diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad4031375..21cba7547 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 - Fix browser/headless rendering mismatch for imported toolbar/instance content by correcting runtime imported layout recomputation instead of diverging browser rendering behavior
 - Fix `set_layout` tool not defaulting to HUG sizing when enabling auto-layout — frames now shrink/grow to fit children instead of keeping fixed dimensions
 - Normalize font family names on `.fig` export — strip optical size suffixes (e.g. "DM Sans 9pt" → "DM Sans") so Figma recognizes the font
+- TEXT nodes now default to a solid black fill — previously exported with no fill, making text invisible when opened in Figma
 - Fix save crash when COLOR variable is missing alpha channel
 - Fix console error spam on deployed web app from automation WebSocket reconnect loop
 - Fix headless CLI font fallback — bundled Inter font now ships with `@open-pencil/core` and loads without a web server
diff --git a/packages/core/src/scene-graph.ts b/packages/core/src/scene-graph.ts
index 4c2f4bb79..fa0fc1bb5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/scene-graph.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/scene-graph.ts
@@ -371,7 +371,9 @@ function createDefaultNode(type: NodeType, overrides: Partial<SceneNode> = {}):
     width: 100,
     height: 100,
     rotation: 0,
-    fills: [],
+    fills: type === 'TEXT'
+      ? [{ type: 'SOLID' as const, color: { r: 0, g: 0, b: 0, a: 1 }, opacity: 1, visible: true }]
+      : [],
     strokes: [],
     effects: [],
     opacity: 1,
diff --git a/tests/engine/font-normalize-export.test.ts b/tests/engine/font-normalize-export.test.ts
index d222bc7e1..b2fc76f58 100644
--- a/tests/engine/font-normalize-export.test.ts
+++ b/tests/engine/font-normalize-export.test.ts
@@ -82,3 +82,70 @@ describe('Font family normalization on .fig export', () => {
     expect(textNode.fontFamily).toBe('Roboto')
   })
 })
+
+describe('TEXT node default fill', () => {
+  test('TEXT node without explicit fills exports with solid black fill', async () => {
+    const graph = new SceneGraph()
+    graph.createNode('TEXT', pageId(graph), {
+      name: 'No Fill Specified',
+      x: 0,
+      y: 0,
+      width: 100,
+      height: 20,
+      text: 'Hello',
+      fontFamily: 'Inter',
+      fontWeight: 400,
+      fontSize: 14,
+    })
+
+    const exported = await exportFigFile(graph)
+    const reimported = await parseFigFile(exported.buffer as ArrayBuffer)
+
+    const nodes = [...reimported.nodes.values()]
+    const textNode = nodes.find((n) => n.type === 'TEXT')!
+    expect(textNode.fills.length).toBe(1)
+    expect(textNode.fills[0].type).toBe('SOLID')
+    expect(textNode.fills[0].color.r).toBe(0)
+    expect(textNode.fills[0].color.g).toBe(0)
+    expect(textNode.fills[0].color.b).toBe(0)
+    expect(textNode.fills[0].color.a).toBe(1)
+  })
+
+  test('TEXT node with explicit fill preserves it', async () => {
+    const graph = new SceneGraph()
+    graph.createNode('TEXT', pageId(graph), {
+      name: 'Gold Text',
+      x: 0,
+      y: 0,
+      width: 100,
+      height: 20,
+      text: 'Hello',
+      fontFamily: 'Inter',
+      fontWeight: 400,
+      fontSize: 14,
+      fills: [{ type: 'SOLID', color: { r: 0.96, g: 0.72, b: 0, a: 1 }, opacity: 1, visible: true }],
+    })
+
+    const exported = await exportFigFile(graph)
+    const reimported = await parseFigFile(exported.buffer as ArrayBuffer)
+
+    const nodes = [...reimported.nodes.values()]
+    const textNode = nodes.find((n) => n.type === 'TEXT')!
+    expect(textNode.fills.length).toBe(1)
+    expect(textNode.fills[0].color.r).toBeCloseTo(0.96, 1)
+    expect(textNode.fills[0].color.g).toBeCloseTo(0.72, 1)
+    expect(textNode.fills[0].color.b).toBeCloseTo(0, 1)
+  })
+
+  test('non-TEXT node still defaults to empty fills', async () => {
+    const graph = new SceneGraph()
+    const node = graph.createNode('RECTANGLE', pageId(graph), {
+      name: 'Rect',
+      x: 0,
+      y: 0,
+      width: 100,
+      height: 100,
+    })
+    expect(graph.getNode(node.id)!.fills.length).toBe(0)
+  })
+})