValue}"]`,
+				attrs: { level },
+				preserveWhitespace: "full",
+			},
+			{ tag: `h${level}`, attrs: { level } },
+		]) as TagParseRule[];
+	},
+});
+
+const isPreservableTextBlock = (node: ProseMirrorNode) =>
+	node.type.name === "paragraph" || node.type.name === "heading";
+
+// Mark real text blocks before ProseMirror collapses their whitespace. Containers
+// that its parser turns into paragraphs need the same explicit block boundary.
+const markPastedHtml = (html: string) => {
+	const root = document.createElement("div");
+	root.innerHTML = html;
+	const blockTags = /^(P|H[1-6]|DIV|BLOCKQUOTE|UL|OL|LI|PRE|HR|TABLE)$/;
+	const normalize = (container: HTMLElement) => {
+		let paragraph: HTMLParagraphElement | undefined;
+		for (const child of Array.from(container.childNodes)) {
+			// Clipboard envelopes and ignored metadata do not create editor blocks.
+			if (
+				child.nodeType === Node.COMMENT_NODE ||
+				(child instanceof HTMLElement && /^(HEAD|META|LINK|NOSCRIPT|OBJECT|SCRIPT|STYLE|TITLE)$/.test(child.tagName))
+			)
+				continue;
+			if (child instanceof HTMLElement && blockTags.test(child.tagName)) {
+				paragraph = undefined;
+				if (/^(DIV|BLOCKQUOTE|LI)$/.test(child.tagName)) normalize(child);
+				else if (/^(UL|OL)$/.test(child.tagName)) {
+					for (const item of Array.from(child.children)) if (item instanceof HTMLElement) normalize(item);
+				} else if (child.tagName === "TABLE") {
+					for (const cell of child.querySelectorAll("td, th")) {
+						if (cell instanceof HTMLElement) normalize(cell);
+					}
+				}
+				continue;
+			}
+			// Formatting whitespace between blocks is not an authored paragraph.
+			if (
+				!paragraph &&
+				child.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE &&
+				!/[^\t\n\f\r ]/.test(child.textContent ?? "") &&
+				Array.from(container.children).some((element) => blockTags.test(element.tagName))
+			)
+				continue;
+			if (!paragraph) {
+				paragraph = document.createElement("p");
+				container.insertBefore(paragraph, child);
+			}
+			paragraph.appendChild(child);
+		}
+	};
+	normalize(root);
+	for (const block of root.querySelectorAll("p,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6")) {
+		if (!block.hasAttribute(whitespaceAttribute)) block.setAttribute(whitespaceAttribute, whitespacePreserveValue);
+	}
+	return root.innerHTML;
+};
+
+type LiteralWhitespaceOptions = {
+	hasUnsupportedTableMarkup: (html: string) => boolean;
+};
+
+export const LiteralWhitespaceInput = Extension.create<LiteralWhitespaceOptions>({
+	name: "literalWhitespaceInput",
+
+	addOptions() {
+		return { hasUnsupportedTableMarkup: (html) => /<\/?table(?=\s|\/?>|$)/i.test(html) };
+	},
+
+	addProseMirrorPlugins() {
+		let rejectHtmlPaste = false;
+		return [
+			new Plugin({
+				props: {
+					decorations(state) {
+						const tabs: Decoration[] = [];
+						state.doc.descendants((block, blockPosition) => {
+							if (!isPreservableTextBlock(block) || block.attrs.resumeWhitespace !== whitespacePreserveValue) return;
+							block.descendants((node, offset) => {
+								if (!node.isText || !node.text) return;
+								for (const match of node.text.matchAll(/\t/g)) {
+									const from = blockPosition + 1 + offset + match.index;
+									// Each inline box starts its own tab stops at zero: exactly four
+									// ordinary spaces in the inherited font, regardless of preceding text.
+									// Decorations leave the single stored character and editor positions intact.
+									tabs.push(
+										Decoration.inline(from, from + 1, {
+											style: "display: inline-block; white-space: pre; tab-size: 4;",
+										}),
+									);
+								}
+							});
+							return false;
+						});
+						return DecorationSet.create(state.doc, tabs);
+					},
+					transformPastedHTML: (html) => {
+						// Inspect original bytes before either DOM parser can repair unsafe tables.
+						rejectHtmlPaste = this.options.hasUnsupportedTableMarkup(html);
+						return rejectHtmlPaste ? "" : markPastedHtml(html);
+					},
+					handlePaste: () => {
+						const reject = rejectHtmlPaste;
+						rejectHtmlPaste = false;
+						return reject;
+					},
+					clipboardTextParser(text, $context, _plain, view) {
+						rejectHtmlPaste = false;
+						const wrapper = document.createElement("div");
+						const serializer = DOMSerializer.fromSchema(view.state.schema);
+						for (const block of text.split(/(?:\r\n?|\n)+/)) {
+							const paragraph = document.createElement("p");
+							paragraph.setAttribute(whitespaceAttribute, whitespacePreserveValue);
+							if (block)
+								paragraph.appendChild(serializer.serializeNode(view.state.schema.text(block, $context.marks())));
+							wrapper.appendChild(paragraph);
+						}
+						return ProseMirrorDOMParser.fromSchema(view.state.schema).parseSlice(wrapper, {
+							context: $context,
+							preserveWhitespace: "full",
+						});
+					},
+				},
+				appendTransaction(transactions, oldState, newState) {
+					if (transactions.some((transaction) => transaction.getMeta("preventUpdate"))) return null;
+					const authored = transactions.some(
+						(transaction) =>
+							transaction.docChanged &&
+							!transaction.getMeta("appendedTransaction") &&
+							!transaction.getMeta("history$") &&
+							transaction.steps.some((step) => step instanceof ReplaceStep),
+					);
+					const structural = transactions.some(
+						(transaction) =>
+							!transaction.getMeta("appendedTransaction") &&
+							!transaction.getMeta("history$") &&
+							transaction.steps.some((step) => step instanceof ReplaceAroundStep),
+					);
+					if (!authored && !structural) return null;
+					const transform = combineTransactionSteps(oldState.doc, [...transactions]);
+					const preservedPositions: number[] = [];
+					oldState.doc.descendants((node, position) => {
+						if (isPreservableTextBlock(node) && node.attrs.resumeWhitespace === whitespacePreserveValue)
+							preservedPositions.push(transform.mapping.map(position + 1));
+					});
+
+					const changedRanges = getChangedRanges(transform).map(({ newRange }) => newRange);
+					if (changedRanges.length === 0) return null;
+
+					const transaction = newState.tr;
+					newState.doc.descendants((node, position) => {
+						if (!isPreservableTextBlock(node) || node.attrs.resumeWhitespace === whitespacePreserveValue) return;
+						const nodeEnd = position + node.nodeSize;
+						if (!authored && !preservedPositions.some((mapped) => mapped > position && mapped < nodeEnd)) return;
+						if (!changedRanges.some(({ from, to }) => from < nodeEnd && to > position)) return;
+						transaction.setNodeMarkup(position, undefined, {
+							...node.attrs,
+							resumeWhitespace: whitespacePreserveValue,
+						});
+					});
+
+					return transaction.steps.length > 0 ? transaction : null;
+				},
+			}),
+		];
+	},
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/input/rich-input.indent.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/input/rich-input.indent.test.tsx
index a795a67ef..46268108e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/input/rich-input.indent.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/input/rich-input.indent.test.tsx
@@ -221,17 +221,17 @@ describe("RichInput paragraph indentation (#3397)", () => {
 		}
 	});
 
-	it("characterizes typed leading whitespace as lost on HTML re-import", async () => {
+	it("preserves typed leading whitespace on HTML re-import", async () => {
 		const { editor, onChange } = await input("<p>First</p>");
 		act(() => {
 			editor.view.dispatch(editor.state.tr.insertText("   \t", 1));
 		});
 		const saved = editor.getHTML();
-		expect(saved).toBe("<p>   \tFirst</p>");
+		expect(saved).toBe('<p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">   \tFirst</p>');
 		expect(onChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(saved);
 		act(() => {
 			editor.commands.setContent(saved, { emitUpdate: false });
 		});
-		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe("<p>First</p>");
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(saved);
 	});
 });
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/input/rich-input.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/input/rich-input.tsx
index 38108b251..494d36681 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/input/rich-input.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/input/rich-input.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ import { isRTL } from "@/libs/locale";
 import { ColorPicker } from "./color-picker";
 import { ParagraphIndent } from "./paragraph-indent";
 import { defaultHighlightColor, resolveHighlightToolbarState } from "./rich-input.utils";
+import {
+	LiteralHeading,
+	LiteralParagraph,
+	LiteralWhitespaceInput,
+	whitespaceAttribute,
+	whitespacePreserveValue,
+} from "./rich-input-whitespace";
 
 const defaultTextColor = "rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)";
 
@@ -260,7 +267,10 @@ const cellAttributes = new Map<string, ValueValidator>([
 ]);
 const noValues: ElementRule = {};
 const textBlockRule: ElementRule = {
-	attributes: new Map([["data-indent", supportsCanonicalInteger(1, 8)]]),
+	attributes: new Map([
+		["data-indent", supportsCanonicalInteger(1, 8)],
+		[whitespaceAttribute, (value) => value === whitespacePreserveValue],
+	]),
 	styles: textBlockStyles,
 	validate: validateTextBlock,
 };
@@ -483,9 +493,8 @@ const StyledTableCell = TableCell.extend({
 
 const extensions = [
 	StarterKit.configure({
-		heading: {
-			levels: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6],
-		},
+		heading: false,
+		paragraph: false,
 		codeBlock: false,
 		link: {
 			openOnClick: false,
@@ -494,6 +503,9 @@ const extensions = [
 			protocols: ["http", "https"],
 		},
 	}),
+	LiteralParagraph,
+	LiteralHeading.configure({ levels: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] }),
+	LiteralWhitespaceInput.configure({ hasUnsupportedTableMarkup }),
 	TextStyle,
 	Color,
 	Highlight.configure({ multicolor: true }).extend({
@@ -552,7 +564,7 @@ export function RichInput({
 				"data-editor": "true",
 				"data-fullscreen": isFullscreen ? "true" : "false",
 				class: cn(
-					"wysiwyg group/editor overflow-y-auto p-3 pb-4",
+					"wysiwyg group/editor overflow-y-auto p-3 pb-4 [&_[data-resume-whitespace=preserve]]:whitespace-pre-wrap",
 					"rounded-md rounded-t-none border outline-none focus-visible:border-ring",
 					"[td:has(.selectedCell)]:bg-primary",
 					"data-[fullscreen=false]:max-h-[400px] data-[fullscreen=false]:min-h-[100px]",
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/input/rich-input.whitespace.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/input/rich-input.whitespace.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b434f9bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/input/rich-input.whitespace.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+
+import type { Editor } from "@tiptap/react";
+import { act, render, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { i18n } from "@lingui/core";
+import { I18nProvider } from "@lingui/react";
+import { PromptDialogProvider } from "@/hooks/use-prompt";
+import { RichInput } from "./rich-input";
+
+const preserve = 'data-resume-whitespace="preserve"';
+
+beforeAll(() => i18n.loadAndActivate({ locale: "en", messages: {} }));
+
+function richInput(value: string, onChange: (value: string) => void, onCreate: (editor: Editor) => void) {
+	return (
+		<I18nProvider i18n={i18n}>
+			<PromptDialogProvider>
+				<RichInput value={value} onChange={onChange} onCreate={({ editor }) => onCreate(editor)} />
+			</PromptDialogProvider>
+		</I18nProvider>
+	);
+}
+
+async function input(value: string) {
+	let editor: Editor | undefined;
+	const onChange = vi.fn();
+	const rendered = render(richInput(value, onChange, (created) => (editor = created)));
+	await waitFor(() => expect(editor).toBeDefined());
+	if (!editor) throw new Error("Editor did not initialize");
+	return { editor, onChange, rendered };
+}
+
+describe("RichInput literal whitespace (#3397)", () => {
+	it.each(["p", "h2"])("round-trips exact marked %s whitespace", async (tag) => {
+		const html = `<${tag} ${preserve}>  Lead  middle\tend  </${tag}>`;
+		const { editor, onChange } = await input(html);
+
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(html);
+		expect(editor.getText()).toBe("  Lead  middle\tend  ");
+		expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+		act(() => editor.commands.setContent(html, { emitUpdate: false }));
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(tag === "p" ? html : `${html}<p></p>`);
+		expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	it("keeps marked whitespace through marks, line breaks, undo, redo, and remount", async () => {
+		const original = `<p ${preserve}><strong>  Bold</strong> tail<br>  Second\t </p>`;
+		const { editor, onChange, rendered } = await input(original);
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(original);
+
+		act(() => editor.view.dispatch(editor.state.tr.insertText("X", 3)));
+		const edited = editor.getHTML();
+		expect(edited).toContain(preserve);
+		expect(editor.getText({ blockSeparator: "\n" })).toBe("  XBold tail\n  Second\t ");
+		expect(editor.getAttributes("textStyle")).toBeDefined();
+
+		act(() => editor.commands.undo());
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(original);
+		act(() => editor.commands.redo());
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(edited);
+		expect(onChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(edited);
+
+		rendered.unmount();
+		const remounted = await input(edited);
+		expect(remounted.editor.getHTML()).toBe(edited);
+		expect(remounted.onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	it("marks unmarked blocks only after text input and preserves the marker in history", async () => {
+		const { editor, onChange } = await input("<p>First</p>");
+
+		act(() => editor.view.dispatch(editor.state.tr.insertText("  \t", 1)));
+		const saved = `<p ${preserve}>  \tFirst</p>`;
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(saved);
+		expect(onChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(saved);
+
+		act(() => editor.commands.undo());
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe("<p>First</p>");
+		act(() => editor.commands.redo());
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(saved);
+	});
+
+	it("marks pasted text without changing paste block or line-break semantics", async () => {
+		const { editor } = await input("<p>Start</p>");
+		act(() => {
+			editor.commands.selectAll();
+			editor.view.pasteHTML("<p>  Pasted\ttext<br>  next  </p>");
+		});
+
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(`<p ${preserve}>  Pasted\ttext<br>  next  </p>`);
+		expect(editor.getText({ blockSeparator: "\n" })).toBe("  Pasted\ttext\n  next  ");
+	});
+
+	it("preserves exact plain-text paste codepoints across authored blocks", async () => {
+		const { editor } = await input("<p>Start</p>");
+		act(() => {
+			editor.commands.selectAll();
+			editor.view.pasteText("  Plain\ttext  \n\tSecond  ");
+		});
+
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(`<p ${preserve}>  Plain\ttext  </p><p ${preserve}>\tSecond  </p>`);
+		expect(editor.getText({ blockSeparator: "\n" })).toBe("  Plain\ttext  \n\tSecond  ");
+	});
+
+	it("marks blocks authored by Enter and keeps Shift+Enter as a line break", async () => {
+		const { editor } = await input("<p>First</p>");
+		act(() => {
+			editor.commands.setTextSelection(3);
+			editor.commands.enter();
+		});
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(`<p ${preserve}>Fi</p><p ${preserve}>rst</p>`);
+
+		act(() => {
+			editor.commands.setTextSelection(3);
+			editor.commands.setHardBreak();
+		});
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(`<p ${preserve}>Fi<br></p><p ${preserve}>rst</p>`);
+	});
+
+	it("preserves marked whitespace through paragraph, heading, and list transitions", async () => {
+		const html = `<p ${preserve}>  First\t </p>`;
+		const { editor } = await input(html);
+
+		act(() => editor.commands.toggleHeading({ level: 2 }));
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(`<h2 ${preserve}>  First\t </h2><p></p>`);
+		act(() => editor.commands.setParagraph());
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(`${html}<p></p>`);
+		act(() => editor.commands.toggleBulletList());
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(`<ul><li><p ${preserve}>  First\t </p></li></ul><p></p>`);
+		act(() => editor.commands.toggleBulletList());
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(`${html}<p></p>`);
+	});
+
+	it.each(["bullet", "ordered"])("keeps heading whitespace through %s list conversion and reload", async (list) => {
+		const { editor } = await input(`<h2 ${preserve}>  Literal\t </h2>`);
+		const toggle = () => (list === "bullet" ? editor.commands.toggleBulletList() : editor.commands.toggleOrderedList());
+		act(toggle);
+		const saved = editor.getHTML();
+		expect(saved).toContain(`<p ${preserve}>  Literal\t </p>`);
+		act(() => editor.commands.setContent(saved, { emitUpdate: false }));
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(saved);
+		act(() => {
+			editor.commands.setTextSelection(5);
+			toggle();
+			editor.commands.toggleHeading({ level: 2 });
+		});
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toContain(`<h2 ${preserve}>  Literal\t </h2>`);
+	});
+
+	it("keeps structural markers local to previously marked blocks, including undo and redo", async () => {
+		const html = `<p ${preserve}>  First\t </p><p>Legacy</p>`;
+		const { editor } = await input(html);
+		act(() => {
+			editor.commands.selectAll();
+			editor.commands.toggleHeading({ level: 2 });
+		});
+		const saved = `<h2 ${preserve}>  First\t </h2><h2>Legacy</h2><p></p>`;
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(saved);
+		act(() => editor.commands.undo());
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(html);
+		act(() => editor.commands.redo());
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(saved);
+		act(() => editor.commands.setContent(saved, { emitUpdate: false }));
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(saved);
+	});
+
+	it("preserves both blocks through multi-block paragraph and heading conversions", async () => {
+		const { editor } = await input(`<p ${preserve}>  First\t </p><p ${preserve}>  Second\t </p>`);
+		act(() => {
+			editor.commands.selectAll();
+			editor.commands.toggleHeading({ level: 2 });
+		});
+		const headings = `<h2 ${preserve}>  First\t </h2><h2 ${preserve}>  Second\t </h2><p></p>`;
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(headings);
+		act(() => editor.commands.setContent(headings, { emitUpdate: false }));
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(headings);
+		act(() => {
+			editor.commands.selectAll();
+			editor.commands.setParagraph();
+		});
+		const saved = editor.getHTML();
+		expect(saved).toContain(`<p ${preserve}>  First\t </p><p ${preserve}>  Second\t </p>`);
+		act(() => editor.commands.setContent(saved, { emitUpdate: false }));
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(saved);
+	});
+
+	it.each([
+		['<p title="a > b">  Text\tX  </p>', `<p ${preserve}>  Text\tX  </p>`],
+		["<p title='a < b > c'>  Text\tX  </p>", `<p ${preserve}>  Text\tX  </p>`],
+		["<div>  Text\tX  </div>", `<p ${preserve}>  Text\tX  </p>`],
+		['<meta charset="utf-8"><div>  Text\tX  </div>', `<p ${preserve}>  Text\tX  </p>`],
+		["<!--StartFragment--><div>  Text\tX  </div><!--EndFragment-->", `<p ${preserve}>  Text\tX  </p>`],
+		[
+			"<div><div>  First\t </div><div>  Second\t </div></div>",
+			`<p ${preserve}>  First\t </p><p ${preserve}>  Second\t </p>`,
+		],
+		["<ul><li>  Text\tX  </li></ul>", `<ul><li><p ${preserve}>  Text\tX  </p></li></ul><p></p>`],
+		["<ol><li>  Text\tX  </li></ol>", `<ol><li><p ${preserve}>  Text\tX  </p></li></ol><p></p>`],
+		["<blockquote>  Text\tX  </blockquote>", `<blockquote><p ${preserve}>  Text\tX  </p></blockquote><p></p>`],
+		["<div>  First<br>  Second\t </div>", `<p ${preserve}>  First<br>  Second\t </p>`],
+	])("preserves supported clipboard text and baseline blocks: %s", async (html, expected) => {
+		const { editor } = await input("<p>Start</p>");
+		act(() => {
+			editor.commands.selectAll();
+			editor.view.pasteHTML(html);
+		});
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(expected);
+		act(() => editor.commands.setContent(expected, { emitUpdate: false }));
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(expected);
+	});
+
+	it("preserves whitespace in pasted supported table paragraphs", async () => {
+		const { editor } = await input("<p>Start</p>");
+		act(() => {
+			editor.commands.selectAll();
+			editor.view.pasteHTML("<table><tbody><tr><td><p>  Cell\ttext  </p></td></tr></tbody></table>");
+		});
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toContain(`<p ${preserve}>  Cell\ttext  </p>`);
+	});
+
+	it.each(["td", "th"])("preserves whitespace in pasted bare %s table cells", async (cellTag) => {
+		const { editor } = await input("<p>Start</p>");
+		act(() => {
+			editor.commands.selectAll();
+			editor.view.pasteHTML(`<table><tbody><tr><${cellTag}>  Cell\ttext  </${cellTag}></tr></tbody></table>`);
+		});
+
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toContain(`<p ${preserve}>  Cell\ttext  </p>`);
+		expect(editor.getText()).toContain("  Cell\ttext  ");
+	});
+
+	it.each([
+		"<table><tr><td><p>  Cell\t </p></td></tr></table>",
+		'<table border="1"><tbody><tr><td><p>  Cell\t </p></td></tr></tbody></table>',
+	])("rejects unsafe table paste before DOM normalization: %s", async (html) => {
+		const { editor, onChange } = await input("<p>Start</p>");
+		act(() => {
+			editor.commands.selectAll();
+			editor.view.pasteHTML(html);
+		});
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe("<p>Start</p>");
+		expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	it("keeps marked paragraphs editable inside supported table cells", async () => {
+		const html = `<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p ${preserve}>  Cell\ttext  </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>`;
+		const { editor, onChange } = await input(html);
+
+		expect(editor.isEditable).toBe(true);
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(html);
+		let cellTextPosition: number | undefined;
+		editor.state.doc.descendants((node, position) => {
+			if (cellTextPosition === undefined && node.isText && node.text?.includes("Cell")) cellTextPosition = position;
+		});
+		const insertionPosition = cellTextPosition;
+		if (insertionPosition === undefined) throw new Error("Expected table-cell text position");
+		act(() => editor.view.dispatch(editor.state.tr.insertText("X", insertionPosition + 2)));
+		expect(editor.view.dom.querySelector("td")?.textContent).toBe("  XCell\ttext  ");
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toContain(preserve);
+		expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+	});
+
+	it("does not mark or save mount, unmarked legacy import, or controlled prop updates", async () => {
+		let editor: Editor | undefined;
+		const onChange = vi.fn();
+		const rendered = render(richInput("<p>   Legacy\ttext</p>", onChange, (created) => (editor = created)));
+		await waitFor(() => expect(editor).toBeDefined());
+		if (!editor) throw new Error("Editor did not initialize");
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe("<p>Legacy text</p>");
+		expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+		rendered.rerender(richInput("\n  <p>   Updated\tlegacy</p>\n", onChange, () => {}));
+		await waitFor(() => expect(editor?.getHTML()).toBe("<p>Updated legacy</p>"));
+		expect(editor.getHTML()).not.toContain("data-resume-whitespace");
+		expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	it.each(["en", "he", "ar"])("preserves Unicode and marked codepoints in %s editor direction", async (locale) => {
+		act(() => i18n.loadAndActivate({ locale, messages: {} }));
+		try {
+			const html = `<p ${preserve}>\u3000中\u00a0文  \t </p>`;
+			const { editor } = await input(html);
+			expect(editor.getHTML()).toBe(
+				locale === "en"
+					? `<p ${preserve}>\u3000中&nbsp;文  \t </p>`
+					: `<p dir="rtl" ${preserve}>\u3000中&nbsp;文  \t </p>`,
+			);
+			expect(editor.getText()).toBe("\u3000中\u00a0文  \t ");
+		} finally {
+			act(() => i18n.loadAndActivate({ locale: "en", messages: {} }));
+		}
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/docx/src/html-to-docx.ts b/packages/docx/src/html-to-docx.ts
index d25399d7b..f6c02a3b4 100644
--- a/packages/docx/src/html-to-docx.ts
+++ b/packages/docx/src/html-to-docx.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ interface InlineStyle {
 
 type InlineChild = TextRun | ExternalHyperlink;
 
+const preservesWhitespace = (node: Node) => {
+	let ancestor = node.parentElement;
+	while (ancestor) {
+		if (/^(P|H[1-6])$/.test(ancestor.tagName) && ancestor.getAttribute("data-resume-whitespace") === "preserve")
+			return true;
+		ancestor = ancestor.parentElement;
+	}
+	return false;
+};
+
 /** Module-level link color, set per htmlToParagraphs invocation. */
 let currentLinkColor = "0563C1";
 
@@ -87,7 +97,7 @@ function collectInlineChildren(node: Node, style: InlineStyle): InlineChild[] {
 
 	for (const child of node.childNodes) {
 		if (child.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
-			const text = child.textContent ?? "";
+			const text = (child.textContent ?? "").replace(/\t/g, preservesWhitespace(child) ? "    " : "\t");
 			if (text) {
 				children.push(new TextRun({ text, ...style }));
 			}
diff --git a/packages/docx/src/literal-whitespace.test.ts b/packages/docx/src/literal-whitespace.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df085b9e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docx/src/literal-whitespace.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { Document } from "docx";
+import { htmlToParagraphs } from "./html-to-docx";
+
+function paragraphXml(html: string) {
+	const paragraphs = htmlToParagraphs(html);
+	const file = new Document({ sections: [{ children: paragraphs }] });
+	return JSON.stringify(
+		paragraphs.map((paragraph) => paragraph.prepForXml({ file, viewWrapper: file.Document, stack: [] })),
+	);
+}
+
+describe("DOCX literal whitespace (#3397)", () => {
+	it.each(["p", "h2"])("emits exact marked %s spaces with XML preservation", (tag) => {
+		const xml = paragraphXml(`<${tag} data-resume-whitespace="preserve">  Lead  middle end  </${tag}>`);
+		expect(xml).toContain("  Lead  middle end  ");
+		expect(xml).toContain('"xml:space":"preserve"');
+	});
+
+	it("expands marked tabs to four ordinary spaces while leaving unmarked legacy tabs unchanged", () => {
+		const marked = paragraphXml('<p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">A\tB\t\tC</p>');
+		expect(marked).toContain("A    B        C");
+		expect(marked).not.toContain("\\t");
+		expect(marked).toContain('"xml:space":"preserve"');
+
+		const legacy = paragraphXml("<p>A\tB</p>");
+		expect(legacy).toContain("A\\tB");
+	});
+
+	it("preserves marked tabs through marks, line breaks, lists, quotes, and table cells", () => {
+		const html = [
+			'<p data-resume-whitespace="preserve"><strong>  Bold</strong><br>\tNext</p>',
+			'<blockquote><p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">\tQuoted</p></blockquote>',
+			'<ul><li><p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">\tListed</p></li></ul>',
+			'<table><tbody><tr><td><p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">\tCell</p></td></tr></tbody></table>',
+		].join("");
+		const xml = paragraphXml(html);
+		expect(xml).toContain("  Bold");
+		expect(xml).toContain("    Next");
+		expect(xml).toContain("    Quoted");
+		expect(xml).toContain("    Listed");
+		expect(xml).toContain("    Cell");
+		expect(xml).not.toContain("\\t");
+		expect(xml).toContain('"w:b"');
+		expect(xml).toContain('"w:br"');
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/pdf/src/literal-whitespace.integration.test.tsx b/packages/pdf/src/literal-whitespace.integration.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cee8d80c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/pdf/src/literal-whitespace.integration.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { getDocument } from "pdfjs-dist/legacy/build/pdf.mjs";
+import { act } from "react";
+import { defaultResumeData } from "@reactive-resume/schema/resume/default";
+import { createResumePdfFile } from "./server";
+
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+const standardFontDataUrl = `${join(dirname(require.resolve("pdfjs-dist/package.json")), "standard_fonts")}/`;
+const preserve = 'data-resume-whitespace="preserve"';
+
+type TextItem = {
+	text: string;
+	x: number;
+	y: number;
+	width: number;
+};
+
+async function renderItems(content: string, locale = "en-US", narrow = false): Promise<TextItem[]> {
+	const data = structuredClone(defaultResumeData);
+	data.picture.hidden = true;
+	data.basics.name = "";
+	data.metadata.template = narrow ? "chikorita" : "onyx";
+	data.metadata.page.locale = locale;
+	data.metadata.typography.body.fontFamily = "Helvetica";
+	data.metadata.typography.heading.fontFamily = "Helvetica";
+	data.metadata.layout.pages = [
+		narrow ? { fullWidth: false, main: [], sidebar: ["summary"] } : { fullWidth: true, main: ["summary"], sidebar: [] },
+	];
+	if (narrow) data.metadata.layout.sidebarWidth = 25;
+	data.summary.content = content;
+
+	let file: File | undefined;
+	await act(async () => {
+		file = await createResumePdfFile({ data, filename: "literal-whitespace.pdf" });
+	});
+	if (!file) throw new Error("PDF generation failed");
+	const task = getDocument({ data: new Uint8Array(await file.arrayBuffer()), standardFontDataUrl });
+	try {
+		const document = await task.promise;
+		const items: TextItem[] = [];
+		for (let pageIndex = 0; pageIndex < document.numPages; pageIndex++) {
+			const page = await document.getPage(pageIndex + 1);
+			const text = await page.getTextContent();
+			for (const item of text.items) {
+				if ("str" in item)
+					items.push({ text: item.str, x: item.transform[4], y: item.transform[5], width: item.width });
+			}
+		}
+		return items;
+	} finally {
+		await task.destroy();
+	}
+}
+
+function lineMetrics(items: TextItem[]) {
+	const anchor = items.find((item) => item.text.includes("LIT"));
+	if (!anchor) throw new Error(`Expected LIT anchor in: ${items.map((item) => item.text).join("|")}`);
+	const line = items.filter((item) => Math.abs(item.y - anchor.y) < 0.01);
+	const start = Math.min(...line.map((item) => item.x));
+	const end = Math.max(...line.map((item) => item.x + item.width));
+	return { start, width: end - start, text: line.map((item) => item.text).join("") };
+}
+
+async function line(content: string, locale = "en-US") {
+	return lineMetrics(await renderItems(content, locale));
+}
+
+describe("actual PDF literal whitespace (#3397)", () => {
+	it.each(["en-US", "he-IL", "ar-SA"])(
+		"advances first content for marked leading spaces and tabs in %s",
+		async (locale) => {
+			const rtl = locale !== "en-US";
+			const firstContent = async (prefix: string, marked = true) => {
+				const items = await renderItems(
+					`<p ${marked ? preserve : ""}>${prefix}<strong>LIT</strong> AB END</p>`,
+					locale,
+				);
+				const anchor = items.find((item) => item.text.includes("LIT"));
+				if (!anchor) throw new Error("Missing first-content anchor");
+				expect(
+					items
+						.filter((item) => Math.abs(item.y - anchor.y) < 0.01)
+						.map((item) => item.text)
+						.join("")
+						.replace(/\s/g, ""),
+				).toBe("LITABEND");
+				return rtl ? anchor.x + anchor.width : anchor.x;
+			};
+			const compact = await firstContent("");
+			const spaces = await firstContent("  ");
+			const tab = await firstContent("\t");
+			const sign = rtl ? -1 : 1;
+			// Helvetica body is 10pt, with an ordinary-space advance of 2.78pt.
+			expect(sign * (spaces - compact)).toBeCloseTo(5.56, 2);
+			expect(sign * (tab - compact)).toBeCloseTo(11.12, 2);
+			expect(await firstContent("  ", false)).toBeCloseTo(await firstContent("", false), 2);
+		},
+	);
+
+	it("keeps literal layout local to marked siblings in the same PDF", async () => {
+		const items = await renderItems(`<p ${preserve}>\tLIT AB END</p><p>  LIT AB END</p><p>LIT AB END</p>`);
+		const anchors = items.filter((item) => item.text.includes("LIT"));
+		expect(anchors).toHaveLength(3);
+		const [marked, legacy, compact] = anchors;
+		if (!marked || !legacy || !compact) throw new Error("Missing mixed-block anchors");
+		expect(marked.x - legacy.x).toBeCloseTo(11.12, 2);
+		expect(legacy.x).toBeCloseTo(compact.x, 2);
+		for (const anchor of anchors) {
+			expect(
+				items
+					.filter((item) => Math.abs(item.y - anchor.y) < 0.01)
+					.map((item) => item.text)
+					.join("")
+					.replace(/\s/g, ""),
+			).toBe("LITABEND");
+		}
+	});
+
+	it("renders one tab as exactly four ordinary-space advances", async () => {
+		const compact = await line(`<p ${preserve}>LIT AB END</p>`);
+		const oneSpace = await line(`<p ${preserve}>LIT A B END</p>`);
+		const fourSpaces = await line(`<p ${preserve}>LIT A    B END</p>`);
+		const tab = await line(`<p ${preserve}>LIT A\tB END</p>`);
+		const spaceAdvance = oneSpace.width - compact.width;
+
+		expect(spaceAdvance).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+		expect(fourSpaces.width - compact.width).toBeCloseTo(spaceAdvance * 4, 2);
+		expect(tab.width).toBeCloseTo(fourSpaces.width, 2);
+	});
+
+	it("renders two tabs as eight spaces independent of current x", async () => {
+		const twoTabs = await line(`<p ${preserve}>LIT A\t\tB END</p>`);
+		const eightSpaces = await line(`<p ${preserve}>LIT A        B END</p>`);
+		const oneLetter = await line(`<p ${preserve}>LIT A\tB END</p>`);
+		const oneLetterCompact = await line(`<p ${preserve}>LIT AB END</p>`);
+		const threeLetters = await line(`<p ${preserve}>LIT ABC\tD END</p>`);
+		const threeLettersCompact = await line(`<p ${preserve}>LIT ABCD END</p>`);
+
+		expect(twoTabs.width).toBeCloseTo(eightSpaces.width, 2);
+		expect(oneLetter.width - oneLetterCompact.width).toBeCloseTo(threeLetters.width - threeLettersCompact.width, 2);
+	});
+
+	it.each(["en-US", "he-IL", "ar-SA"])("keeps marked tab geometry in %s", async (locale) => {
+		const tab = await line(`<p ${preserve}>LIT A\tB END</p>`, locale);
+		const spaces = await line(`<p ${preserve}>LIT A    B END</p>`, locale);
+		expect(tab.width).toBeCloseTo(spaces.width, 2);
+	});
+
+	it("keeps unmarked collapse node-local and marked narrow content complete", async () => {
+		const unmarked = await line("<p>LIT A    B END</p>");
+		const collapsed = await line("<p>LIT A B END</p>");
+		expect(unmarked).toEqual(collapsed);
+
+		const sample = "LIT    START\tSome breakable words continue through narrow content without disappearing END";
+		const items = await renderItems(`<p ${preserve}>${sample}</p>`, "en-US", true);
+		const text = items
+			.map((item) => item.text)
+			.join("")
+			.replace(/\s/g, "");
+		expect(text.slice(text.indexOf("LIT"))).toBe(sample.replace(/\s/g, ""));
+	});
+
+	it.each([
+		[
+			"list",
+			'<ul><li><p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">LIT A\tB END</p></li></ul>',
+			'<ul><li><p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">LIT A    B END</p></li></ul>',
+		],
+		[
+			"quote",
+			'<blockquote><p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">LIT A\tB END</p></blockquote>',
+			'<blockquote><p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">LIT A    B END</p></blockquote>',
+		],
+		[
+			"table cell",
+			'<table><tbody><tr><td><p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">LIT A\tB END</p></td></tr></tbody></table>',
+			'<table><tbody><tr><td><p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">LIT A    B END</p></td></tr></tbody></table>',
+		],
+	] as const)("preserves marked tab geometry in a %s", async (_name, tabHtml, spacesHtml) => {
+		const tab = await line(tabHtml);
+		const spaces = await line(spacesHtml);
+		expect(tab.width).toBeCloseTo(spaces.width, 2);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/rich-text-html.test.ts b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/rich-text-html.test.ts
index c9459251c..f5f041b8f 100644
--- a/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/rich-text-html.test.ts
+++ b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/rich-text-html.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,29 @@ type PdfElement = ReactElement<{ children?: unknown; element?: { tag: string } }
 const getPdfElementProps = (element: unknown) => (element as PdfElement).props;
 
 describe("normalizeRichTextHtml", () => {
+	it("expands tabs only inside marked paragraphs and headings", () => {
+		expect(
+			normalizeRichTextHtml(
+				'<p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">A\tB</p><h2 data-resume-whitespace="preserve">\tC</h2><p>D\tE</p>',
+			),
+		).toBe(
+			'<p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">A    B</p><h2 data-resume-whitespace="preserve">    C</h2><p>D\tE</p>',
+		);
+	});
+
+	it("retains marked paragraphs inside lists so preservation stays node-local", () => {
+		expect(normalizeRichTextHtml('<ul><li><p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">  Listed\ttext  </p></li></ul>')).toBe(
+			'<ul><li><p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">  Listed    text  </p></li></ul>',
+		);
+	});
+
+	it("does not reinterpret marked RTL line breaks as pseudo-bullet lists", () => {
+		const html = '<p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">  - First<br>  - Second</p>';
+		expect(normalizeRichTextHtml(html, { direction: "rtl" })).toBe(
+			'<p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">‏  - First<br>  - Second</p>',
+		);
+	});
+
 	it("decodes opted-in soft hyphens in text without changing links or escaped literals", () => {
 		const html =
 			'<p title="&shy;">Soft&shy;ware &#173; &#xAD; &amp;shy; <a href="https://example.com/&shy;">link</a></p>';
diff --git a/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/rich-text-html.ts b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/rich-text-html.ts
index 8c415bf3c..bf1a97443 100644
--- a/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/rich-text-html.ts
+++ b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/rich-text-html.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ const unwrapSingleParagraphListItems = (root: ReturnType<typeof parse>) => {
 
 		const child = meaningfulChildren[0];
 		if (!child || !isElement(child) || getTagName(child) !== "p") continue;
+		if (child.getAttribute("data-resume-whitespace") === "preserve") continue;
 
 		listItem.innerHTML = child.innerHTML;
 	}
@@ -127,6 +128,18 @@ const normalizeParagraphIndentation = (root: ReturnType<typeof parse>, direction
 	}
 };
 
+const expandPreservedTabs = (root: ReturnType<typeof parse>) => {
+	for (const element of root.querySelectorAll(
+		'p[data-resume-whitespace="preserve"],h1[data-resume-whitespace="preserve"],h2[data-resume-whitespace="preserve"],h3[data-resume-whitespace="preserve"],h4[data-resume-whitespace="preserve"],h5[data-resume-whitespace="preserve"],h6[data-resume-whitespace="preserve"]',
+	)) {
+		const visit = (node: Node): void => {
+			if (node.nodeType === NodeType.TEXT_NODE) node.rawText = node.rawText.replace(/\t/g, "    ");
+			for (const child of node.childNodes) visit(child);
+		};
+		visit(element);
+	}
+};
+
 const isInlineNode = (node: Node): boolean => {
 	if (node.nodeType === NodeType.TEXT_NODE || node.nodeType === NodeType.COMMENT_NODE) return true;
 	if (node.nodeType !== NodeType.ELEMENT_NODE) return false;
@@ -165,9 +178,11 @@ const tryConvertPseudoBulletParagraph = (paragraphInnerHtml: string): string | n
 
 export const convertPseudoBulletParagraphs = (html: string, direction: "ltr" | "rtl" = "ltr"): string =>
 	html.replace(/<p\b([^>]*)>([\s\S]*?)<\/p>/gi, (full, _attrs, inner) => {
+		const paragraph = parse(full).querySelector("p");
+		if (paragraph?.getAttribute("data-resume-whitespace") === "preserve") return full;
 		const converted = tryConvertPseudoBulletParagraph(inner);
 		if (!converted) return full;
-		const level = Number(parse(full).querySelector("p")?.getAttribute("data-indent"));
+		const level = Number(paragraph?.getAttribute("data-indent"));
 		if (!Number.isInteger(level) || level <= 0 || level > 8) return converted;
 		// Keep the original paragraph's offset around the entire generated list.
 		return converted.replace(
@@ -200,6 +215,7 @@ export const normalizeRichTextHtml = (
 	normalizeBoldBoundaryWhitespace(root);
 	normalizeMarkElements(root);
 	normalizeParagraphIndentation(root, direction);
+	expandPreservedTabs(root);
 	unwrapSingleParagraphListItems(root);
 
 	const flushInlineNodes = () => {
diff --git a/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/rich-text.tsx b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/rich-text.tsx
index cd7f7242f..9f4e4f8a6 100644
--- a/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/rich-text.tsx
+++ b/packages/pdf/src/templates/shared/rich-text.tsx
@@ -137,7 +137,11 @@ export const RichText = ({ children, semanticField }: RichTextProps) => {
 		const visible = isNodeVisible(nodeKey);
 		if (!visible) return null;
 		const text = (
-			<PdfText {...resolvedPdfTextProps(resolved)} style={composeStyles(style, resolved.style, safeTextStyle)}>
+			<PdfText
+				{...resolvedPdfTextProps(resolved)}
+				data-resume-whitespace={element.getAttribute("data-resume-whitespace")}
+				style={composeStyles(style, resolved.style, safeTextStyle)}
+			>
 				{textChildren}
 			</PdfText>
 		);
@@ -230,7 +234,11 @@ export const RichText = ({ children, semanticField }: RichTextProps) => {
 						style: props.style,
 						indent: Number(props.element.getAttribute("data-indent")),
 						semanticStyle: resolved.style,
-						textProps: { ...resolvedPdfTextProps(resolved), hyphenationCallback },
+						textProps: {
+							...resolvedPdfTextProps(resolved),
+							hyphenationCallback,
+							"data-resume-whitespace": props.element.getAttribute("data-resume-whitespace"),
+						},
 						rtl,
 						...(rtlTextWrapStyle ? { rtlTextWrapStyle } : {}),
 						...(rtl ? { applyRtlDirection: applyRtlDirectionRecursively } : {}),
diff --git a/patches/@react-pdf__layout@5.2.0.patch b/patches/@react-pdf__layout@5.2.0.patch
index 2b9aa2324..b752e32a9 100644
--- a/patches/@react-pdf__layout@5.2.0.patch
+++ b/patches/@react-pdf__layout@5.2.0.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,43 @@
 diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
-index 18c2618f4630b3c1296c8c3cac317b8d7666bbe8..79e1898aadcbbfc78a206e235d868cb178683a07 100644
+index 18c2618f4630b3c1296c8c3cac317b8d7666bbe8..8e6117947e87e40dd39f1bf33a1435194cc3f334 100644
 --- a/lib/index.js
 +++ b/lib/index.js
-@@ -3163,7 +3163,10 @@ const splitNodes = (height, contentArea, nodes) => {
+@@ -1887,7 +1887,7 @@ const isTextInstance$2 = (node) => node.type === P.TextInstance;
+  * @param level - Fragment level
+  * @returns Text fragments
+  */
+-const getFragments = (fontStore, instance, parentLink = null, level = 0) => {
++const getFragments = (fontStore, instance, parentLink = null, level = 0, parentPreserveWhitespace = false) => {
+     if (!instance)
+         return [{ string: '' }];
+     let fragments = [];
+@@ -1902,6 +1902,8 @@ const getFragments = (fontStore, instance, parentLink = null, level = 0) => {
+     });
+     // Don't pass main background color to textkit. Will be rendered by the render package instead
+     const backgroundColor = level === 0 ? null : instance.style.backgroundColor;
++    // The editor's literal-whitespace contract is local to this Text subtree.
++    const preserveWhitespace = parentPreserveWhitespace || instance.props?.['data-resume-whitespace'] === 'preserve';
+     const attributes = {
+         font,
+         color,
+@@ -1911,6 +1913,7 @@ const getFragments = (fontStore, instance, parentLink = null, level = 0) => {
+         direction,
+         verticalAlign,
+         backgroundColor,
++        preserveWhitespace,
+         indent: textIndent,
+         characterSpacing: letterSpacing,
+         strikeStyle: textDecorationStyle,
+@@ -1950,7 +1953,7 @@ const getFragments = (fontStore, instance, parentLink = null, level = 0) => {
+             });
+         }
+         else if (child && !isImage$1(child)) {
+-            fragments.push(...getFragments(fontStore, child, attributes.link, level + 1));
++            fragments.push(...getFragments(fontStore, child, attributes.link, level + 1, preserveWhitespace));
+         }
+     }
+     for (let i = 0; i < PREPROCESSORS.length; i += 1) {
+@@ -3163,7 +3166,10 @@ const splitNodes = (height, contentArea, nodes) => {
          if (shouldSplit) {
              const [currentChild, nextChild] = split(child, height, contentArea);
              // All children are moved to the next page, it doesn't make sense to show the parent on the current page
@@ -14,7 +49,7 @@ index 18c2618f4630b3c1296c8c3cac317b8d7666bbe8..79e1898aadcbbfc78a206e235d868cb1
                  // But if the current page is empty then we can just include the parent on the current page
                  if (currentChildren.length === 0) {
                      currentChildren.push(child, ...futureFixedNodes);
-@@ -3196,7 +3199,52 @@ const splitChildren = (height, contentArea, node) => {
+@@ -3196,7 +3202,52 @@ const splitChildren = (height, contentArea, node) => {
  };
  const splitView = (node, height, contentArea) => {
      const [currentNode, nextNode] = splitNode(node, height);
diff --git a/patches/@react-pdf__textkit.patch b/patches/@react-pdf__textkit.patch
index c11c73526..2f55677ce 100644
--- a/patches/@react-pdf__textkit.patch
+++ b/patches/@react-pdf__textkit.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 diff --git a/lib/textkit.js b/lib/textkit.js
-index 2c0ec95..3683493 100644
+index 7bfe0d9a119a8bd1ec98ff0f4827bd6cb3a967a4..92821b761893c6a5132a722f72bc86c1d1e9ec89 100644
 --- a/lib/textkit.js
 +++ b/lib/textkit.js
-@@ -709,6 +709,28 @@ const omit = (value, run) => {
+@@ -715,6 +715,28 @@ const omit = (value, run) => {
      return Object.assign({}, run, { attributes });
  };
  
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ index 2c0ec95..3683493 100644
  /**
   * Get run ascent
   *
-@@ -718,7 +743,7 @@ const omit = (value, run) => {
+@@ -724,7 +746,7 @@ const omit = (value, run) => {
  const ascent$1 = (run) => {
      const { font, attachment } = run.attributes;
      const attachmentHeight = attachment?.height || 0;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ index 2c0ec95..3683493 100644
      return Math.max(attachmentHeight, fontAscent * scale(run));
  };
  
-@@ -730,7 +755,7 @@ const ascent$1 = (run) => {
+@@ -736,7 +758,7 @@ const ascent$1 = (run) => {
   */
  const descent = (run) => {
      const font = run.attributes?.font;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ index 2c0ec95..3683493 100644
      return scale(run) * fontDescent;
  };
  
-@@ -742,8 +767,8 @@ const descent = (run) => {
+@@ -748,8 +770,8 @@ const descent = (run) => {
   */
  const lineGap = (run) => {
      const font = run.attributes?.font;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ index 2c0ec95..3683493 100644
  };
  
  /**
-@@ -754,7 +779,8 @@ const lineGap = (run) => {
+@@ -760,7 +782,8 @@ const lineGap = (run) => {
   */
  const height$1 = (run) => {
      const lineHeight = run.attributes?.lineHeight;
@@ -70,3 +70,25 @@ index 2c0ec95..3683493 100644
  };
  
  /**
+@@ -1680,8 +1703,11 @@ const getOverflowRight = (line) => {
+  * @returns Line
+  */
+ const adjustOverflow = (line) => {
+-    const overflowLeft = getOverflowLeft(line);
+-    const overflowRight = getOverflowRight(line);
++    // Preserve literal edge advances after bidi reordering. Other Text nodes
++    // retain textkit's HTML-style hanging whitespace alignment.
++    const preserveWhitespace = line.runs.some((run) => run.attributes.preserveWhitespace);
++    const overflowLeft = preserveWhitespace ? 0 : getOverflowLeft(line);
++    const overflowRight = preserveWhitespace ? 0 : getOverflowRight(line);
+     const x = line.box.x - overflowLeft;
+     const width = line.box.width + overflowLeft + overflowRight;
+     const box = Object.assign({}, line.box, { x, width });
+@@ -1842,6 +1868,7 @@ const applyAttributes = (a) => {
+         opacity: a.opacity,
+         paddingTop: a.paddingTop || a.padding || 0,
+         paragraphSpacing: a.paragraphSpacing || 0,
++        preserveWhitespace: a.preserveWhitespace === true,
+         script: a.script || null,
+         shrinkFactor: a.shrinkFactor || 0,
+         strike: a.strike || false,
diff --git a/patches/react-pdf-html@2.1.5.patch b/patches/react-pdf-html@2.1.5.patch
index c57644995..1474b164b 100644
--- a/patches/react-pdf-html@2.1.5.patch
+++ b/patches/react-pdf-html@2.1.5.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 diff --git a/dist/cjs/render.js b/dist/cjs/render.js
-index cea3de37aceb8e98b7698087639a6e98205d40e3..a1e34ea0bf60f3bca2d7e79e0354eda5245b927d 100644
+index cea3de37aceb8e98b7698087639a6e98205d40e3..57626f540ed7e818471cc3f1492101436f9cda09 100644
 --- a/dist/cjs/render.js
 +++ b/dist/cjs/render.js
 @@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ const hasBlockContent = (element) => {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ index cea3de37aceb8e98b7698087639a6e98205d40e3..a1e34ea0bf60f3bca2d7e79e0354eda5
  const isCustomElement = (element) => {
      if (!element || typeof element === 'string')
          return false;
-@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ const renderElement = (element, stylesheets, renderers, children, index) => {
+@@ -160,13 +161,14 @@ const renderElement = (element, stylesheets, renderers, children, index) => {
      return (React.createElement(Element, { key: index, style: element.style, children: children, element: element, stylesheets: stylesheets }));
  };
  exports.renderElement = renderElement;
@@ -23,8 +23,16 @@ index cea3de37aceb8e98b7698087639a6e98205d40e3..a1e34ea0bf60f3bca2d7e79e0354eda5
  exports.collapseWhitespace = collapseWhitespace;
  const renderBucketElement = (element, options, index) => {
      if (typeof element === 'string') {
+         return (0, exports.renderElement)(options.collapse ? (0, exports.collapseWhitespace)(element) : element, options.stylesheets, options.renderers, undefined, index);
+     }
+-    return (0, exports.renderElement)(element, options.stylesheets, options.renderers, (0, exports.renderElements)(element.content, element.tag === 'pre' ? Object.assign(Object.assign({}, options), { collapse: false }) : options, element), index);
++    const preservesWhitespace = element.attributes?.['data-resume-whitespace'] === 'preserve';
++    return (0, exports.renderElement)(element, options.stylesheets, options.renderers, (0, exports.renderElements)(element.content, element.tag === 'pre' || preservesWhitespace ? Object.assign(Object.assign({}, options), { collapse: false }) : options, element), index);
+ };
+ exports.renderBucketElement = renderBucketElement;
+ const isAnchor = (content) => {
 diff --git a/dist/esm/render.js b/dist/esm/render.js
-index 30365527b67332d0a29f684152cad1d8417ae90d..18b24f488e81404df50d772bf5868bfcb61b810d 100644
+index 30365527b67332d0a29f684152cad1d8417ae90d..6488c6891397d3f2af2c5a85acd9918445451666 100644
 --- a/dist/esm/render.js
 +++ b/dist/esm/render.js
 @@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ export const hasBlockContent = (element) => {
@@ -39,7 +47,7 @@ index 30365527b67332d0a29f684152cad1d8417ae90d..18b24f488e81404df50d772bf5868bfc
  const isCustomElement = (element) => {
      if (!element || typeof element === 'string')
          return false;
-@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ export const renderElement = (element, stylesheets, renderers, children, index)
+@@ -126,12 +127,13 @@ export const renderElement = (element, stylesheets, renderers, children, index)
      }
      return (React.createElement(Element, { key: index, style: element.style, children: children, element: element, stylesheets: stylesheets }));
  };
@@ -48,3 +56,10 @@ index 30365527b67332d0a29f684152cad1d8417ae90d..18b24f488e81404df50d772bf5868bfc
  export const renderBucketElement = (element, options, index) => {
      if (typeof element === 'string') {
          return renderElement(options.collapse ? collapseWhitespace(element) : element, options.stylesheets, options.renderers, undefined, index);
+     }
+-    return renderElement(element, options.stylesheets, options.renderers, renderElements(element.content, element.tag === 'pre' ? { ...options, collapse: false } : options, element), index);
++    const preservesWhitespace = element.attributes?.['data-resume-whitespace'] === 'preserve';
++    return renderElement(element, options.stylesheets, options.renderers, renderElements(element.content, element.tag === 'pre' || preservesWhitespace ? { ...options, collapse: false } : options, element), index);
+ };
+ const isAnchor = (content) => {
+     return Array.isArray(content)
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 4197605bc..f1d350c16 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ overrides:
   uuid@<11.1.1: ^11.1.1
 
 patchedDependencies:
-  '@react-pdf/layout@5.2.0': 75dac7cb8260f9c96cd9ab5522d095a3aa047881a9e9d1d2a597409b45944494
-  '@react-pdf/textkit': 092a6fe8baf3c472a81cdf2ab52a00ec98ef3364e1b8e744005dbcf219a8a213
+  '@react-pdf/layout@5.2.0': 0b6c66a14ff45a9b594fcd6c207fcb72dc9608384451803359d36bc8ec5c1245
+  '@react-pdf/textkit': e1e963cedc6a2f322b4309c782bba317d2b49bad73da787321151a89491e5d62
   fontkit@2.0.4: 90f4c51c676a88b91dcc397d60a677c77b5e6dc8e15ffb3538310965ef5c05a4
-  react-pdf-html@2.1.5: f0618f9c9f654758495189f6c15e1ff2d45fbd1a4645c4a18885573aeadbbd10
+  react-pdf-html@2.1.5: e8456fc885241f35e3b642ad6122015b88f855d717663793f5b3293c19afac9b
 
 importers:
 
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ importers:
         version: 6.9.3(react-dom@19.2.8(react@19.2.8))(react@19.2.8)(supports-color@7.2.0)
       react-pdf-html:
         specifier: ^2.1.5
-        version: 2.1.5(patch_hash=f0618f9c9f654758495189f6c15e1ff2d45fbd1a4645c4a18885573aeadbbd10)(@react-pdf/renderer@4.9.0(react@19.2.8))(react@19.2.8)
+        version: 2.1.5(patch_hash=e8456fc885241f35e3b642ad6122015b88f855d717663793f5b3293c19afac9b)(@react-pdf/renderer@4.9.0(react@19.2.8))(react@19.2.8)
       resumable-stream:
         specifier: ^2.2.12
         version: 2.2.12
@@ -451,9 +451,15 @@ importers:
       '@tiptap/extension-color':
         specifier: ^3.31.2
         version: 3.31.2(@tiptap/extension-text-style@3.31.2(@tiptap/core@3.31.2(@tiptap/pm@3.31.2)))
+      '@tiptap/extension-heading':
+        specifier: ^3.31.2
+        version: 3.31.2(@tiptap/core@3.31.2(@tiptap/pm@3.31.2))
       '@tiptap/extension-highlight':
         specifier: ^3.31.2
         version: 3.31.2(@tiptap/core@3.31.2(@tiptap/pm@3.31.2))
+      '@tiptap/extension-paragraph':
+        specifier: ^3.31.2
+        version: 3.31.2(@tiptap/core@3.31.2(@tiptap/pm@3.31.2))
       '@tiptap/extension-table':
         specifier: ^3.31.2
         version: 3.31.2(@tiptap/core@3.31.2(@tiptap/pm@3.31.2))(@tiptap/pm@3.31.2)
@@ -1144,7 +1150,7 @@ importers:
         version: 19.2.8
       react-pdf-html:
         specifier: ^2.1.5
-        version: 2.1.5(patch_hash=f0618f9c9f654758495189f6c15e1ff2d45fbd1a4645c4a18885573aeadbbd10)(@react-pdf/renderer@4.9.0(react@19.2.8))(react@19.2.8)
+        version: 2.1.5(patch_hash=e8456fc885241f35e3b642ad6122015b88f855d717663793f5b3293c19afac9b)(@react-pdf/renderer@4.9.0(react@19.2.8))(react@19.2.8)
     devDependencies:
       '@napi-rs/canvas':
         specifier: 1.0.8
@@ -11268,14 +11274,14 @@ snapshots:
       jay-peg: 1.1.1
       png-js: 2.0.0
 
-  '@react-pdf/layout@5.2.0(patch_hash=75dac7cb8260f9c96cd9ab5522d095a3aa047881a9e9d1d2a597409b45944494)':
+  '@react-pdf/layout@5.2.0(patch_hash=0b6c66a14ff45a9b594fcd6c207fcb72dc9608384451803359d36bc8ec5c1245)':
     dependencies:
       '@react-pdf/fns': 3.1.3
       '@react-pdf/image': 3.1.2
       '@react-pdf/paginate': 1.0.1
       '@react-pdf/primitives': 4.4.0
       '@react-pdf/stylesheet': 6.3.2
-      '@react-pdf/textkit': 7.0.1(patch_hash=092a6fe8baf3c472a81cdf2ab52a00ec98ef3364e1b8e744005dbcf219a8a213)
+      '@react-pdf/textkit': 7.0.1(patch_hash=e1e963cedc6a2f322b4309c782bba317d2b49bad73da787321151a89491e5d62)
       '@react-pdf/types': 2.14.0
       emoji-regex-xs: 1.0.0
       queue: 6.0.2
@@ -11296,7 +11302,7 @@ snapshots:
       '@babel/runtime': 7.29.7
       '@react-pdf/fns': 3.1.3
       '@react-pdf/primitives': 4.4.0
-      '@react-pdf/textkit': 7.0.1(patch_hash=092a6fe8baf3c472a81cdf2ab52a00ec98ef3364e1b8e744005dbcf219a8a213)
+      '@react-pdf/textkit': 7.0.1(patch_hash=e1e963cedc6a2f322b4309c782bba317d2b49bad73da787321151a89491e5d62)
       '@react-pdf/types': 2.14.0
       abs-svg-path: 0.1.1
       color-string: 2.1.4
@@ -11309,7 +11315,7 @@ snapshots:
       '@babel/runtime': 7.29.7
       '@react-pdf/fns': 3.1.3
       '@react-pdf/font': 4.1.2
-      '@react-pdf/layout': 5.2.0(patch_hash=75dac7cb8260f9c96cd9ab5522d095a3aa047881a9e9d1d2a597409b45944494)
+      '@react-pdf/layout': 5.2.0(patch_hash=0b6c66a14ff45a9b594fcd6c207fcb72dc9608384451803359d36bc8ec5c1245)
       '@react-pdf/primitives': 4.4.0
       '@react-pdf/reconciler': 2.0.0(react@19.2.8)
       '@react-pdf/render': 4.7.0
@@ -11334,7 +11340,7 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       '@react-pdf/primitives': 4.4.0
 
-  '@react-pdf/textkit@7.0.1(patch_hash=092a6fe8baf3c472a81cdf2ab52a00ec98ef3364e1b8e744005dbcf219a8a213)':
+  '@react-pdf/textkit@7.0.1(patch_hash=e1e963cedc6a2f322b4309c782bba317d2b49bad73da787321151a89491e5d62)':
     dependencies:
       '@react-pdf/fns': 3.1.3
       '@react-pdf/hyphenate': 0.1.0
@@ -15224,7 +15230,7 @@ snapshots:
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
 
-  react-pdf-html@2.1.5(patch_hash=f0618f9c9f654758495189f6c15e1ff2d45fbd1a4645c4a18885573aeadbbd10)(@react-pdf/renderer@4.9.0(react@19.2.8))(react@19.2.8):
+  react-pdf-html@2.1.5(patch_hash=e8456fc885241f35e3b642ad6122015b88f855d717663793f5b3293c19afac9b)(@react-pdf/renderer@4.9.0(react@19.2.8))(react@19.2.8):
     dependencies:
       '@react-pdf/renderer': 4.9.0(react@19.2.8)
       css-tree: 1.1.3
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/literal-whitespace.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/specs/literal-whitespace.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d70233e45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/literal-whitespace.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+import type { Page, TestInfo } from "@playwright/test";
+import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import { promisify } from "node:util";
+import { Pool } from "pg";
+import { createSampleResumeFromDashboard, openSidebarSection } from "../fixtures/resume";
+import { expect, test } from "../fixtures/test";
+
+const requireWeb = createRequire(`${process.cwd()}/apps/web/package.json`);
+const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
+const preservedHtml =
+	'<p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">  LIT A\tB END  </p><p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">  REF A    B END  </p><p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">CTL A    B END</p><p data-resume-whitespace="preserve">\tTAB A    B END</p>';
+
+async function readSummary(id: string) {
+	if (!process.env.DATABASE_URL) throw new Error("DATABASE_URL is required for literal-whitespace E2E.");
+	const pool = new Pool({ connectionString: process.env.DATABASE_URL });
+	try {
+		const result = await pool.query<{ content: string }>(
+			`select data->'summary'->>'content' as content from "resume" where id = $1`,
+			[id],
+		);
+		const row = result.rows[0];
+		if (!row) throw new Error(`Resume ${id} was not found.`);
+		return row.content;
+	} finally {
+		await pool.end();
+	}
+}
+
+async function download(page: Page, testInfo: TestInfo, format: "PDF" | "DOCX" | "JSON") {
+	await openSidebarSection(page, "Export");
+	await page.getByRole("button", { name: /Choose PDF, DOCX, Markdown, or JSON/ }).click();
+	const pending = page.waitForEvent("download");
+	await page.getByRole("button", { name: `Download ${format}`, exact: true }).click();
+	const result = await pending;
+	const path = testInfo.outputPath(`literal-whitespace.${format.toLowerCase()}`);
+	await result.saveAs(path);
+	return path;
+}
+
+async function pdfLineMetrics(path: string) {
+	const { getDocument } = await import(requireWeb.resolve("pdfjs-dist/legacy/build/pdf.mjs"));
+	const loading = getDocument({ data: new Uint8Array(await readFile(path)), useSystemFonts: true });
+	try {
+		const document = await loading.promise;
+		const lines: Array<{ marker: string; start: number; gap: number; tailWidth: number }> = [];
+		for (let pageIndex = 0; pageIndex < document.numPages; pageIndex++) {
+			const page = await document.getPage(pageIndex + 1);
+			const items = (await page.getTextContent()).items.flatMap((item) =>
+				"str" in item ? [{ text: item.str, x: item.transform[4], y: item.transform[5], width: item.width }] : [],
+			);
+			for (const marker of ["LIT", "REF", "CTL", "TAB"]) {
+				const anchor = items.find((item) => item.text.includes(marker));
+				if (!anchor) continue;
+				const tail = items.find(
+					(item) => item.x > anchor.x && Math.abs(item.y - anchor.y) < 0.01 && item.text.includes("B END"),
+				);
+				if (!tail) continue;
+				const anchorEnd = anchor.x + anchor.width;
+				lines.push({ marker, start: anchor.x, gap: tail.x - anchorEnd, tailWidth: tail.x + tail.width - anchorEnd });
+			}
+		}
+		return lines;
+	} finally {
+		await loading.destroy();
+	}
+}
+
+test("persists typed and pasted literal whitespace through JSON, PDF, and DOCX", async ({
+	authPage: page,
+}, testInfo) => {
+	test.setTimeout(180_000);
+	await createSampleResumeFromDashboard(page, testInfo);
+	const id = new URL(page.url()).pathname.match(/^\/builder\/([^/]+)/)?.[1];
+	if (!id) throw new Error("Missing resume id.");
+
+	await openSidebarSection(page, "Summary");
+	const editor = page.locator("#sidebar-summary [data-editor=true]");
+	await editor.click();
+	await page.keyboard.press("ControlOrMeta+a");
+	await page.keyboard.press("Backspace");
+	await page.keyboard.insertText("  LIT A\tB END  ");
+	await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+	await editor.evaluate((element) => {
+		const clipboard = new DataTransfer();
+		clipboard.setData("text/plain", "  REF A    B END  \nCTL A    B END\n\tTAB A    B END");
+		element.dispatchEvent(new ClipboardEvent("paste", { bubbles: true, cancelable: true, clipboardData: clipboard }));
+	});
+
+	await expect.poll(() => readSummary(id)).toBe(preservedHtml);
+	await page.reload();
+	await openSidebarSection(page, "Summary");
+	const reloadedEditor = page.locator("#sidebar-summary [data-editor=true]");
+	await expect(reloadedEditor).toBeVisible();
+	expect(await reloadedEditor.evaluate((element) => element.textContent)).toBe(
+		"  LIT A\tB END    REF A    B END  CTL A    B END\tTAB A    B END",
+	);
+	expect(
+		await reloadedEditor
+			.locator("p")
+			.first()
+			.evaluate((element) => getComputedStyle(element).whiteSpace),
+	).toBe("pre-wrap");
+	expect(await readSummary(id)).toBe(preservedHtml);
+
+	const jsonPath = await download(page, testInfo, "JSON");
+	const exported = JSON.parse(await readFile(jsonPath, "utf8")) as { summary: { content: string } };
+	expect(exported.summary.content).toBe(preservedHtml);
+
+	const pdfPath = await download(page, testInfo, "PDF");
+	const lines = await pdfLineMetrics(pdfPath);
+	const literal = lines.find((line) => line.marker === "LIT");
+	const reference = lines.find((line) => line.marker === "REF");
+	expect(literal).toBeDefined();
+	expect(reference).toBeDefined();
+	if (!literal || !reference) throw new Error("Expected literal whitespace PDF lines.");
+	expect(literal.start).toBeCloseTo(reference.start, 2);
+	expect(literal.gap).toBeCloseTo(reference.gap, 2);
+	expect(literal.tailWidth).toBeCloseTo(reference.tailWidth, 2);
+	const control = lines.find((line) => line.marker === "CTL");
+	const leadingTab = lines.find((line) => line.marker === "TAB");
+	if (!control || !leadingTab) throw new Error("Expected unpadded and leading-tab PDF controls.");
+	expect(literal.gap).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+	expect(literal.start - control.start).toBeCloseTo(literal.gap / 2, 2);
+	expect(leadingTab.start - control.start).toBeCloseTo(literal.gap, 2);
+	await testInfo.attach("pdf-whitespace-geometry", {
+		body: JSON.stringify(lines, null, 2),
+		contentType: "application/json",
+	});
+
+	const docxPath = await download(page, testInfo, "DOCX");
+	const { stdout: documentXml } = await execFileAsync("unzip", ["-p", docxPath, "word/document.xml"], {
+		encoding: "utf8",
+	});
+	expect(documentXml).toContain('xml:space="preserve">  LIT A    B END  </w:t>');
+	expect(documentXml).toContain('xml:space="preserve">  REF A    B END  </w:t>');
+	expect(documentXml).toContain('xml:space="preserve">CTL A    B END</w:t>');
+	expect(documentXml).toContain('xml:space="preserve">    TAB A    B END</w:t>');
+});
+
+test("displays each stored tab as four spaces with usable caret and selection", async ({
+	authPage: page,
+}, testInfo) => {
+	await createSampleResumeFromDashboard(page, testInfo);
+	await openSidebarSection(page, "Summary");
+	const editor = page.locator("#sidebar-summary [data-editor=true]");
+	await editor.click();
+	await page.keyboard.press("ControlOrMeta+a");
+	await page.keyboard.press("Backspace");
+	await editor.evaluate((element) => {
+		const clipboard = new DataTransfer();
+		clipboard.setData("text/plain", "A\tB\nAB\nABC\tD\nABCD\nA    B\n\tZ\nZ\nA\t\tB");
+		element.dispatchEvent(new ClipboardEvent("paste", { bubbles: true, cancelable: true, clipboardData: clipboard }));
+	});
+	for (const direction of ["ltr", "rtl"] as const) {
+		const geometry = await editor.evaluate((element, direction) => {
+			element.dir = direction;
+			element.style.fontFamily = "Arial";
+			// Measure ordinary-space advances without Arial's A/space pair kerning.
+			element.style.fontKerning = "none";
+			const blocks = Array.from(element.querySelectorAll("p"));
+			const glyph = (index: number, offset: number) => {
+				const walker = document.createTreeWalker(blocks[index], NodeFilter.SHOW_TEXT);
+				let remaining = offset;
+				for (let node = walker.nextNode(); node; node = walker.nextNode()) {
+					if (remaining < (node.textContent?.length ?? 0)) {
+						const range = document.createRange();
+						range.setStart(node, remaining);
+						range.setEnd(node, remaining + 1);
+						return range.getBoundingClientRect();
+					}
+					remaining -= node.textContent?.length ?? 0;
+				}
+				throw new Error("Missing glyph");
+			};
+			return {
+				one: glyph(0, 2).x - glyph(0, 0).right,
+				three: glyph(2, 4).x - glyph(2, 2).right,
+				spaces: glyph(4, 5).x - glyph(4, 0).right,
+				leading: (direction === "rtl" ? -1 : 1) * (glyph(5, 1).x - glyph(6, 0).x),
+				two: glyph(7, 3).x - glyph(7, 0).right,
+				text: blocks.map((block) => block.textContent),
+			};
+		}, direction);
+		await testInfo.attach(`tab-geometry-${direction}`, {
+			body: JSON.stringify(geometry, null, 2),
+			contentType: "application/json",
+		});
+		expect(geometry.spaces).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+		for (const width of [geometry.one, geometry.three, geometry.leading]) expect(width).toBeCloseTo(geometry.spaces, 1);
+		expect(geometry.two).toBeCloseTo(geometry.spaces * 2, 1);
+		expect(geometry.text).toEqual(["A\tB", "AB", "ABC\tD", "ABCD", "A    B", "\tZ", "Z", "A\t\tB"]);
+	}
+	const id = new URL(page.url()).pathname.match(/^\/builder\/([^/]+)/)?.[1];
+	if (!id) throw new Error("Missing resume id.");
+	await expect.poll(() => readSummary(id)).toContain('data-resume-whitespace="preserve">A\tB</p>');
+	await page.reload();
+	await openSidebarSection(page, "Summary");
+	await editor.click();
+	await editor.evaluate((element) => {
+		const text = element.querySelector("p")?.firstChild;
+		if (!text) throw new Error("Missing caret target");
+		const range = document.createRange();
+		range.setStart(text, 1);
+		range.collapse(true);
+		getSelection()?.removeAllRanges();
+		getSelection()?.addRange(range);
+	});
+	await page.keyboard.press("Shift+ArrowRight");
+	expect(await page.evaluate(() => getSelection()?.toString())).toBe("\t");
+	await page.keyboard.insertText("Q");
+	await expect(editor.locator("p").first()).toHaveText("AQB");
+	await page.keyboard.press("ControlOrMeta+z");
+	expect(await editor.locator("p").first().textContent()).toBe("A\tB");
+});