diff --git a/packages/core/src/canvas/scene.ts b/packages/core/src/canvas/scene.ts
index af3217fdd..39af5af7f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/canvas/scene.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/canvas/scene.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import type { Color } from '#core/types'
 import { vectorNetworkToCenterlinePath } from '#core/vector'
 
 import { renderBooleanOperation } from './boolean'
-import { nodeHasRadius } from './shapes'
 import type { SkiaRenderer, RenderOverlays } from './renderer'
+import { nodeHasRadius } from './shapes'
 import {
   drawDashedRRectWithSolidCorners,
   drawStyledRRectStroke,
@@ -557,15 +557,6 @@ export function renderText(r: SkiaRenderer, canvas: Canvas, node: SceneNode, fil
   }
 
   const paragraphY = 0
-  if (!r.isNodeFontLoaded(node)) {
-    canvas.restore()
-    return
-  }
-  if (isGradientFill(fill) && drawGradientText(r, canvas, node, paragraphY)) {
-    canvas.restore()
-    return
-  }
-
   if (node.textPicture) {
     const pic = r.ck.MakePicture(node.textPicture)
     if (pic) {
@@ -579,6 +570,15 @@ export function renderText(r: SkiaRenderer, canvas: Canvas, node: SceneNode, fil
     canvas.restore()
     return
   }
+
+  if (!r.isNodeFontLoaded(node)) {
+    canvas.restore()
+    return
+  }
+  if (isGradientFill(fill) && drawGradientText(r, canvas, node, paragraphY)) {
+    canvas.restore()
+    return
+  }
   if (r.fontsLoaded && r.fontProvider) {
     const paragraph = r.buildParagraph(node, r.fillPaint.getColor())
     canvas.drawParagraph(paragraph, 0, paragraphY)
diff --git a/tests/engine/render/canvas/derived-text.test.ts b/tests/engine/render/canvas/derived-text.test.ts
index bbb8057b6..4f411901e 100644
--- a/tests/engine/render/canvas/derived-text.test.ts
+++ b/tests/engine/render/canvas/derived-text.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,98 @@
-import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test'
+import { beforeAll, describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test'
 
+import { renderNodesToImage, SceneGraph, SkiaRenderer } from '@open-pencil/core'
+
+import { initCanvasKit } from '#cli/headless'
 import { snapFigmaDerivedGlyphBaseline } from '#core/canvas/text-derived'
 
+import { expectDefined } from '#tests/helpers/assert'
+
+let ck: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof initCanvasKit>>
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  ck = await initCanvasKit()
+})
+
+function squareCommandsBlob(): Uint8Array {
+  const blob = new Uint8Array(1 + 4 * 9 + 1)
+  const view = new DataView(blob.buffer)
+  let offset = 0
+  const commands = [
+    { command: 1, x: 0, y: 0 },
+    { command: 2, x: 1, y: 0 },
+    { command: 2, x: 1, y: 1 },
+    { command: 2, x: 0, y: 1 }
+  ]
+  for (const { command, x, y } of commands) {
+    blob[offset] = command
+    view.setFloat32(offset + 1, x, true)
+    view.setFloat32(offset + 5, y, true)
+    offset += 9
+  }
+  blob[offset] = 0
+  return blob
+}
+
 describe('derived text rendering', () => {
   test('snaps Figma glyph baselines to device pixels', () => {
     expect(snapFigmaDerivedGlyphBaseline(47.45454406738281)).toBe(47)
     expect(snapFigmaDerivedGlyphBaseline(15.090909004211426)).toBe(15)
     expect(snapFigmaDerivedGlyphBaseline(17.81818199157715)).toBe(18)
   })
+
+  test('draws Figma-derived glyphs even when the font is unavailable', async () => {
+    const graph = new SceneGraph()
+    const page = graph.getPages()[0]
+    const text = graph.createNode('TEXT', page.id, {
+      width: 20,
+      height: 20,
+      text: 'x',
+      fontFamily: '__MissingFont__',
+      fills: [
+        {
+          type: 'SOLID',
+          color: { r: 0, g: 0, b: 0, a: 1 },
+          opacity: 1,
+          visible: true
+        }
+      ],
+      figmaDerivedTextGlyphs: [
+        {
+          commandsBlob: squareCommandsBlob(),
+          x: 2,
+          y: 12,
+          fontSize: 10
+        }
+      ]
+    })
+
+    const surface = expectDefined(ck.MakeSurface(1, 1), 'surface')
+    const renderer = new SkiaRenderer(ck, surface)
+
+    try {
+      const png = expectDefined(
+        renderNodesToImage(ck, renderer, graph, page.id, [text.id], {
+          scale: 1,
+          format: 'PNG'
+        }),
+        'png'
+      )
+      const image = expectDefined(ck.MakeImageFromEncoded(png), 'image')
+      const pixels = expectDefined(
+        image.readPixels(0, 0, {
+          alphaType: ck.AlphaType.Unpremul,
+          colorType: ck.ColorType.RGBA_8888,
+          colorSpace: ck.ColorSpace.SRGB,
+          width: image.width(),
+          height: image.height()
+        }),
+        'pixels'
+      )
+
+      expect(Math.max(...pixels.filter((_, index) => index % 4 === 3))).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+      image.delete()
+    } finally {
+      surface.delete()
+    }
+  })
 })