diff --git a/crates/xfl/Cargo.toml b/crates/xfl/Cargo.toml
index f2f293a58..7ed5ec340 100644
--- a/crates/xfl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/xfl/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "craft-xfl"
-description = "Bounded reader for the ZIP package used by Animate XFL/FLA documents."
+description = "Bounded XFL/FLA package reader and native shape-edge parser."
 version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/xfl/src/edges.rs b/crates/xfl/src/edges.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e58602e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/xfl/src/edges.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+//! XFL's compact shape-edge attribute grammar.
+//!
+//! An edge's `edges` attribute uses twips (1/20 pixel): `!x y` moves, `|x y` and `/x y` draw a
+//! line, `[cx cy x y` and `]cx cy x y` draw a quadratic curve, and `Sn` marks selection state.
+//! Coordinates may be decimal or signed 24.8 fixed-point hexadecimal (`#A.8` is 10.5).
+//!
+//! This module returns neutral points and segments so consumers can map them to their own
+//! geometry model. Like Animate files in the wild, a damaged suffix ends parsing while keeping
+//! the valid prefix. The segment cap bounds output allocation.
+
+/// Most segments parsed from one edge attribute.
+pub const MAX_EDGE_SEGMENTS: usize = 2_000_000;
+
+/// A point in XFL's edge geometry, expressed in pixels after twips conversion.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Point {
+    pub x: f32,
+    pub y: f32,
+}
+
+/// One line (`control` is absent) or quadratic curve segment.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Segment {
+    pub from: Point,
+    pub control: Option<Point>,
+    pub to: Point,
+}
+
+const TWIPS_PER_PIXEL: f32 = 20.0;
+
+fn number(input: &[u8], at: &mut usize) -> Option<f32> {
+    while input.get(*at).is_some_and(|b| b.is_ascii_whitespace()) {
+        *at += 1;
+    }
+    let start = *at;
+    if input.get(*at) == Some(&b'#') {
+        *at += 1;
+        let integer_start = *at;
+        while input.get(*at).is_some_and(u8::is_ascii_hexdigit) {
+            *at += 1;
+        }
+        let integer = std::str::from_utf8(input.get(integer_start..*at)?).ok()?;
+        let mut fraction = 0_u32;
+        if input.get(*at) == Some(&b'.') {
+            *at += 1;
+            let fraction_start = *at;
+            while input.get(*at).is_some_and(u8::is_ascii_hexdigit) && *at - fraction_start < 2 {
+                *at += 1;
+            }
+            let digits = std::str::from_utf8(input.get(fraction_start..*at)?).ok()?;
+            // A single hex digit is the high nibble of the 8-bit fractional part.
+            fraction = u32::from_str_radix(digits, 16).ok()? << if digits.len() == 1 { 4 } else { 0 };
+        }
+        let whole = u32::from_str_radix(if integer.is_empty() { "0" } else { integer }, 16).ok()?;
+        let fixed = whole.wrapping_shl(8) | fraction;
+        return Some((fixed as i32) as f32 / 256.0);
+    }
+    if matches!(input.get(*at), Some(b'-' | b'+')) {
+        *at += 1;
+    }
+    while input.get(*at).is_some_and(|b| b.is_ascii_digit() || matches!(b, b'.' | b'e' | b'E')) {
+        *at += 1;
+    }
+    std::str::from_utf8(input.get(start..*at)?).ok()?.parse::<f32>().ok().filter(|v| v.is_finite())
+}
+
+fn point(input: &[u8], at: &mut usize) -> Option<Point> {
+    Some(Point { x: number(input, at)? / TWIPS_PER_PIXEL, y: number(input, at)? / TWIPS_PER_PIXEL })
+}
+
+/// Parses an XFL `<Edge edges="…">` attribute into pixel-coordinate line and quadratic segments.
+///
+/// Stops at the first unknown or malformed command, preserving the valid prefix. The current
+/// point starts at the origin. Move and selection commands do not produce segments.
+pub fn parse_edge_segments(source: &str) -> Vec<Segment> {
+    let input = source.as_bytes();
+    let mut at = 0;
+    let mut current = Point::default();
+    let mut segments = Vec::new();
+    while let Some(&command) = input.get(at) {
+        at += 1;
+        match command {
+            b'!' => match point(input, &mut at) {
+                Some(p) => current = p,
+                None => break,
+            },
+            b'|' | b'/' => match point(input, &mut at) {
+                Some(to) => {
+                    segments.push(Segment { from: current, control: None, to });
+                    current = to;
+                }
+                None => break,
+            },
+            b'[' | b']' => match (point(input, &mut at), point(input, &mut at)) {
+                (Some(control), Some(to)) => {
+                    segments.push(Segment { from: current, control: Some(control), to });
+                    current = to;
+                }
+                _ => break,
+            },
+            b'S' => {
+                while input.get(at).is_some_and(u8::is_ascii_digit) {
+                    at += 1;
+                }
+            }
+            b if b.is_ascii_whitespace() => {}
+            _ => break,
+        }
+        if segments.len() >= MAX_EDGE_SEGMENTS {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    segments
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parses_line_quadratic_and_twips() {
+        let segments = parse_edge_segments("!0 0|200 0[400 0 400 200S2/0 200");
+        assert_eq!(segments.len(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(segments[0].to, Point { x: 10.0, y: 0.0 });
+        assert_eq!(segments[1].control, Some(Point { x: 20.0, y: 0.0 }));
+        assert_eq!(segments[2], Segment { from: Point { x: 20.0, y: 10.0 }, control: None, to: Point { x: 0.0, y: 10.0 } });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parses_signed_24_8_fixed_hex_coordinates() {
+        let segments = parse_edge_segments("!#A.8 -20|#FFFFFF.80 0");
+        assert_eq!(segments.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(segments[0].from, Point { x: 0.525, y: -1.0 });
+        assert_eq!(segments[0].to, Point { x: -0.025, y: 0.0 });
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn malformed_suffix_keeps_only_valid_prefix() {
+        let segments = parse_edge_segments("!0 0|200 0[400 0 nope 200");
+        assert_eq!(segments, [Segment { from: Point::default(), control: None, to: Point { x: 10.0, y: 0.0 } }]);
+        assert!(parse_edge_segments("!1 2|x").is_empty());
+        assert!(parse_edge_segments("!NaN 2|5 5").is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn oversized_coordinate_numbers_and_segment_lists_are_bounded() {
+        assert!(parse_edge_segments("!999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 0|1 1").is_empty());
+        let source = "|0 0".repeat(MAX_EDGE_SEGMENTS + 1);
+        let segments = parse_edge_segments(&source);
+        assert_eq!(segments.len(), MAX_EDGE_SEGMENTS);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/xfl/src/lib.rs b/crates/xfl/src/lib.rs
index 4004d57ad..6fd34d0be 100644
--- a/crates/xfl/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/xfl/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,10 +15,16 @@
 //! its bytes ([`MAX_RATIO`]), more than [`MAX_ENTRY`], or a size or checksum it doesn't have;
 //! and the archive hands out at most [`MAX_TOTAL`] bytes in all. Nothing is ever written to
 //! disk. Never panics.
+//!
+//! [`edges`] decodes native shape-edge attributes into neutral points and line/quadratic
+//! segments for consumers to map into their own geometry models.
 
 use std::cell::Cell;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
+/// XFL's edge-attribute grammar, independent of any consuming application's geometry types.
+pub mod edges;
+
 /// Largest single entry inflated (bytes).
 pub const MAX_ENTRY: usize = 256 * 1024 * 1024;
 /// Most bytes one archive hands out, over every read (the import's memory budget).