diff --git a/src/core/CoreTextNode.ts b/src/core/CoreTextNode.ts
index b8c39250..b32370d7 100644
--- a/src/core/CoreTextNode.ts
+++ b/src/core/CoreTextNode.ts
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ export class CoreTextNode extends CoreNode implements CoreTextNodeProps {
 
       this.texture = this.stage.txManager.createTexture('ImageTexture', {
         premultiplyAlpha: true,
-        src: result.imageData as ImageData,
+        src: result.imageData,
       });
 
       this.props.w = width;
diff --git a/src/core/platforms/Platform.ts b/src/core/platforms/Platform.ts
index da76af6d..f04b8267 100644
--- a/src/core/platforms/Platform.ts
+++ b/src/core/platforms/Platform.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ export abstract class Platform {
    */
   abstract createCanvas(): HTMLCanvasElement;
 
+  abstract createOffscreenCanvas(): OffscreenCanvas | null;
+
   /**
    * Create new rendering context (only for WebGL, Canvas does not require a context)
    */
diff --git a/src/core/platforms/web/WebPlatform.ts b/src/core/platforms/web/WebPlatform.ts
index 1024e1be..4b92bc37 100644
--- a/src/core/platforms/web/WebPlatform.ts
+++ b/src/core/platforms/web/WebPlatform.ts
@@ -78,10 +78,17 @@ export class WebPlatform extends Platform {
   // Platform-specific methods
   ////////////////////////
 
-  override createCanvas(): HTMLCanvasElement {
+  override createCanvas() {
     return document.createElement('canvas');
   }
 
+  override createOffscreenCanvas() {
+    if (typeof OffscreenCanvas !== 'undefined') {
+      return new OffscreenCanvas(0, 0);
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
   override createContext(): GlContextWrapper {
     if (this.canvas === null) {
       throw new Error('Canvas has not been created yet.');
diff --git a/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasTexture.ts b/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasTexture.ts
index cc8461e0..ddbafea4 100644
--- a/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasTexture.ts
+++ b/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasTexture.ts
@@ -152,8 +152,6 @@ export class CanvasTexture extends CoreContextTexture {
   private async onLoadRequest(
     data: NonNullable<NonNullable<Texture['textureData']>['data']>,
   ): Promise<Dimensions> {
-    // TODO: canvas from text renderer should be able to provide the canvas directly
-    // instead of having to re-draw it into a new canvas...
     if (data instanceof ImageData) {
       const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
       canvas.width = data.width;
@@ -164,6 +162,8 @@ export class CanvasTexture extends CoreContextTexture {
       return { w: data.width, h: data.height };
     } else if (
       (typeof ImageBitmap !== 'undefined' && data instanceof ImageBitmap) ||
+      (typeof HTMLCanvasElement !== 'undefined' &&
+        data instanceof HTMLCanvasElement) ||
       data instanceof HTMLImageElement
     ) {
       this.image = data;
diff --git a/src/core/renderers/webgl/WebGlCtxSubTexture.ts b/src/core/renderers/webgl/WebGlCtxSubTexture.ts
index 68ca1a40..8b7ca621 100644
--- a/src/core/renderers/webgl/WebGlCtxSubTexture.ts
+++ b/src/core/renderers/webgl/WebGlCtxSubTexture.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export class WebGlCtxSubTexture extends WebGlCtxTexture {
       | SubTextureProps
       | CompressedData
       | HTMLImageElement
+      | HTMLCanvasElement
       | null,
   ): Dimensions {
     if (data === null) {
diff --git a/src/core/renderers/webgl/WebGlCtxTexture.ts b/src/core/renderers/webgl/WebGlCtxTexture.ts
index 29a643e0..ef1f3d20 100644
--- a/src/core/renderers/webgl/WebGlCtxTexture.ts
+++ b/src/core/renderers/webgl/WebGlCtxTexture.ts
@@ -194,13 +194,17 @@ export class WebGlCtxTexture extends CoreContextTexture {
     const memoryPadding = 1.1; // Add padding to account for GPU Padding
     const isImageBitmap =
       typeof ImageBitmap !== 'undefined' && tdata instanceof ImageBitmap;
+    const isHTMLCanvas =
+      typeof HTMLCanvasElement !== 'undefined' &&
+      tdata instanceof HTMLCanvasElement;
 
     // If textureData is null, the texture is empty (0, 0) and we don't need to
     // upload any data to the GPU.
     if (
       isImageBitmap ||
+      isHTMLCanvas ||
       tdata instanceof ImageData ||
-      // not using typeof HTMLI mageElement due to web worker
+      // not using typeof HTMLImageElement due to web worker
       isHTMLImageElement(tdata) === true
     ) {
       w = tdata.width;
diff --git a/src/core/text-rendering/CanvasTextRenderer.ts b/src/core/text-rendering/CanvasTextRenderer.ts
index 3a8da6e2..798fcad1 100644
--- a/src/core/text-rendering/CanvasTextRenderer.ts
+++ b/src/core/text-rendering/CanvasTextRenderer.ts
@@ -35,12 +35,16 @@ import { normalizeCanvasColor } from '../lib/colorCache.js';
 const type = 'canvas' as const;
 const font: FontHandler = CanvasFontHandler;
 
+let stage: Stage | null = null;
 let canvas: HTMLCanvasElement | OffscreenCanvas | null = null;
 let context:
   | CanvasRenderingContext2D
   | OffscreenCanvasRenderingContext2D
   | null = null;
 
+// Whether the drawing canvas is an OffscreenCanvas (supports transferToImageBitmap)
+let isOffscreen = false;
+
 // Separate canvas and context for text measurements
 let measureCanvas: HTMLCanvasElement | OffscreenCanvas | null = null;
 let measureContext:
@@ -56,26 +60,32 @@ const renderInfoCache = new Map<string, CanvasRenderInfo>();
 const _richTextResult = new ParseResult();
 
 // Initialize the Text Renderer
-const init = (stage: Stage): void => {
+const init = (_stage: Stage): void => {
+  stage = _stage;
   const dpr = stage.options.devicePhysicalPixelRatio;
 
   // Drawing canvas and context
-  canvas = stage.platform.createCanvas() as HTMLCanvasElement | OffscreenCanvas;
-  context = canvas.getContext('2d', { willReadFrequently: true }) as
+  canvas = stage.platform.createOffscreenCanvas();
+  if (canvas !== null) {
+    isOffscreen = true;
+  } else {
+    isOffscreen = false;
+    canvas = stage.platform.createCanvas();
+  }
+
+  context = canvas.getContext('2d') as
     | CanvasRenderingContext2D
     | OffscreenCanvasRenderingContext2D;
+  assertTruthy(context, '.getContext(2d) failed');
 
   context.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
   context.textRendering = 'optimizeSpeed';
 
   // Separate measuring canvas and context
-  measureCanvas = stage.platform.createCanvas() as
-    | HTMLCanvasElement
-    | OffscreenCanvas;
-  measureContext = measureCanvas.getContext('2d') as
-    | CanvasRenderingContext2D
-    | OffscreenCanvasRenderingContext2D;
-
+  measureCanvas = stage.platform.createCanvas();
+  assertTruthy(measureCanvas, 'createCanvas returned null');
+  measureContext = measureCanvas.getContext('2d');
+  assertTruthy(measureContext, '.getContext(2d) failed');
   measureContext.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
   measureContext.textRendering = 'optimizeSpeed';
 
@@ -165,8 +175,21 @@ const renderText = (props: CoreTextNodeProps): TextRenderInfo => {
   const canvasW = Math.ceil(effectiveWidth);
   const canvasH = Math.ceil(effectiveHeight);
 
-  canvas.width = canvasW;
-  canvas.height = canvasH;
+  // For OffscreenCanvas we reuse the shared canvas and snapshot via
+  // transferToImageBitmap at the end. For HTMLCanvasElement we allocate a
+  // fresh canvas per text node so it can be passed directly as the texture
+  // source — no pixel readback or intermediate copy needed.
+  let drawCanvas: HTMLCanvasElement | OffscreenCanvas;
+  if (isOffscreen) {
+    drawCanvas = canvas;
+  } else {
+    assertTruthy(stage, 'Stage is not available');
+    drawCanvas = stage.platform.createCanvas();
+    context = drawCanvas.getContext('2d') as CanvasRenderingContext2D;
+  }
+
+  drawCanvas.width = canvasW;
+  drawCanvas.height = canvasH;
   context.fillStyle = 'white';
   context.font = baseFont;
   context.textBaseline = 'hanging';
@@ -357,10 +380,26 @@ const renderText = (props: CoreTextNodeProps): TextRenderInfo => {
     }
   }
 
-  // Extract image data
-  let imageData: ImageData | null = null;
-  if (canvas.width > 0 && canvas.height > 0) {
-    imageData = context.getImageData(0, 0, canvasW, canvasH);
+  // Capture the rendered text as a texture source.
+  // OffscreenCanvas: transferToImageBitmap detaches the backing bitmap
+  //   synchronously (zero-copy). The shared canvas gets a fresh empty bitmap.
+  // HTMLCanvasElement: drawCanvas was allocated specifically for this text
+  //   node, so it can be passed directly — no copy needed.
+  let imageData: ImageBitmap | HTMLCanvasElement | null = null;
+  if (drawCanvas.width > 0 && drawCanvas.height > 0) {
+    if (isOffscreen) {
+      assertTruthy(
+        drawCanvas instanceof OffscreenCanvas,
+        'drawCanvas is not an OffscreenCanvas',
+      );
+      imageData = drawCanvas.transferToImageBitmap();
+    } else {
+      assertTruthy(
+        drawCanvas instanceof HTMLCanvasElement,
+        'drawCanvas is not an HTMLCanvasElement',
+      );
+      imageData = drawCanvas;
+    }
   }
   const renderInfo = {
     type,
diff --git a/src/core/text-rendering/TextRenderer.ts b/src/core/text-rendering/TextRenderer.ts
index 798e23e3..88831b3b 100644
--- a/src/core/text-rendering/TextRenderer.ts
+++ b/src/core/text-rendering/TextRenderer.ts
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ export type SdfRenderInfo = RenderInfo & {
 
 export type CanvasRenderInfo = RenderInfo & {
   type: 'canvas';
-  imageData: ImageData;
+  imageData: ImageBitmap | HTMLCanvasElement;
 };
 
 export type TextRenderInfo = SdfRenderInfo | CanvasRenderInfo;
diff --git a/src/core/textures/ImageTexture.ts b/src/core/textures/ImageTexture.ts
index 8eeda8f4..45e64f11 100644
--- a/src/core/textures/ImageTexture.ts
+++ b/src/core/textures/ImageTexture.ts
@@ -27,15 +27,21 @@ import type { CompressedImageData } from '../platforms/web/lib/textureCompressio
  */
 export interface ImageTextureProps {
   /**
-   * Source URL or ImageData for the image to be used as a texture.
+   * Source URL or image source for the image to be used as a texture.
    *
    * @remarks
-   * The ImageData type is currently only supported internally. End users should
-   * only set this property to a URL string.
+   * The ImageData, ImageBitmap, and HTMLCanvasElement types are currently only
+   * supported internally. End users should only set this property to a URL string.
    *
    * @default ''
    */
-  src?: string | Blob | ImageData | (() => ImageData | null);
+  src?:
+    | string
+    | Blob
+    | ImageData
+    | ImageBitmap
+    | HTMLCanvasElement
+    | (() => ImageData | ImageBitmap | HTMLCanvasElement | null);
   /**
    * Whether to premultiply the alpha channel into the color channels of the
    * image.
@@ -218,14 +224,9 @@ export class ImageTexture extends Texture {
         return platform.createImage(src, premultiply, sx, sy, sw, sh);
       }
 
-      if (src instanceof ImageData) {
-        return {
-          data: src,
-          premultiplyAlpha,
-        };
-      }
+      // ImageData, ImageBitmap, or HTMLCanvasElement
       return {
-        data: src(),
+        data: typeof src === 'function' ? src() : src,
         premultiplyAlpha,
       };
     }
diff --git a/src/core/textures/Texture.ts b/src/core/textures/Texture.ts
index e1d18b0e..79eb5ac0 100644
--- a/src/core/textures/Texture.ts
+++ b/src/core/textures/Texture.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ export interface TextureData {
   data:
     | ImageBitmap
     | ImageData
+    | HTMLCanvasElement
     | SubTextureProps
     | CompressedData
     | HTMLImageElement