diff --git a/packages/text-motion/src/__tests__/overlayTextMaskBleed.test.tsx b/packages/text-motion/src/__tests__/overlayTextMaskBleed.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efc7d6d
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+++ b/packages/text-motion/src/__tests__/overlayTextMaskBleed.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+import type { StyleProp, ViewStyle } from 'react-native';
+import type { TestInstance } from 'test-renderer';
+
+import {
+  defineTextMotion,
+  lineReveal,
+  overlayText,
+  pulse,
+  scale,
+  stagger,
+} from '@react-native-motion-kit/text-motion';
+import { fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react-native';
+import { StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
+import * as Reanimated from 'react-native-reanimated';
+
+type NativeLine = {
+  height: number;
+  text: string;
+  width: number;
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+};
+
+const SOURCE_TEXT = 'AAAA\nbbbb';
+const LINES: readonly NativeLine[] = [
+  { height: 30, text: 'AAAA', width: 100, x: 0, y: 0 },
+  { height: 30, text: 'bbbb', width: 90, x: 0, y: 36 },
+];
+const FRACTIONAL_LINES: readonly NativeLine[] = [
+  { height: 30.25, text: 'AAAA', width: 100, x: 0, y: 0.25 },
+  { height: 30.25, text: 'bbbb', width: 90, x: 0, y: 36.75 },
+];
+
+function hidden(testID: string) {
+  return screen.getByTestId(testID, { includeHiddenElements: true });
+}
+
+function styleOf(node: TestInstance): ViewStyle {
+  const style = StyleSheet.flatten(node.props.style as StyleProp<ViewStyle>) ?? {};
+  return node.props.jestAnimatedStyle ? { ...style, ...Reanimated.getAnimatedStyle(node) } : style;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Follow a native glyph band's vertical interval through the rendered host tree.
+ * Local overflow clips apply before the element's position/translation. Stop in
+ * the outer mask's coordinates: its frame scale/pulse cannot introduce a source
+ * band that was already excluded. These fixtures use translation-only content.
+ */
+function visibleBandHeight(targetIndex: number, sourceLine: NativeLine): number {
+  const mask = hidden(`band-${targetIndex}`);
+  let node: TestInstance | null = hidden(`band-${targetIndex}-copy`);
+  let start = sourceLine.y;
+  let end = sourceLine.y + sourceLine.height;
+
+  while (node) {
+    const style = styleOf(node);
+    if (style.overflow === 'hidden') {
+      if (typeof style.height !== 'number') {
+        throw new Error('A vertical line clip must have a numeric height.');
+      }
+      start = Math.max(0, start);
+      end = Math.min(style.height, end);
+      if (end <= start) return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (node === mask) return end - start;
+
+    const translateY = Array.isArray(style.transform)
+      ? style.transform.reduce(
+          (offset, transform) =>
+            'translateY' in transform && typeof transform.translateY === 'number'
+              ? offset + transform.translateY
+              : offset,
+          0,
+        )
+      : 0;
+    const offset = (typeof style.top === 'number' ? style.top : 0) + translateY;
+    start += offset;
+    end += offset;
+    node = node.parent;
+  }
+
+  throw new Error('The paragraph copy must be contained by its own line mask.');
+}
+
+async function renderLines({
+  offset,
+  progress = 0.2,
+  lines = LINES,
+  scaleFrame = false,
+}: {
+  offset: number;
+  progress?: number;
+  lines?: readonly NativeLine[];
+  scaleFrame?: boolean;
+}) {
+  const effect = lineReveal({ y: offset });
+  const Reveal = defineTextMotion()
+    .layout(overlayText({ testIDPrefix: 'band' }))
+    .timeline(stagger(0.16))
+    .effect(scaleFrame ? effect.and(scale({ from: 1.5 })).and(pulse({ scale: 1.2 })) : effect)
+    .component();
+
+  await render(<Reveal progress={Reanimated.makeMutable(progress)}>{SOURCE_TEXT}</Reveal>);
+  const source = screen.getByText(SOURCE_TEXT, { includeHiddenElements: true });
+  await fireEvent(source, 'textLayout', { nativeEvent: { lines } });
+}
+
+describe('overlayText line source isolation', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.useFakeTimers();
+    jest.mocked(Reanimated.useReducedMotion).mockReturnValue(false);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.mocked(Reanimated.useReducedMotion).mockReset();
+    jest.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    { name: 'previous line during downward reveal', offset: 24, target: 1, neighbor: 0 },
+    { name: 'next line during upward reveal', offset: -24, target: 0, neighbor: 1 },
+  ])('never exposes the $name', async ({ offset, target, neighbor }) => {
+    await renderLines({ offset });
+
+    expect(visibleBandHeight(target, LINES[neighbor]!)).toBe(0);
+    expect(visibleBandHeight(target, LINES[target]!)).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps a mask empty while its own line is completely outside the reveal window', async () => {
+    await renderLines({ offset: 48 });
+
+    expect(visibleBandHeight(1, LINES[0]!)).toBe(0);
+    expect(visibleBandHeight(1, LINES[1]!)).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('isolates neighboring glyph bands with fractional native line geometry', async () => {
+    await renderLines({ offset: 24, lines: FRACTIONAL_LINES });
+
+    expect(visibleBandHeight(1, FRACTIONAL_LINES[0]!)).toBe(0);
+    expect(visibleBandHeight(1, FRACTIONAL_LINES[1]!)).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
+  it.each([24, -24])(
+    'shows only each complete intended line at final progress for offset %s',
+    async (offset) => {
+      await renderLines({ offset, progress: 1 });
+
+      for (const [index, line] of LINES.entries()) {
+        expect(visibleBandHeight(index, line)).toBeCloseTo(line.height);
+        expect(visibleBandHeight(index, LINES[index === 0 ? 1 : 0]!)).toBe(0);
+      }
+    },
+  );
+
+  it('retains source isolation while the outer frame grows with scale and pulse', async () => {
+    await renderLines({ offset: 24, scaleFrame: true });
+
+    expect(visibleBandHeight(1, LINES[0]!)).toBe(0);
+    expect(visibleBandHeight(1, LINES[1]!)).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    const frame = styleOf(hidden('band-1'));
+    const scaleTransform = Array.isArray(frame.transform)
+      ? frame.transform.find((transform) => 'scale' in transform)
+      : undefined;
+    expect(scaleTransform?.scale).toBeGreaterThan(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/text-motion/src/renderers/overlayText.tsx b/packages/text-motion/src/renderers/overlayText.tsx
index 5eb9003..6746ed4 100644
--- a/packages/text-motion/src/renderers/overlayText.tsx
+++ b/packages/text-motion/src/renderers/overlayText.tsx
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ const LINE_ANIMATION_STYLE = {
   top: 0,
   width: '100%',
 } as const satisfies ViewStyle;
+const LINE_CONTENT_CLIP_STYLE = {
+  overflow: 'hidden',
+  width: '100%',
+} as const satisfies ViewStyle;
 const PARAGRAPH_COPY_STYLE = {
   left: 0,
   position: 'absolute',
@@ -464,14 +468,17 @@ function OverlayTextLineMask({
         style={[LINE_ANIMATION_STYLE, revealContentAnimatedStyle] as StyleProp<ViewStyle>}
         testID={motionTestID}
       >
-        <Text
-          {...HIDDEN_ACCESSIBILITY_PROPS}
-          {...typographyProps}
-          style={[textStyle, PARAGRAPH_COPY_STYLE, { top: createParagraphCopyOffset(line) }]}
-          testID={paragraphTestID}
-        >
-          {children}
-        </Text>
+        {/* Isolate this source line before moving it through the reveal mask. */}
+        <View collapsable={false} style={[LINE_CONTENT_CLIP_STYLE, { height: line.height }]}>
+          <Text
+            {...HIDDEN_ACCESSIBILITY_PROPS}
+            {...typographyProps}
+            style={[textStyle, PARAGRAPH_COPY_STYLE, { top: createParagraphCopyOffset(line) }]}
+            testID={paragraphTestID}
+          >
+            {children}
+          </Text>
+        </View>
       </AnimatedView>
     </AnimatedView>
   );