diff --git a/crates/ink/src/lib.rs b/crates/ink/src/lib.rs
index aa44401..f73250f 100644
--- a/crates/ink/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ink/src/lib.rs
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ impl Stroke {
         self.dabs.is_empty()
     }
 
-    /// The box the ink covers, with the width of the stroke taken into account.
+    /// The box the ink covers, including smoothing and the selected full-width padding.
     /// `None` for a stroke with no readings.
     pub fn bounds(&self) -> Option<(f32, f32, f32, f32)> {
         let first = self.dabs.first()?;
@@ -257,6 +257,17 @@ impl Stroke {
             x1 = x1.max(d.x);
             y1 = y1.max(d.y);
         }
+        // Catmull-Rom can bow beyond the readings. Keep the original padding and
+        // extrema, but also enclose the same sampled curve that the painter and
+        // saved outline use. Dots and two-reading lines need no smoothing.
+        if self.dabs.len() >= 3 {
+            for d in shape::centre(self) {
+                x0 = x0.min(d.x);
+                y0 = y0.min(d.y);
+                x1 = x1.max(d.x);
+                y1 = y1.max(d.y);
+            }
+        }
         let edge = self.width / 2.0;
         Some((x0 - edge, y0 - edge, x1 + edge, y1 + edge))
     }
diff --git a/crates/ink/tests/smoothed_bounds.rs b/crates/ink/tests/smoothed_bounds.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12c85ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ink/tests/smoothed_bounds.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+use notecraft_ink::{Dab, Drawing, Rgb, Stroke, Tool, pick, shape, svg};
+
+fn curved(tool: Tool, turn: usize, reverse: bool) -> Stroke {
+    let mut stroke = Stroke::new(tool, Rgb::BLACK, 4.0);
+    for (x, y, pressure) in [(10.0, 0.0, 0.2), (110.0, 0.0, 1.0), (111.0, 0.0, 0.4), (210.0, 200.0, 0.8)] {
+        let (x, y) = match turn {
+            0 => (x, y),
+            1 => (-y, x),
+            2 => (-x, -y),
+            _ => (y, -x),
+        };
+        stroke.add(Dab::new(x, y, pressure));
+    }
+    if reverse {
+        stroke.dabs.reverse();
+    }
+    stroke
+}
+
+fn contains(bounds: (f32, f32, f32, f32), point: (f32, f32)) -> bool {
+    point.0 >= bounds.0 - 0.0001 && point.1 >= bounds.1 - 0.0001 && point.0 <= bounds.2 + 0.0001 && point.1 <= bounds.3 + 0.0001
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn smoothed_bounds_include_visible_ink_and_selection_in_every_direction() {
+    for tool in Tool::ALL {
+        for turn in 0..4 {
+            for reverse in [false, true] {
+                let stroke = curved(tool, turn, reverse);
+                let bounds = stroke.bounds().expect("stroke bounds");
+                let ring = shape::outline(&stroke);
+                let mut drawing = Drawing::new(240.0, 240.0);
+                drawing.add(stroke);
+                let selected = pick::bounds(&drawing, &[0]).expect("selection bounds");
+                assert_eq!(drawing.bounds(), Some(bounds));
+                assert_eq!(selected, bounds);
+                let viewport = (drawing.view_x, drawing.view_y, drawing.view_x + drawing.width, drawing.view_y + drawing.height);
+                for point in ring {
+                    assert!(contains(bounds, point), "{tool:?} turn={turn} reverse={reverse}: {point:?} outside stroke/selection bounds {bounds:?}");
+                    assert!(contains(viewport, point), "{point:?} outside saved viewport {viewport:?}");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn smoothed_bounds_preserve_full_width_padding_and_existing_sheet_area() {
+    for count in [1, 2, 3] {
+        let mut stroke = Stroke::new(Tool::Pen, Rgb::BLACK, 40.0);
+        for x in [50.0, 100.0, 150.0].into_iter().take(count) {
+            stroke.add(Dab::new(x, 60.0, 0.0));
+        }
+        assert_eq!(
+            stroke.bounds(),
+            Some((30.0, 40.0, 50.0 * count as f32 + 20.0, 80.0)),
+            "keep selected maximum-width padding even with light pressure"
+        );
+    }
+    let mut drawing = Drawing::new(600.0, 800.0);
+    drawing.set_view_box(-30.0, -40.0, 600.0, 800.0);
+    drawing.add(curved(Tool::Pen, 0, false));
+    assert_eq!(
+        (drawing.view_x, drawing.view_y, drawing.width, drawing.height),
+        (-30.0, -40.0, 600.0, 800.0),
+        "bounds must not shrink an existing sheet"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn smoothed_bounds_svg_round_trip_keeps_readings_and_a_stable_viewport() {
+    let stroke = curved(Tool::Pen, 0, false);
+    let mut drawing = Drawing::new(240.0, 240.0);
+    drawing.add(stroke.clone());
+    assert!(drawing.view_y < -10.0, "the viewport includes the smoothed lobe above the raw readings");
+    let text = svg::write(&drawing, svg::Flavour::Editable);
+    let (back, flat) = svg::read(&text).expect("saved drawing");
+    assert_eq!(flat, 0);
+    assert_eq!(back.strokes, vec![stroke]);
+    assert_eq!(svg::write(&back, svg::Flavour::Editable), text, "rereading must not keep growing or move the viewport");
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/ink_svg_bounds.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ink_svg_bounds.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e37ccb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ink_svg_bounds.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+//! Real Stroke -> SVG -> existing SVG-loader regressions. No window or test doubles.
+use notecraft_ink::{Dab, Drawing, Rgb, Stroke, Tool, svg};
+
+#[test]
+fn saved_svg_keeps_smoothed_ink_outside_the_raw_reading_bounds() {
+    let mut stroke = Stroke::new(Tool::Pen, Rgb::BLACK, 4.0);
+    for (x, y) in [(10.0, 0.0), (110.0, 0.0), (111.0, 0.0), (210.0, 200.0)] {
+        stroke.add(Dab::new(x, y, 1.0));
+    }
+    let mut drawing = Drawing::new(240.0, 240.0);
+    drawing.add(stroke);
+    let mut expanded = drawing.clone();
+    expanded.set_view_box(-10.0, -30.0, 260.0, 280.0);
+    for flavour in [svg::Flavour::Plain, svg::Flavour::Editable] {
+        let text = svg::write(&drawing, flavour);
+        let control_text = svg::write(&expanded, flavour);
+        assert_eq!(text.split_once("<title>").map(|p| p.1), control_text.split_once("<title>").map(|p| p.1), "the control changes only the viewport");
+        let control = egui_extras::image::load_svg_bytes(control_text.as_bytes(), &Default::default()).expect("control raster");
+        let image = egui_extras::image::load_svg_bytes(text.as_bytes(), &Default::default()).expect("saved raster");
+        let (i, witness) = control
+            .pixels
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .filter(|(i, _)| expanded.view_y + (*i / control.size[0]) as f32 + 0.5 < -3.0)
+            .max_by_key(|(_, p)| p.a())
+            .expect("overshoot raster pixels");
+        assert!(witness.a() > 128, "the expanded control must contain clearly painted overshoot");
+        let x = expanded.view_x + (i % control.size[0]) as f32 + 0.5;
+        let y = expanded.view_y + (i / control.size[0]) as f32 + 0.5;
+        let px = ((x - drawing.view_x) * image.size[0] as f32 / drawing.width).floor() as isize;
+        let py = ((y - drawing.view_y) * image.size[1] as f32 / drawing.height).floor() as isize;
+        let alpha = if px >= 0 && py >= 0 && px < image.size[0] as isize && py < image.size[1] as isize {
+            image.pixels[py as usize * image.size[0] + px as usize].a()
+        } else {
+            0
+        };
+        assert!(alpha > 128, "{flavour:?}: saved viewport clips visible curve at ({x}, {y}), alpha={alpha}");
+    }
+}