diff --git a/crates/beer-protocols/src/lib.rs b/crates/beer-protocols/src/lib.rs
index 7b0ea4f..d5428a0 100644
--- a/crates/beer-protocols/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/beer-protocols/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 //! - [`sgr`] - the multi-parameter SGR colour and underline forms.
 //! - [`key`] - legacy xterm/VT and kitty keyboard-protocol key encoding.
 //! - [`mouse`] - X10/UTF-8/SGR mouse-report encoding.
+//! - [`text_size`] - the kitty text-sizing protocol (`OSC 66`) metadata.
 //! - [`style`] - the enums an SGR/DECSET stream selects (colour, underline,
 //!   cursor shape, mouse protocol/encoding, shell-integration prompt marks).
 //!
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ pub mod key;
 pub mod mouse;
 pub mod sgr;
 pub mod style;
+pub mod text_size;
 
 pub use style::{
     Color, CursorShape, MouseEncoding, MouseProtocol, PromptKind, Underline, prompt_kind,
diff --git a/crates/beer-protocols/src/text_size.rs b/crates/beer-protocols/src/text_size.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74c4f23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/beer-protocols/src/text_size.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+//! The kitty text-sizing protocol (`OSC 66`): rendering a run of text in a
+//! block of cells larger than one, at a multiplied or fractional font size.
+//!
+//! The escape code is `OSC 66 ; metadata ; text ST`, where `metadata` is a
+//! colon-separated list of `key=value` pairs. This module parses that metadata
+//! into a [`TextSize`]; the dispatcher supplies the text and the grid lays it
+//! out, because splitting a run into cells needs character-width tables and the
+//! screen width that live with the terminal, not here.
+//!
+//! The keys, per the protocol:
+//!
+//! - `s` (1-7, default 1) - the overall scale. The run occupies a block `s * w`
+//!   cells wide and `s` cells high, and the font size is multiplied by `s`.
+//! - `w` (0-7, default 0) - the width in scaled cells. `0` means "split the run
+//!   into cells as normal", each cell then being an `s` by `s` block.
+//! - `n`, `d` (0-15, default 0) - numerator and denominator of a fractional
+//!   scale applied on top of `s`. It changes the rendered font size but not the
+//!   number of cells occupied. Alignment applies only when `n < d`.
+//! - `v` - vertical alignment of the fractional render area in its block.
+//! - `h` - horizontal alignment of the fractional render area in its block.
+
+/// Vertical placement of a fractionally-scaled render area within its cell
+/// block. Only meaningful when the fraction `n/d` is below 1; `Top` is the
+/// default (a superscript), `Bottom` a subscript, `Middle` centred.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Default)]
+pub enum VAlign {
+    #[default]
+    Top,
+    Bottom,
+    Middle,
+}
+
+/// Horizontal placement of a fractionally-scaled render area within its cell
+/// block. `Left` is the default.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Default)]
+pub enum HAlign {
+    #[default]
+    Left,
+    Right,
+    Center,
+}
+
+/// Parsed `OSC 66` metadata: the size and alignment of one multicell text run.
+///
+/// A value equal to [`TextSize::default`] (`s=1, w=0, n=0, d=0`) describes
+/// ordinary text and needs no special handling.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
+pub struct TextSize {
+    /// `s`: overall integer scale, clamped to 1-7.
+    pub scale: u8,
+    /// `w`: width in scaled cells, clamped to 0-7. `0` means split as normal.
+    pub width: u8,
+    /// `n`: fractional-scale numerator, clamped to 0-15.
+    pub numerator: u8,
+    /// `d`: fractional-scale denominator, clamped to 0-15.
+    pub denominator: u8,
+    /// `v`: vertical alignment of the fractional render area.
+    pub valign: VAlign,
+    /// `h`: horizontal alignment of the fractional render area.
+    pub halign: HAlign,
+}
+
+impl Default for TextSize {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            scale: 1,
+            width: 0,
+            numerator: 0,
+            denominator: 0,
+            valign: VAlign::default(),
+            halign: HAlign::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl TextSize {
+    /// Whether this run is ordinary text needing no scaled layout: scale 1, no
+    /// explicit width, and no fractional scale.
+    pub fn is_plain(&self) -> bool {
+        self.scale == 1 && self.width == 0 && !self.has_fraction()
+    }
+
+    /// Whether a fractional scale `n/d` (with `n < d`) is in effect. Only then
+    /// does the font shrink within the block and does alignment matter.
+    pub fn has_fraction(&self) -> bool {
+        self.numerator > 0 && self.denominator > 0 && self.numerator < self.denominator
+    }
+
+    /// The factor to multiply the base font size by when rendering this run:
+    /// the integer scale `s`, reduced by the fraction `n/d` when one is set.
+    pub fn font_scale(&self) -> f32 {
+        if self.has_fraction() {
+            self.scale as f32 * self.numerator as f32 / self.denominator as f32
+        } else {
+            self.scale as f32
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The height of the cell block, in cells: `s`.
+    pub fn cell_height(&self) -> usize {
+        self.scale as usize
+    }
+
+    /// Parse from a `&str` of metadata; convenience over [`parse`] when the
+    /// caller already holds a string rather than bytes.
+    pub fn parse_str(meta: &str) -> Self {
+        parse(meta.as_bytes())
+    }
+}
+
+/// Parse the colon-separated `OSC 66` metadata field into a [`TextSize`].
+///
+/// Unknown keys and malformed pairs are ignored; out-of-range integers are
+/// clamped to the protocol's documented bounds. An empty field yields the
+/// default (ordinary text).
+pub fn parse(meta: &[u8]) -> TextSize {
+    let mut ts = TextSize::default();
+    if meta.is_empty() {
+        return ts;
+    }
+    for pair in meta.split(|&b| b == b':') {
+        let Some(eq) = pair.iter().position(|&b| b == b'=') else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        let key = pair[0];
+        let Some(value) = parse_u32(&pair[eq + 1..]) else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        match key {
+            b's' => ts.scale = value.clamp(1, 7) as u8,
+            b'w' => ts.width = value.min(7) as u8,
+            b'n' => ts.numerator = value.min(15) as u8,
+            b'd' => ts.denominator = value.min(15) as u8,
+            b'v' => {
+                ts.valign = match value {
+                    1 => VAlign::Bottom,
+                    2 => VAlign::Middle,
+                    _ => VAlign::Top,
+                }
+            }
+            b'h' => {
+                ts.halign = match value {
+                    1 => HAlign::Right,
+                    2 => HAlign::Center,
+                    _ => HAlign::Left,
+                }
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    ts
+}
+
+/// Parse a run of ASCII digits into a `u32`, saturating on overflow. Returns
+/// `None` if the slice is empty or holds a non-digit.
+fn parse_u32(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<u32> {
+    if bytes.is_empty() {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let mut acc: u32 = 0;
+    for &b in bytes {
+        let d = b.checked_sub(b'0').filter(|&d| d < 10)?;
+        acc = acc.saturating_mul(10).saturating_add(d as u32);
+    }
+    Some(acc)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn empty_is_plain_default() {
+        let ts = parse(b"");
+        assert_eq!(ts, TextSize::default());
+        assert!(ts.is_plain());
+        assert_eq!(ts.font_scale(), 1.0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn scale_doubles_font_and_height() {
+        let ts = parse(b"s=2");
+        assert_eq!(ts.scale, 2);
+        assert_eq!(ts.font_scale(), 2.0);
+        assert_eq!(ts.cell_height(), 2);
+        assert!(!ts.is_plain());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn width_and_scale_together() {
+        let ts = parse(b"s=2:w=3");
+        assert_eq!((ts.scale, ts.width), (2, 3));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn superscript_is_half_size_top_aligned() {
+        // `n=1:d=2` with default scale: half-size font, top of the cell.
+        let ts = parse(b"n=1:d=2");
+        assert!(ts.has_fraction());
+        assert_eq!(ts.font_scale(), 0.5);
+        assert_eq!(ts.valign, VAlign::Top);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn subscript_is_bottom_aligned() {
+        let ts = parse(b"n=1:d=2:v=1");
+        assert_eq!(ts.valign, VAlign::Bottom);
+        assert_eq!(ts.font_scale(), 0.5);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn centred_normal_size_in_double_block() {
+        // `s=2:n=1:d=2:v=2`: full-size font (2 * 1/2) centred in a 2-high block.
+        let ts = parse(b"s=2:n=1:d=2:v=2");
+        assert_eq!(ts.font_scale(), 1.0);
+        assert_eq!(ts.valign, VAlign::Middle);
+        assert_eq!(ts.cell_height(), 2);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn fraction_at_or_above_one_does_not_shrink() {
+        // n >= d means no reduction and no alignment.
+        let ts = parse(b"s=3:n=2:d=2");
+        assert!(!ts.has_fraction());
+        assert_eq!(ts.font_scale(), 3.0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn out_of_range_values_clamp() {
+        assert_eq!(parse(b"s=99").scale, 7);
+        assert_eq!(parse(b"s=0").scale, 1);
+        assert_eq!(parse(b"w=42").width, 7);
+        assert_eq!(parse(b"n=200:d=200").numerator, 15);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn unknown_and_malformed_pairs_are_ignored() {
+        let ts = parse(b"s=2:zzz=9:bad:=5:w=");
+        assert_eq!(ts.scale, 2);
+        assert_eq!(ts.width, 0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn horizontal_alignment() {
+        assert_eq!(parse(b"h=1").halign, HAlign::Right);
+        assert_eq!(parse(b"h=2").halign, HAlign::Center);
+        assert_eq!(parse(b"h=0").halign, HAlign::Left);
+    }
+}