diff --git a/client/src/components/Studio/TextEffectsView.tsx b/client/src/components/Studio/TextEffectsView.tsx
index 016b403a3..d1b3a78b7 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Studio/TextEffectsView.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Studio/TextEffectsView.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { bookDrawnLines, bookTextCurvePath, bookTextIsDrawn, bookTextPaintFill }
 
 import { fontStack } from './bookFonts';
 import { photoSrc } from './bookRender';
-import { paintParts } from './paint/paintRender';
+import { paintParts, type PaintParts } from './paint/paintParts';
 import {
   caseStyle,
   curveAnchor,
@@ -146,6 +146,28 @@ interface GlyphPaint {
   strokeWidth?: number;
 }
 
+/** A gradient or pattern in the letters, laid out over the frame as a shape's paint is over its box. */
+function lettersPaint(el: BookTextElement, id: string): PaintParts | null {
+  const paint = bookTextPaintFill(el);
+  return paint ? paintParts(paint, { x: 0, y: 0, w: el.frame.w, h: el.frame.h }, id) : null;
+}
+
+/** A pattern's ground and its marks, clipped to the letters. */
+function PatternLetters({ parts, w, h, clipId }: { parts: PaintParts; w: number; h: number; clipId: string }) {
+  const pattern = parts.pattern;
+  if (!pattern) return null;
+  return (
+    <g clipPath={`url(#${clipId})`}>
+      {parts.fill !== 'none' && <rect width={w} height={h} fill={parts.fill} />}
+      <g transform={pattern.transform}>
+        {pattern.layers.map((layer, i) => (
+          <path key={i} d={layer.d} fill={pattern.ink} fillOpacity={layer.opacity < 1 ? layer.opacity : undefined} />
+        ))}
+      </g>
+    </g>
+  );
+}
+
 function DrawnText({ el, frameStyle, big }: { el: BookTextElement; frameStyle: CSSProperties; big: boolean }) {
   const reactId = useId();
   const pathId = svgId('tp-', reactId);
@@ -156,10 +178,8 @@ function DrawnText({ el, frameStyle, big }: { el: BookTextElement; frameStyle: C
   const lines = bookDrawnLines(el);
   const curve = el.curve ? bookTextCurvePath(el.curve, w, h, fontMm) : null;
   const photo = el.fillPaint?.type === 'photo' ? el.fillPaint : null;
-  // A gradient or pattern in the letters, laid out over the frame as a shape's paint is over its box.
-  const fillPaint = bookTextPaintFill(el);
-  const letterPaint = fillPaint ? paintParts(fillPaint, { x: 0, y: 0, w, h }, paintId) : null;
-  const pattern = letterPaint?.pattern ?? null;
+  const letterPaint = lettersPaint(el, paintId);
+  const pattern = letterPaint ? letterPaint.pattern : null;
   const hollow = isHollow(el);
   const { outline, shadow } = el;
 
@@ -218,17 +238,7 @@ function DrawnText({ el, frameStyle, big }: { el: BookTextElement; frameStyle: C
     const cover = photoCover(w, h, photo);
     layers.push(<image key="photo" href={photoSrc(photo.photoId, big)} {...cover} clipPath={`url(#${clipId})`} />);
   } else if (pattern && letterPaint) {
-    // The pattern's ground and its marks, clipped to the letters.
-    layers.push(
-      <g key="pattern" clipPath={`url(#${clipId})`}>
-        {letterPaint.fill !== 'none' && <rect width={w} height={h} fill={letterPaint.fill} />}
-        <g transform={pattern.transform}>
-          {pattern.layers.map((layer, i) => (
-            <path key={i} d={layer.d} fill={pattern.ink} fillOpacity={layer.opacity < 1 ? layer.opacity : undefined} />
-          ))}
-        </g>
-      </g>
-    );
+    layers.push(<PatternLetters key="pattern" parts={letterPaint} w={w} h={h} clipId={clipId} />);
   } else {
     layers.push(glyphs({ fill: letterPaint ? letterPaint.fill : (letterFill(el) ?? el.color) }, 'fill'));
   }
diff --git a/client/src/components/Studio/paint/paintParts.tsx b/client/src/components/Studio/paint/paintParts.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8727ec7e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/Studio/paint/paintParts.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { sortedStops, stopAlpha, type BookPaint, type BookPaintStop } from '@trek/shared';
+import type { ReactNode } from 'react';
+import { linearLine, r2 } from './paintGeometry';
+import { patternGeometry, type PatternBox } from './patterns';
+
+/**
+ * A paint as SVG parts over a box (paintRender.tsx explains why the ids come
+ * from useId): kept apart from the components that draw them, so a shape and
+ * the letters of a text share it without the component file exporting a helper.
+ */
+
+function Stops({ stops }: { stops: readonly BookPaintStop[] }) {
+  return (
+    <>
+      {sortedStops(stops).map((s, i) => (
+        <stop
+          // Two stops may share an offset (a hard edge), so the index keys them.
+          key={i}
+          offset={r2(s.at)}
+          stopColor={s.color}
+          stopOpacity={stopAlpha(s) < 1 ? stopAlpha(s) : undefined}
+        />
+      ))}
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+/** What a painted outline needs: the defs to put in the SVG, and how to fill the outline. */
+export interface PaintParts {
+  defs: ReactNode;
+  fill: string;
+  fillOpacity?: number;
+  /** A pattern's geometry, to draw clipped to the outline over its fill. */
+  pattern: { clipId: string; layers: { d: string; opacity: number }[]; transform?: string; ink: string } | null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * What drawing a paint over a box takes: the gradient definition and the fill
+ * to point at it, or a pattern's geometry to draw clipped to the outline over
+ * its ground. A shape's outline and the letters of a text both draw from it.
+ */
+export function paintParts(paint: BookPaint, box: PatternBox, id: string): PaintParts {
+  switch (paint.type) {
+    case 'solid':
+      return {
+        defs: null,
+        fill: paint.color,
+        fillOpacity: stopAlpha(paint) < 1 ? stopAlpha(paint) : undefined,
+        pattern: null,
+      };
+    case 'linear': {
+      const line = linearLine(paint.angle, box);
+      return {
+        defs: (
+          <linearGradient id={id} gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse" {...line}>
+            <Stops stops={paint.stops} />
+          </linearGradient>
+        ),
+        fill: `url(#${id})`,
+        pattern: null,
+      };
+    }
+    case 'radial':
+      return {
+        defs: (
+          <radialGradient
+            id={id}
+            gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse"
+            cx={r2(box.x + paint.cx * box.w)}
+            cy={r2(box.y + paint.cy * box.h)}
+            r={r2((paint.r * Math.hypot(box.w, box.h)) / 2)}
+          >
+            <Stops stops={paint.stops} />
+          </radialGradient>
+        ),
+        fill: `url(#${id})`,
+        pattern: null,
+      };
+    case 'pattern': {
+      const geo = patternGeometry(paint, box);
+      return {
+        defs: null,
+        fill: paint.bg ?? 'none',
+        pattern: { clipId: `${id}-clip`, layers: geo.layers, transform: geo.transform, ink: paint.fg },
+      };
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/src/components/Studio/paint/paintRender.tsx b/client/src/components/Studio/paint/paintRender.tsx
index 95b28640c..dc9060436 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Studio/paint/paintRender.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Studio/paint/paintRender.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { sortedStops, stopAlpha, type BookPaint, type BookPaintStop } from '@trek/shared';
-import { useMemo, type ReactNode, type SVGProps } from 'react';
-import { linearLine, r2 } from './paintGeometry';
-import { patternGeometry, type PatternBox } from './patterns';
+import type { BookPaint } from '@trek/shared';
+import { useMemo, type SVGProps } from 'react';
+import { r2 } from './paintGeometry';
+import { paintParts } from './paintParts';
+import type { PatternBox } from './patterns';
 import { usePaintId } from './usePaintId';
 
 /**
@@ -25,84 +26,6 @@ import { usePaintId } from './usePaintId';
  * element's own id is kept in front only to make the markup readable.
  */
 
-function Stops({ stops }: { stops: readonly BookPaintStop[] }) {
-  return (
-    <>
-      {sortedStops(stops).map((s, i) => (
-        <stop
-          // Two stops may share an offset (a hard edge), so the index keys them.
-          key={i}
-          offset={r2(s.at)}
-          stopColor={s.color}
-          stopOpacity={stopAlpha(s) < 1 ? stopAlpha(s) : undefined}
-        />
-      ))}
-    </>
-  );
-}
-
-/** What a painted outline needs: the defs to put in the SVG, and how to fill the outline. */
-export interface PaintParts {
-  defs: ReactNode;
-  fill: string;
-  fillOpacity?: number;
-  /** A pattern's geometry, to draw clipped to the outline over its fill. */
-  pattern: { clipId: string; layers: { d: string; opacity: number }[]; transform?: string; ink: string } | null;
-}
-
-/**
- * What drawing a paint over a box takes: the gradient definition and the fill
- * to point at it, or a pattern's geometry to draw clipped to the outline over
- * its ground. A shape's outline and the letters of a text both draw from it.
- */
-export function paintParts(paint: BookPaint, box: PatternBox, id: string): PaintParts {
-  switch (paint.type) {
-    case 'solid':
-      return {
-        defs: null,
-        fill: paint.color,
-        fillOpacity: stopAlpha(paint) < 1 ? stopAlpha(paint) : undefined,
-        pattern: null,
-      };
-    case 'linear': {
-      const line = linearLine(paint.angle, box);
-      return {
-        defs: (
-          <linearGradient id={id} gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse" {...line}>
-            <Stops stops={paint.stops} />
-          </linearGradient>
-        ),
-        fill: `url(#${id})`,
-        pattern: null,
-      };
-    }
-    case 'radial':
-      return {
-        defs: (
-          <radialGradient
-            id={id}
-            gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse"
-            cx={r2(box.x + paint.cx * box.w)}
-            cy={r2(box.y + paint.cy * box.h)}
-            r={r2((paint.r * Math.hypot(box.w, box.h)) / 2)}
-          >
-            <Stops stops={paint.stops} />
-          </radialGradient>
-        ),
-        fill: `url(#${id})`,
-        pattern: null,
-      };
-    case 'pattern': {
-      const geo = patternGeometry(paint, box);
-      return {
-        defs: null,
-        fill: paint.bg ?? 'none',
-        pattern: { clipId: `${id}-clip`, layers: geo.layers, transform: geo.transform, ink: paint.fg },
-      };
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 type OutlineProps = Omit<SVGProps<SVGPathElement>, 'fill' | 'd'>;
 
 /**