diff --git a/crates/text/src/lib.rs b/crates/text/src/lib.rs
index 9acc26c0..d09f5b32 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/lib.rs
@@ -413,6 +413,9 @@ struct ParaShaped {
     /// Size of the paragraph's first run (spacing percentages, empty lines).
     lead_size: f64,
     lead_face: Arc<FontFace>,
+    /// Size of the paragraph mark (`a:endParaRPr`): what an empty last line is sized by.
+    end_size: f64,
+    end_face: Arc<FontFace>,
     bullet: Option<(String, Style)>,
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     level: u8,
@@ -709,7 +712,9 @@ fn shape_para(ctx: &Ctx, shape: &Shape, body: &TextBody, pi: usize, scale: f64,
             faces: vec![],
             props: ParaProps::default(),
             lead_size: 18.0,
-            lead_face: face,
+            lead_face: face.clone(),
+            end_size: 18.0,
+            end_face: face,
             bullet: None,
             level: 0,
             rtl: false,
@@ -741,6 +746,9 @@ fn shape_para(ctx: &Ctx, shape: &Shape, body: &TextBody, pi: usize, scale: f64,
     let lead_style = make_style(ctx, &lead, scale, opts.prompt_color);
     let lead_size = lead_style.size;
     let lead_face = lead_style.face.clone();
+    // The paragraph mark, which ends the last line when no break does.
+    let end_style = make_style(ctx, &resolve::run(ctx, shape, para, &para.end_props), scale, opts.prompt_color);
+    let (end_size, end_face) = (end_style.size, end_style.face.clone());
     // Bullet.
     let bullet = match &props.bullet {
         Some(Bullet::Char { char }) => {
@@ -789,7 +797,7 @@ fn shape_para(ctx: &Ctx, shape: &Shape, body: &TextBody, pi: usize, scale: f64,
         }
         _ => None,
     };
-    ParaShaped { cells, styles, faces, props, lead_size, lead_face, bullet, level: para.level, rtl }
+    ParaShaped { cells, styles, faces, props, lead_size, lead_face, end_size, end_face, bullet, level: para.level, rtl }
 }
 
 /// A face that draws the bullet `label` when the bullet's own can't (circled numbers ①, arrows
@@ -1712,10 +1720,21 @@ fn layout_scaled(ctx: &Ctx, shape: &Shape, body: &TextBody, bp: &BodyProps, opts
                 }
             }
             if size == 0.0 {
-                let (a, d) = line_metrics(&p.lead_face, p.lead_size);
+                // PowerPoint sizes an empty line by the mark that ends it: the `a:rPr` of the
+                // `a:br` that closes it, or `a:endParaRPr` for the paragraph's last line -- not
+                // by the paragraph's first run (#780). An empty *paragraph* already lands on
+                // `end_props` through `lead`, and keeps the same height here.
+                let brk = p.cells.get(rl.end).filter(|c| c.ch == '\u{b}').and_then(|c| p.styles.get(c.style));
+                let (face, sz) = match brk {
+                    Some(st) => (&st.face, st.size),
+                    None if rl.end >= p.cells.len() => (&p.end_face, p.end_size),
+                    // Anything else empty (a line of tabs alone) keeps the old measure.
+                    None => (&p.lead_face, p.lead_size),
+                };
+                let (a, d) = line_metrics(face, sz);
                 asc = a;
                 desc = d;
-                size = p.lead_size;
+                size = sz;
             }
             let natural = (asc + desc).max(size * 1.0);
             let lh = match props.line_spacing {
diff --git a/crates/text/src/tests.rs b/crates/text/src/tests.rs
index a9d936cd..bc0f24f5 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/tests.rs
@@ -1467,3 +1467,99 @@ fn empty_plain_paragraphs_and_soft_breaks_have_no_bullet_preview() {
     assert_eq!(l.lines.len(), 2);
     assert!(l.empty_bullets.is_empty(), "a soft line break is not a new list item");
 }
+
+/// A run of `text` at `size` points.
+fn sized_run(text: &str, size: f64) -> Run {
+    let mut r = Run::new(text);
+    r.props.size = Some(size);
+    r
+}
+
+/// A line break whose own run properties are `size` points.
+fn sized_break(size: f64) -> Run {
+    let mut r = Run { text: String::new(), props: Default::default(), kind: deckcraft_model::text::RunKind::Break };
+    r.props.size = Some(size);
+    r
+}
+
+/// The height one line of `size`-point text takes in this shape: the yardstick the empty-line
+/// tests measure against, so they do not depend on the test font's ascent and descent.
+fn one_line_height(p: &Presentation, sh: &mut Shape, size: f64) -> f64 {
+    sh.text.as_mut().unwrap().paragraphs = vec![Paragraph { runs: vec![sized_run("X", size)], ..Default::default() }];
+    let l = lay(p, sh, 400.0, 400.0);
+    l.lines[0].bottom - l.lines[0].top
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn an_empty_line_is_sized_by_the_break_that_ends_it() {
+    // PowerPoint sizes an empty line by the mark that closes it, not by the paragraph's first
+    // run (#780). Case A of the report: 40pt text, a 40pt break, a 10pt break, 40pt text, so
+    // the empty second line is a 10pt line and not a 40pt one.
+    let (p, mut sh) = setup("x", 400.0, 400.0);
+    let (h10, h40, h60, h20) = (
+        one_line_height(&p, &mut sh, 10.0),
+        one_line_height(&p, &mut sh, 40.0),
+        one_line_height(&p, &mut sh, 60.0),
+        one_line_height(&p, &mut sh, 20.0),
+    );
+    let put = |sh: &mut Shape, runs: Vec<Run>| {
+        sh.text.as_mut().unwrap().paragraphs = vec![Paragraph { runs, ..Default::default() }];
+    };
+
+    put(&mut sh, vec![sized_run("A1", 40.0), sized_break(40.0), sized_break(10.0), sized_run("A2", 40.0)]);
+    let a = lay(&p, &sh, 400.0, 400.0);
+    assert_eq!(a.lines.len(), 3, "{:?}", a.lines.iter().map(|l| l.top).collect::<Vec<_>>());
+    let empty_a = a.lines[2].top - a.lines[1].top;
+    assert!((empty_a - h10).abs() < 0.5, "a 10pt break should give a 10pt line ({h10}), got {empty_a}");
+    assert!((empty_a - h40).abs() > 1.0, "and not the 40pt first run's line ({h40})");
+
+    // Case C: a 60pt break closing the empty line of a 20pt paragraph pushes the third line
+    // down, the opposite direction from the first run's size -- so this cannot pass by the old
+    // behaviour under a different font.
+    put(&mut sh, vec![sized_run("C1", 20.0), sized_break(20.0), sized_break(60.0), sized_run("C2", 20.0)]);
+    let c = lay(&p, &sh, 400.0, 400.0);
+    let empty_c = c.lines[2].top - c.lines[1].top;
+    assert!((empty_c - h60).abs() < 0.5, "a 60pt break should give a 60pt line ({h60}), got {empty_c}");
+    assert!((empty_c - h20).abs() > 1.0, "and not the 20pt first run's line ({h20})");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn an_empty_last_line_is_sized_by_the_paragraph_mark() {
+    // Case B: 40pt text and a trailing 40pt break, with the paragraph mark at 10pt. No break
+    // closes the empty last line, so it takes the mark's size.
+    let (p, mut sh) = setup("x", 400.0, 400.0);
+    let (h10, h40) = (one_line_height(&p, &mut sh, 10.0), one_line_height(&p, &mut sh, 40.0));
+    {
+        let t = sh.text.as_mut().unwrap();
+        let mut para = Paragraph { runs: vec![sized_run("B1", 40.0), sized_break(40.0)], ..Default::default() };
+        para.end_props.size = Some(10.0);
+        t.paragraphs = vec![para];
+    }
+    let l = lay(&p, &sh, 400.0, 400.0);
+    assert_eq!(l.lines.len(), 2, "the trailing break leaves an empty last line");
+    let h = l.lines[1].bottom - l.lines[1].top;
+    assert!((h - h10).abs() < 0.5, "a 10pt paragraph mark should give {h10}, got {h}");
+    assert!((h - h40).abs() > 1.0, "and not the 40pt first run's line ({h40})");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn an_empty_paragraph_keeps_its_paragraph_mark_height() {
+    // Case D, the control: an empty *paragraph* already took `end_props` before this change,
+    // through `lead`, and must be unaffected by it.
+    let (p, mut sh) = setup("x", 400.0, 400.0);
+    let h10 = one_line_height(&p, &mut sh, 10.0);
+    {
+        let t = sh.text.as_mut().unwrap();
+        let mut empty = Paragraph::default();
+        empty.end_props.size = Some(10.0);
+        t.paragraphs = vec![
+            Paragraph { runs: vec![sized_run("D1", 40.0)], ..Default::default() },
+            empty,
+            Paragraph { runs: vec![sized_run("D2", 40.0)], ..Default::default() },
+        ];
+    }
+    let l = lay(&p, &sh, 400.0, 400.0);
+    assert_eq!(l.lines.len(), 3);
+    let h = l.lines[1].bottom - l.lines[1].top;
+    assert!((h - h10).abs() < 0.5, "a 10pt empty paragraph should give {h10}, got {h}");
+}