diff --git a/packages/web/src/schematic.test.ts b/packages/web/src/schematic.test.ts
index b78580d..5b62bd8 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/schematic.test.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/schematic.test.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe("schematic", () => {
       { driverTeeth: 7, drivenTeeth: 63 },
     ] });
     const gears = [...svg.matchAll(
-      /<circle class="gear-node[^"]*" cx="([\d.]+)" cy="[\d.]+" r="([\d.]+)" \/>\s*<text class="tooth-label"[^>]*>(\d+)<\/text>/g,
+      /<circle class="gear-node[^"]*" cx="([\d.]+)" cy="[\d.]+" r="([\d.]+)"[^>]*\/>\s*<text class="tooth-label"[^>]*>(\d+)<\/text>/g,
     )].map((m) => ({ cx: Number(m[1]), r: Number(m[2]), teeth: Number(m[3]) }));
     expect(gears.length).toBe(4);
     const byTeeth = (t: number) => gears.find((g) => g.teeth === t)!;
@@ -51,4 +51,20 @@ describe("schematic", () => {
     expect(svg).toContain("idler");
     expect(svg).toContain("output: same sense as driver");
   });
+
+  it("carries fill/stroke as presentation attributes so shapes survive CSS being stripped (e.g. Safari Reader view)", () => {
+    const svg = schematicSvg({ stages: [
+      { driverTeeth: 8, drivenTeeth: 59 },
+      { driverTeeth: 20, drivenTeeth: 20, isIdler: true },
+    ] });
+    const circles = [...svg.matchAll(/<circle class="gear-node[^"]*"[^>]*>/g)];
+    expect(circles.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    // every gear circle must declare fill="none" inline — without it, a
+    // stylesheet-less render (CSS stripped) falls back to a solid black fill
+    for (const circle of circles) {
+      expect(circle[0]).toMatch(/fill="none"/);
+      expect(circle[0]).toMatch(/stroke="#[0-9a-f]+"/);
+    }
+    expect(svg).toMatch(/<line class="plate-line"[^>]*stroke="#[0-9a-f]+"[^>]*\/>/);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/web/src/schematic.ts b/packages/web/src/schematic.ts
index 0e31567..c59a9ea 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/schematic.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/schematic.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ export function schematicSvg(train: GearTrain): string {
   const width = Math.max(naturalWidth, dirLabel.length * 7.2 + PAD * 2);
   const dx = (width - naturalWidth) / 2;
 
+  // Presentation attributes (fill/stroke) mirror the .gear-node CSS as a
+  // fallback: CSS overrides them when it's loaded, but if it's stripped
+  // (e.g. Safari Reader view) the shapes still outline instead of
+  // defaulting to a solid black fill.
   const nodes = arborGears.map((gearsOnArbor, i) => {
     // draw the larger gear first so a concentric pinion sits on top of it
     const sorted = [...gearsOnArbor].sort((a, b) => radius(b.teeth) - radius(a.teeth));
@@ -51,15 +55,17 @@ export function schematicSvg(train: GearTrain): string {
       // a solo (or the smaller concentric) gear labels at centre; a larger
       // companion labels just inside its own rim so the two never collide
       const labelY = sorted.length > 1 && j === 0 ? cy - r + 14 : cy + 4;
+      const stroke = g.idler ? "#6e695c" : "#5b574c";
+      const dash = g.idler ? ` stroke-dasharray="3 3"` : "";
       return `
-    <circle class="gear-node${g.idler ? " idler" : ""}" cx="${xs[i] + dx}" cy="${cy}" r="${r}" />
-    <text class="tooth-label" x="${xs[i] + dx}" y="${labelY}" text-anchor="middle">${g.teeth}</text>
-    ${g.idler ? `<text class="idler-tag" x="${xs[i] + dx}" y="${cy + rMaxAll + 14}" text-anchor="middle">idler</text>` : ""}`;
+    <circle class="gear-node${g.idler ? " idler" : ""}" cx="${xs[i] + dx}" cy="${cy}" r="${r}" fill="none" stroke="${stroke}" stroke-width="1.25"${dash} />
+    <text class="tooth-label" x="${xs[i] + dx}" y="${labelY}" text-anchor="middle" fill="#1f1d18">${g.teeth}</text>
+    ${g.idler ? `<text class="idler-tag" x="${xs[i] + dx}" y="${cy + rMaxAll + 14}" text-anchor="middle" fill="#6e695c">idler</text>` : ""}`;
     }).join("");
   }).join("");
 
-  const baseline = `<line class="plate-line" x1="${PAD + dx}" y1="${cy}" x2="${naturalWidth - PAD + dx}" y2="${cy}" />`;
-  const dirTag = `<text class="dir-tag" x="${width - PAD}" y="${Math.max(14, cy - rMaxAll - 8)}" text-anchor="end">${dirLabel}</text>`;
+  const baseline = `<line class="plate-line" x1="${PAD + dx}" y1="${cy}" x2="${naturalWidth - PAD + dx}" y2="${cy}" stroke="#3f3b32" stroke-width="1" />`;
+  const dirTag = `<text class="dir-tag" x="${width - PAD}" y="${Math.max(14, cy - rMaxAll - 8)}" text-anchor="end" fill="#7d5516">${dirLabel}</text>`;
   // Describe the train for assistive tech — role="img" makes the child <text>
   // presentational, so everything a sighted user reads must be in the label.
   const stageWords = train.stages
diff --git a/packages/web/src/styles/app.css b/packages/web/src/styles/app.css
index a7bb8de..205f727 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/styles/app.css
+++ b/packages/web/src/styles/app.css
@@ -90,11 +90,6 @@ thead th {
   line-height: var(--leading-normal);
 }
 
-.masthead .intro strong {
-  color: var(--ink);
-  font-weight: 600;
-}
-
 /* ---- Input panel: two labelled groups ---------------------------------- */
 /* Groups sit side by side on wide screens and stack when the row gets tight,
    so the panel uses the horizontal space instead of running down the page. */
diff --git a/packages/web/src/ui/app.ts b/packages/web/src/ui/app.ts
index dbfe7d2..a9ea257 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/ui/app.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/ui/app.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export function mountApp(root: HTMLElement): void {
   root.innerHTML = `<header class="masthead">
       <h1>Involute</h1>
       <p class="tagline">Find the gear tooth counts for a watch complication, and see how accurate each train is.</p>
-      <p class="intro">Pick what the train should track — a moon phase, a calendar, world time — and Involute computes the tooth counts and how far each option drifts. <strong>The result below is a live example:</strong> a moon-phase train accurate to about a day in 122 years. Change the target to solve your own.</p>
+      <p class="intro">Pick a target — moon phase, calendar, world time. The result below is a live example; change it to solve your own.</p>
     </header>
     <section class="panel-slot"></section>
     <p class="solve-summary"></p>