diff --git a/src/lib/editor/extensions/textBox.ts b/src/lib/editor/extensions/textBox.ts
index dfd5137..86874fb 100644
--- a/src/lib/editor/extensions/textBox.ts
+++ b/src/lib/editor/extensions/textBox.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export type ShapeKind = 'textbox' | 'roundRect' | 'ellipse';
 
 // Fixed text inset inside the frame; exported as fo:padding / wps:bodyPr insets.
 export const TEXTBOX_PADDING_CM = 0.15;
-const PADDING_PX = (TEXTBOX_PADDING_CM * 96) / 2.54;
+const paddingPx = (cm: unknown) => ((typeof cm === 'number' ? cm : TEXTBOX_PADDING_CM) * 96) / 2.54;
 
 // Extra per-axis inset that fits the text area into an ellipse's inscribed
 // rectangle (half-axis / √2), so text follows the oval instead of the bbox.
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export interface TextBoxAttrs {
   wrapOffset: number | null;  // cm from the text column's left edge
   wrapOffsetY: number | null; // cm below the anchor paragraph
   wrapAlign: string | null;   // 'center' = set against the middle of the column
+  paddingCm: number;          // inset ring around the text (ODF fo:padding)
   shapeKind: ShapeKind;
   fillColor: string | null;
   strokeColor: string | null;
@@ -125,6 +126,13 @@ export const TextBox = Node.create({
         parseHTML: el => (el as HTMLElement).getAttribute('data-wrap-align') || null,
         renderHTML: () => ({}),
       },
+      // The file's own fo:padding (cm). A figure frame declares 0, and the default
+      // ring would make every such box a little taller and its text a little inset.
+      paddingCm: {
+        default: TEXTBOX_PADDING_CM,
+        parseHTML: el => parseCmAttr((el as HTMLElement).getAttribute('data-padding')) ?? TEXTBOX_PADDING_CM,
+        renderHTML: () => ({}),
+      },
       shapeKind: {
         default: 'textbox',
         parseHTML: el => (el as HTMLElement).getAttribute('data-shape') ?? 'textbox',
@@ -164,7 +172,7 @@ export const TextBox = Node.create({
       a.strokeColor ? `border:${a.strokeWidthPt * PX_PER_PT}px solid ${a.strokeColor}` : '',
       a.shapeKind !== 'textbox' ? `border-radius:${shapeRadius(a.shapeKind)}` : '',
       a.rotation ? `transform:rotate(${a.rotation}deg)` : '',
-      `padding:${PADDING_PX.toFixed(2)}px`,
+      `padding:${paddingPx(a.paddingCm).toFixed(2)}px`,
     ].filter(Boolean).join(';');
     return ['div', mergeAttributes(HTMLAttributes, {
       'data-textbox': '',
@@ -175,6 +183,7 @@ export const TextBox = Node.create({
       ...(a.fillColor ? { 'data-fill': a.fillColor } : {}),
       ...(a.strokeColor ? { 'data-stroke': a.strokeColor } : {}),
       ...(a.strokeWidthPt !== 1 ? { 'data-stroke-width': String(a.strokeWidthPt) } : {}),
+      ...(a.paddingCm !== TEXTBOX_PADDING_CM ? { 'data-padding': String(a.paddingCm) } : {}),
     }), 0];
   },
 
@@ -270,7 +279,7 @@ class TextBoxView {
 
     // Padding lives on the rotor, so the inset ring around the text is frame
     // (click-to-select) area rather than content.
-    this.rotor.style.padding = `${PADDING_PX.toFixed(2)}px`;
+    this.rotor.style.padding = `${paddingPx(this.attrs().paddingCm).toFixed(2)}px`;
     this.contentDOM = document.createElement('div');
     this.contentDOM.className = 'textbox-content';
     this.rotor.appendChild(this.contentDOM);
diff --git a/src/lib/export/odt.ts b/src/lib/export/odt.ts
index 6543421..9598322 100644
--- a/src/lib/export/odt.ts
+++ b/src/lib/export/odt.ts
@@ -570,6 +570,7 @@ type TextBoxExport = {
   wrapOffsetCm: number | null;
   wrapOffsetYCm: number | null;
   wrapAlign: string | null;
+  paddingCm: number;
   shapeKind: ShapeKind;
   fill: string | null;
   stroke: string | null;
@@ -590,6 +591,7 @@ function textBoxDescriptor(node: TiptapNode): TextBoxExport {
     wrapOffsetCm: typeof a.wrapOffset === 'number' ? round3(a.wrapOffset) : null,
     wrapOffsetYCm: typeof a.wrapOffsetY === 'number' ? round3(a.wrapOffsetY) : null,
     wrapAlign: a.wrapAlign === 'center' ? 'center' : null,
+    paddingCm: typeof a.paddingCm === 'number' ? round3(a.paddingCm) : TEXTBOX_PADDING_CM,
     shapeKind: kind === 'roundRect' || kind === 'ellipse' ? kind : 'textbox',
     fill: typeof a.fillColor === 'string' && a.fillColor ? a.fillColor : null,
     stroke: typeof a.strokeColor === 'string' && a.strokeColor ? a.strokeColor : null,
@@ -3038,7 +3040,7 @@ function textBoxGraphicStyle(box: TextBoxExport, index: number): string {
     : ' draw:auto-grow-height="false" draw:auto-grow-width="false"';
   return (
     `<style:style style:name="TbxFr${index + 1}" style:family="graphic">` +
-    `<style:graphic-properties ${fill} ${stroke} fo:padding="${TEXTBOX_PADDING_CM}cm"` +
+    `<style:graphic-properties ${fill} ${stroke} fo:padding="${box.paddingCm}cm"` +
     `${grow} draw:textarea-vertical-align="top"${wrap}/>` +
     `</style:style>`
   );
diff --git a/src/lib/import/odt.ts b/src/lib/import/odt.ts
index b85471d..1b4f39b 100644
--- a/src/lib/import/odt.ts
+++ b/src/lib/import/odt.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { languageFromOdf, NO_LANGUAGE, type DocumentLanguage } from '../storage/
 import type { HfDoc, HfSet } from '../storage/headerFooter';
 import type { EmbeddedFont } from '../fonts/embeddedFonts';
 import { cellPaddingAttr, DEFAULT_CELL_PADDING, type CellPadding } from '../editor/extensions/tableCellPadding';
+import { TEXTBOX_PADDING_CM } from '../editor/extensions/textBox';
 import { getSchema } from '@tiptap/core';
 import type { Schema } from '@tiptap/pm/model';
 import { hfExtensions } from '../editor/extensions/headerFooter';
@@ -348,6 +349,8 @@ function convertTextBoxFrame(frame: Element, textBoxEl: Element, ctx: Ctx): Node
   // as-char anchor paragraph would otherwise give it — has to ride the box itself.
   // An image needs none: with no side to float to it is centred anyway.
   if (gp['style:horizontal-pos'] === 'center' && attrs.wrapOffset == null) attrs.wrapAlign = 'center';
+  const padCm = lengthToCm(gp['fo:padding']);
+  if (padCm != null && Math.abs(padCm - TEXTBOX_PADDING_CM) > 0.01) attrs.paddingCm = Math.round(padCm * 1000) / 1000;
   shapeStyleAttrs(gp, attrs, false);
   return { type: 'textBox', attrs, content: textBoxContent(Array.from(textBoxEl.children), ctx) };
 }