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+# valw Phase 5b: editor text, pixelate, numbers, crop (design)
+
+Date: 2026-10-03
+Status: approved in brainstorming, pending written-spec review
+Builds on: Phase 5a (`valw edit`), `docs/superpowers/specs/2026-10-02-valw-phase-5a-editor-design.md`
+
+## 1. Goal
+
+Finish the editor's tool set from vision 4.5: text, hiding sensitive
+parts, numbered markers and crop, with the same guarantee as 5a: the
+saved PNG is what the canvas shows.
+
+### Out of scope
+
+- Editing, moving or selecting finished shapes (text included).
+- Blur (pixelate only), font choice, text background boxes.
+
+## 2. Decisions
+
+| Question | Decision | Why |
+|---|---|---|
+| Text editing | Place and type; Enter or a click elsewhere finishes; no re-editing (undo instead) | No selection model yet |
+| Text look | Bold, chosen colour, thin dark outline; S/M/L = 16/24/36 px | Readable on any background |
+| Font | DejaVu Sans Bold, vendored in `assets/fonts/` with its licence | Turkish glyphs, permissive licence, works without system fonts |
+| Text rendering | Glyph outlines from `ab_glyph`, filled and stroked by tiny-skia | One renderer for canvas and export |
+| Hiding | Pixelate only | Can't be undone by deblurring |
+| Crop | Drag, adjust edges, Enter applies, Esc cancels; an undoable history step | User choice |
+
+## 3. Behaviour
+
+New tools, after the 5a ones in the toolbar: **Text (T), Pixelate (B),
+Number (N), Crop (C)**. Ctrl+C stays Copy.
+
+### 3.1 Text
+
+- A click on the image starts a text at that point (its top-left).
+  Typing inserts characters, Backspace deletes, Shift+Enter starts a new
+  line, Enter or a press anywhere else finishes it. Esc while typing
+  drops the text (and does not trigger the close flow).
+- An empty text is discarded. While typing, the single-letter tool keys
+  and Ctrl+Z/Ctrl+Y act on the text box only as text (letters) or not at
+  all (Ctrl shortcuts are ignored until the text finishes).
+- Look: the glyphs filled in the chosen colour over an outline in near
+  black (`#1c1c1e` at 80 % opacity) of width `size / 8`, so it reads on
+  light and dark backgrounds. White text gets the same dark outline.
+- Size from the width control: S 16, M 24, L 36 px (image pixels); line
+  height 1.2 × size; kerning from the font.
+- A caret (a thin line after the last glyph) blinks while typing; it is
+  never exported.
+
+### 3.2 Pixelate
+
+- Drag a rectangle (Shift: square). On release the area turns into
+  blocks of S 8, M 12, L 20 px, aligned to the rectangle's top-left; each
+  block takes the average colour (alpha included) of what is under it at
+  that point in the history, so earlier shapes are pixelated too. Edge
+  blocks are partial.
+- A click (under 2 px) is discarded.
+
+### 3.3 Numbers
+
+- A click places a filled circle in the chosen colour with a white bold
+  number centred in it. Diameter S 24, M 32, L 44 px; the number's size
+  is 0.55 × diameter.
+- The number is 1 + the count of numbers already in the document, so
+  undo makes the next number reuse the freed one.
+
+### 3.4 Crop
+
+- Drag a rectangle: the outside darkens (50 % black over the canvas), the
+  inside stays clear, with a 1 px white border. Dragging within 8 screen
+  px of an edge or corner moves that edge (corners move two); the cursor
+  shows the resize direction.
+- Enter applies it, Esc cancels it (Esc then does not start the close
+  flow). Switching tools cancels it.
+- An applied crop is one history step: undo restores the previous view.
+  The canvas shows only the cropped area, fitted as in 5a. Shapes keep
+  their original image coordinates; drawing is clamped to the crop.
+- A later crop happens inside the current one.
+- Export: everything is drawn on the full image, then the last crop's
+  rectangle is cut out. "Unsaved" compares the history including crops.
+
+## 4. Structure
+
+| File | Change |
+|---|---|
+| `assets/fonts/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf`, `assets/fonts/LICENSE-DejaVu` | The vendored font |
+| `src/editor/text.rs` (new) | The embedded font, layout (lines, advances, kerning), glyph outlines → tiny-skia paths, text width/height |
+| `src/editor/shape.rs` | `Tool::{Text, Pixelate, Number, Crop}`; `Shape` gains the text payload; geometry for numbers |
+| `src/editor/doc.rs` | History entries become `Item::{Shape(Shape), Crop(PixelRect)}`; `crop()`; next number |
+| `src/editor/export.rs` | Text, pixelation, number glyphs; final crop |
+| `src/editor/view.rs` | Fitting the crop rectangle instead of the whole image |
+| `src/editor/mod.rs` | Text input, crop handles and keys, toolbar entries |
+
+Dependency: `ab_glyph`.
+
+## 5. Testing
+
+Unit tests (`cargo nextest`):
+- `text`: line breaking on `\n`, width grows with characters, kerning
+  applied, Turkish letters (`ğüşıöçİ`) have glyphs, an empty string has no
+  size.
+- `export`: text pixels inside the glyph box use the colour; the outline
+  darkens the edge; pixelation makes each block uniform with the block's
+  average; a pixelate after a red line pixelates the line; a number draws
+  a filled circle with white in its centre; a crop sets the output size
+  and offset.
+- `doc`: numbers count only `Number` shapes and follow undo; crops are
+  undoable and nest; dirty includes crops.
+- `view`: fitting a crop rectangle; screen ↔ image round trip with a
+  crop.
+- `mod`: the crop edge hit-test (edges, corners, inside, outside).
+
+Manual checks go to the Phase 5b section of `docs/test-checklist.md`.
+
+## 6. Definition of done
+
+`cargo clippy -- -D warnings`, `cargo fmt --check`, `cargo nextest run`
+and `nix flake check` pass; the checklist section is written.