diff --git a/app/package-lock.json b/app/package-lock.json
index 27a8dc4..524a410 100644
--- a/app/package-lock.json
+++ b/app/package-lock.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       "version": "0.0.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "konva": "^10.2.3",
+        "opentype.js": "^1.3.4",
         "react": "^19.2.4",
         "react-dom": "^19.2.4",
         "react-konva": "^19.2.3"
@@ -3202,6 +3203,22 @@
       ],
       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/opentype.js": {
+      "version": "1.3.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/opentype.js/-/opentype.js-1.3.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-d2JE9RP/6uagpQAVtJoF0pJJA/fgai89Cc50Yp0EJHk+eLp6QQ7gBoblsnubRULNY132I0J1QKMJ+JTbMqz4sw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "string.prototype.codepointat": "^0.2.1",
+        "tiny-inflate": "^1.0.3"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "ot": "bin/ot"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 8.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/optionator": {
       "version": "0.9.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/optionator/-/optionator-0.9.4.tgz",
@@ -3637,6 +3654,12 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/string.prototype.codepointat": {
+      "version": "0.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string.prototype.codepointat/-/string.prototype.codepointat-0.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-2cBVCj6I4IOvEnjgO/hWqXjqBGsY+zwPmHl12Srk9IXSZ56Jwwmy+66XO5Iut/oQVR7t5ihYdLB0GMa4alEUcg==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/strip-indent": {
       "version": "3.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-indent/-/strip-indent-3.0.0.tgz",
@@ -3683,6 +3706,12 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/tiny-inflate": {
+      "version": "1.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tiny-inflate/-/tiny-inflate-1.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-pkY1fj1cKHb2seWDy0B16HeWyczlJA9/WW3u3c4z/NiWDsO3DOU5D7nhTLE9CF0yXv/QZFY7sEJmj24dK+Rrqw==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/tinybench": {
       "version": "2.9.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tinybench/-/tinybench-2.9.0.tgz",
diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index 714381a..4a0fb4e 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "konva": "^10.2.3",
+    "opentype.js": "^1.3.4",
     "react": "^19.2.4",
     "react-dom": "^19.2.4",
     "react-konva": "^19.2.3"
diff --git a/app/public/fonts/Lato-Regular.ttf b/app/public/fonts/Lato-Regular.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f3d0f8
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/public/fonts/Lato-Regular.ttf differ
diff --git a/app/public/fonts/OpenSans-Regular.ttf b/app/public/fonts/OpenSans-Regular.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9db8569
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/public/fonts/OpenSans-Regular.ttf differ
diff --git a/app/public/fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf b/app/public/fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5522a36
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/public/fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf differ
diff --git a/app/src/App.css b/app/src/App.css
index 2ab5cb6..747f858 100644
--- a/app/src/App.css
+++ b/app/src/App.css
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+/* ── Bundled font @font-face declarations ── */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Roboto';
+  src: url('/fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf') format('truetype');
+  font-weight: 400;
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-display: swap;
+}
+
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Open Sans';
+  src: url('/fonts/OpenSans-Regular.ttf') format('truetype');
+  font-weight: 400;
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-display: swap;
+}
+
+@font-face {
+  font-family: 'Lato';
+  src: url('/fonts/Lato-Regular.ttf') format('truetype');
+  font-weight: 400;
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-display: swap;
+}
+
 /* ── Global component styles for Kerf Engine app ── */
 
 /* File Upload Zone */
diff --git a/app/src/utils/__tests__/fontService.test.ts b/app/src/utils/__tests__/fontService.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3d807c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/utils/__tests__/fontService.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, vi, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import * as fs from 'node:fs';
+import * as path from 'node:path';
+import {
+  loadFont,
+  loadFontByFamily,
+  textToPathData,
+  getAvailableFonts,
+  clearFontCache,
+  isFontCached,
+} from '../fontService';
+
+/**
+ * Load a real .ttf file from disk and return it as an ArrayBuffer.
+ * This lets us mock fetch() with real font data so opentype.js
+ * produces genuine glyph paths, proving the integration end-to-end.
+ */
+function readFontFile(filename: string): ArrayBuffer {
+  const fontPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../public/fonts', filename);
+  const buffer = fs.readFileSync(fontPath);
+  return buffer.buffer.slice(
+    buffer.byteOffset,
+    buffer.byteOffset + buffer.byteLength,
+  );
+}
+
+/** Create a mock fetch Response from an ArrayBuffer. */
+function mockFetchResponse(arrayBuffer: ArrayBuffer): Response {
+  return {
+    ok: true,
+    status: 200,
+    arrayBuffer: () => Promise.resolve(arrayBuffer),
+  } as unknown as Response;
+}
+
+/** Create a mock fetch Response for an error. */
+function mockFetchError(status: number): Response {
+  return {
+    ok: false,
+    status,
+    arrayBuffer: () => Promise.reject(new Error('should not be called')),
+  } as unknown as Response;
+}
+
+// Cache font buffers so we don't read from disk on every test
+let latoBuffer: ArrayBuffer;
+let robotoBuffer: ArrayBuffer;
+let openSansBuffer: ArrayBuffer;
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  // Read font files once (lazy — subsequent tests reuse the reference)
+  if (!latoBuffer) latoBuffer = readFontFile('Lato-Regular.ttf');
+  if (!robotoBuffer) robotoBuffer = readFontFile('Roboto-Regular.ttf');
+  if (!openSansBuffer) openSansBuffer = readFontFile('OpenSans-Regular.ttf');
+});
+
+describe('fontService', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    clearFontCache();
+    // Default mock: route any /fonts/*.ttf request to the correct buffer
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+      'fetch',
+      vi.fn((url: string) => {
+        if (url.includes('Lato'))
+          return Promise.resolve(mockFetchResponse(latoBuffer));
+        if (url.includes('Roboto'))
+          return Promise.resolve(mockFetchResponse(robotoBuffer));
+        if (url.includes('OpenSans'))
+          return Promise.resolve(mockFetchResponse(openSansBuffer));
+        return Promise.resolve(mockFetchError(404));
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  // ── getAvailableFonts ──
+
+  describe('getAvailableFonts', () => {
+    it('returns at least 3 bundled fonts', () => {
+      const fonts = getAvailableFonts();
+      expect(fonts.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3);
+    });
+
+    it('each font has family and file properties', () => {
+      for (const f of getAvailableFonts()) {
+        expect(f.family).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(f.file).toMatch(/\.ttf$/);
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('includes Roboto, Open Sans, and Lato', () => {
+      const families = getAvailableFonts().map((f) => f.family);
+      expect(families).toContain('Roboto');
+      expect(families).toContain('Open Sans');
+      expect(families).toContain('Lato');
+    });
+  });
+
+  // ── loadFont ──
+
+  describe('loadFont', () => {
+    it('fetches and parses a font by URL', async () => {
+      const font = await loadFont('/fonts/Lato-Regular.ttf');
+      expect(font).toBeDefined();
+      expect(font.unitsPerEm).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    });
+
+    it('caches the font after first load', async () => {
+      await loadFont('/fonts/Lato-Regular.ttf');
+      expect(isFontCached('/fonts/Lato-Regular.ttf')).toBe(true);
+      // Second call should not trigger fetch again
+      await loadFont('/fonts/Lato-Regular.ttf');
+      expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('deduplicates concurrent requests for the same URL', async () => {
+      const p1 = loadFont('/fonts/Lato-Regular.ttf');
+      const p2 = loadFont('/fonts/Lato-Regular.ttf');
+      const [f1, f2] = await Promise.all([p1, p2]);
+      expect(f1).toBe(f2);
+      expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('throws on fetch failure', async () => {
+      vi.stubGlobal(
+        'fetch',
+        vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(mockFetchError(500))),
+      );
+      await expect(loadFont('/fonts/bad.ttf')).rejects.toThrow(
+        /Failed to fetch font/,
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('clears cache via clearFontCache', async () => {
+      await loadFont('/fonts/Lato-Regular.ttf');
+      expect(isFontCached('/fonts/Lato-Regular.ttf')).toBe(true);
+      clearFontCache();
+      expect(isFontCached('/fonts/Lato-Regular.ttf')).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
+  // ── loadFontByFamily ──
+
+  describe('loadFontByFamily', () => {
+    it('loads Roboto by family name', async () => {
+      const font = await loadFontByFamily('Roboto');
+      expect(font).toBeDefined();
+      expect(font.unitsPerEm).toBe(2048);
+    });
+
+    it('is case-insensitive', async () => {
+      const font = await loadFontByFamily('roboto');
+      expect(font).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it('falls back to first bundled font for unknown families', async () => {
+      const font = await loadFontByFamily('UnknownFont');
+      expect(font).toBeDefined();
+      // Should have loaded the first bundled font (Roboto)
+      expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.stringContaining('Roboto'),
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  // ── textToPathData ──
+
+  describe('textToPathData', () => {
+    it('produces non-empty path data for simple text', async () => {
+      const result = await textToPathData('Hello', 'Lato', 24);
+      expect(result.pathData).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(result.pathData.length).toBeGreaterThan(10);
+    });
+
+    it('path data starts with M (moveto) command', async () => {
+      const result = await textToPathData('A', 'Lato', 24);
+      expect(result.pathData).toMatch(/^M/);
+    });
+
+    it('path data contains Z (closepath) commands', async () => {
+      const result = await textToPathData('O', 'Lato', 24);
+      expect(result.pathData).toContain('Z');
+    });
+
+    it('returns positive width and height', async () => {
+      const result = await textToPathData('Hello', 'Lato', 24);
+      expect(result.width).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(result.height).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    });
+
+    it('width scales with text length', async () => {
+      const short = await textToPathData('Hi', 'Lato', 24);
+      const long = await textToPathData('Hello World', 'Lato', 24);
+      expect(long.width).toBeGreaterThan(short.width);
+    });
+
+    it('height scales with font size', async () => {
+      const small = await textToPathData('A', 'Lato', 12);
+      const large = await textToPathData('A', 'Lato', 48);
+      expect(large.height).toBeGreaterThan(small.height);
+      // Height should scale roughly linearly with fontSize
+      const ratio = large.height / small.height;
+      expect(ratio).toBeCloseTo(4, 0); // 48/12 = 4
+    });
+
+    it('letter spacing increases total width', async () => {
+      const normal = await textToPathData('Hello', 'Lato', 24, 0);
+      const spaced = await textToPathData('Hello', 'Lato', 24, 5);
+      // 4 inter-character gaps × 5px = 20px extra
+      expect(spaced.width).toBeGreaterThan(normal.width);
+      const diff = spaced.width - normal.width;
+      expect(diff).toBeCloseTo(20, 0);
+    });
+
+    it('negative letter spacing decreases total width', async () => {
+      const normal = await textToPathData('Hello', 'Lato', 24, 0);
+      const tight = await textToPathData('Hello', 'Lato', 24, -1);
+      expect(tight.width).toBeLessThan(normal.width);
+    });
+
+    it('produces valid path data for all bundled fonts', async () => {
+      for (const fontDesc of getAvailableFonts()) {
+        const result = await textToPathData('Test', fontDesc.family, 24);
+        expect(result.pathData).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(result.width).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        expect(result.height).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('Y coordinates are positive (canvas coordinate system)', async () => {
+      const result = await textToPathData('A', 'Lato', 48);
+      // Extract all Y values from M and L commands
+      const yValues = [...result.pathData.matchAll(/[ML][\d.-]+ ([\d.-]+)/g)].map(
+        (m) => parseFloat(m[1]),
+      );
+      // All Y values should be >= 0 (top-left origin, Y-down)
+      expect(yValues.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      for (const y of yValues) {
+        expect(y).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('handles empty string gracefully', async () => {
+      const result = await textToPathData('', 'Lato', 24);
+      expect(result.pathData).toBe('');
+      expect(result.width).toBe(0);
+      expect(result.height).toBeGreaterThan(0); // height is font-metric based
+    });
+
+    it('handles space-only string', async () => {
+      const result = await textToPathData('   ', 'Lato', 24);
+      // Spaces produce no visible glyphs but advance the cursor
+      expect(result.width).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    });
+
+    it('returns consistent results for repeated calls (caching)', async () => {
+      const r1 = await textToPathData('Same', 'Lato', 24);
+      const r2 = await textToPathData('Same', 'Lato', 24);
+      expect(r1.pathData).toBe(r2.pathData);
+      expect(r1.width).toBe(r2.width);
+      expect(r1.height).toBe(r2.height);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/src/utils/fontService.ts b/app/src/utils/fontService.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49f3b20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/utils/fontService.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+/**
+ * Font loading, caching, and text-to-path conversion service.
+ *
+ * Uses opentype.js to parse .ttf files fetched from the public /fonts/ directory.
+ * Provides text-to-SVG-path conversion for the "Convert to Paths" feature.
+ */
+
+// opentype.js ships without TS declarations — we declare the subset we use.
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+type OpentypeFont = any;
+
+/** Metadata for a bundled font available to the user. */
+export interface FontDescriptor {
+  /** Display name shown in the font picker */
+  family: string;
+  /** Filename relative to /fonts/ (e.g. "Roboto-Regular.ttf") */
+  file: string;
+}
+
+/** Result from text-to-path conversion. */
+export interface TextPathResult {
+  /** SVG path `d` attribute data */
+  pathData: string;
+  /** Total advance width in canvas pixels */
+  width: number;
+  /** Line height in canvas pixels (ascender + descender) */
+  height: number;
+}
+
+/** Registry of bundled fonts. Add entries here when new fonts are added to public/fonts/. */
+const BUNDLED_FONTS: FontDescriptor[] = [
+  { family: 'Roboto', file: 'Roboto-Regular.ttf' },
+  { family: 'Open Sans', file: 'OpenSans-Regular.ttf' },
+  { family: 'Lato', file: 'Lato-Regular.ttf' },
+];
+
+/** In-memory cache of parsed Font objects keyed by font file path. */
+const fontCache = new Map<string, OpentypeFont>();
+
+/** In-flight fetch promises to deduplicate concurrent loads for the same font. */
+const loadingPromises = new Map<string, Promise<OpentypeFont>>();
+
+/**
+ * Return the list of bundled fonts available for selection.
+ */
+export function getAvailableFonts(): FontDescriptor[] {
+  return BUNDLED_FONTS;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve a font family display name to the bundled font URL.
+ * Falls back to the first bundled font if the family isn't found.
+ */
+function resolveFontUrl(family: string): string {
+  const desc = BUNDLED_FONTS.find(
+    (f) => f.family.toLowerCase() === family.toLowerCase(),
+  );
+  const file = desc ? desc.file : BUNDLED_FONTS[0].file;
+  return `/fonts/${file}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Load and parse a font from a URL. Returns a cached instance if available.
+ * Concurrent calls for the same URL are deduplicated.
+ */
+export async function loadFont(fontUrl: string): Promise<OpentypeFont> {
+  // Return cached font if available
+  const cached = fontCache.get(fontUrl);
+  if (cached) return cached;
+
+  // Deduplicate in-flight requests
+  const inflight = loadingPromises.get(fontUrl);
+  if (inflight) return inflight;
+
+  const promise = (async () => {
+    const opentype = await import('opentype.js');
+    const response = await fetch(fontUrl);
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw new Error(`Failed to fetch font: ${fontUrl} (${response.status})`);
+    }
+    const arrayBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
+    const font = opentype.parse(arrayBuffer);
+    fontCache.set(fontUrl, font);
+    return font;
+  })();
+
+  loadingPromises.set(fontUrl, promise);
+
+  try {
+    const font = await promise;
+    return font;
+  } finally {
+    loadingPromises.delete(fontUrl);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Load a font by its family display name (e.g. "Roboto").
+ * Resolves the family name to the bundled font URL, then loads it.
+ */
+export async function loadFontByFamily(family: string): Promise<OpentypeFont> {
+  const url = resolveFontUrl(family);
+  return loadFont(url);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convert text to SVG path data using opentype.js.
+ *
+ * Handles per-character glyph positioning with manual x-advance to support
+ * letter spacing (which opentype's `getPath()` does not natively support).
+ *
+ * The returned path data uses a coordinate system suitable for SVG/Konva:
+ * - origin at top-left of the text bounding box
+ * - Y increases downward (font coordinates are flipped from Y-up to Y-down)
+ *
+ * @param text      The string to convert
+ * @param family    Font family name (resolved to a bundled font)
+ * @param fontSize  Font size in pixels
+ * @param letterSpacing  Extra spacing between characters in pixels (default 0)
+ * @returns Path data, dimensions
+ */
+export async function textToPathData(
+  text: string,
+  family: string,
+  fontSize: number,
+  letterSpacing = 0,
+): Promise<TextPathResult> {
+  const font = await loadFontByFamily(family);
+  const scale = fontSize / font.unitsPerEm;
+
+  // Collect per-character path commands with manual x-advance for letter spacing
+  let cursorX = 0;
+  const allCommands: Array<{ type: string; x?: number; y?: number; x1?: number; y1?: number; x2?: number; y2?: number }> = [];
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
+    const glyph = font.charToGlyph(text[i]);
+    // getPath returns path at font units, positioned at (x, y) at the given fontSize
+    // y=0 is the baseline — ascenders go negative, descenders go positive in font coords
+    const glyphPath = glyph.getPath(cursorX / scale, 0, font.unitsPerEm);
+
+    for (const cmd of glyphPath.commands) {
+      allCommands.push(cmd);
+    }
+
+    // Advance cursor: glyph advance width scaled + letter spacing
+    const advance = (glyph.advanceWidth ?? 0) * scale;
+    cursorX += advance + letterSpacing;
+  }
+
+  // Compute metrics for the ascender offset
+  const ascender = font.ascender * scale;
+
+  // Build SVG path data string, flipping Y and offsetting by ascender
+  // Font coords: Y-up, baseline at 0, ascenders negative
+  // Canvas coords: Y-down, top-left origin
+  // Transform: canvas_y = ascender - font_y (mapped through scale)
+  let pathData = '';
+  for (const cmd of allCommands) {
+    const yFlip = (y: number) => ascender - y * scale;
+    const xScale = (x: number) => x * scale;
+
+    switch (cmd.type) {
+      case 'M':
+        pathData += `M${round(xScale(cmd.x!))} ${round(yFlip(cmd.y!))}`;
+        break;
+      case 'L':
+        pathData += `L${round(xScale(cmd.x!))} ${round(yFlip(cmd.y!))}`;
+        break;
+      case 'Q':
+        pathData += `Q${round(xScale(cmd.x1!))} ${round(yFlip(cmd.y1!))} ${round(xScale(cmd.x!))} ${round(yFlip(cmd.y!))}`;
+        break;
+      case 'C':
+        pathData += `C${round(xScale(cmd.x1!))} ${round(yFlip(cmd.y1!))} ${round(xScale(cmd.x2!))} ${round(yFlip(cmd.y2!))} ${round(xScale(cmd.x!))} ${round(yFlip(cmd.y!))}`;
+        break;
+      case 'Z':
+        pathData += 'Z';
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Total dimensions
+  const descender = Math.abs(font.descender * scale);
+  const width = cursorX > 0 ? cursorX - letterSpacing : 0; // remove trailing spacing
+  const height = ascender + descender;
+
+  return { pathData, width: round(width), height: round(height) };
+}
+
+/** Round to 2 decimal places to keep path data compact. */
+function round(n: number): number {
+  return Math.round(n * 100) / 100;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Clear the font cache. Useful for testing.
+ */
+export function clearFontCache(): void {
+  fontCache.clear();
+  loadingPromises.clear();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check if a font is already cached by URL.
+ */
+export function isFontCached(fontUrl: string): boolean {
+  return fontCache.has(fontUrl);
+}