diff --git a/crates/eps/src/lib.rs b/crates/eps/src/lib.rs
index acffdfcf2..e48532349 100644
--- a/crates/eps/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/eps/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ pub mod ascii85;
 mod container;
 mod dsc;
 mod preview;
+mod rectangles;
 
 pub use container::{DOS_HEADER, DOS_MAGIC, Sections, sections, wrap};
 pub use dsc::{Comments, MAX_HEADER, MAX_TRAILER};
 pub use preview::{Bitmap, MAX_EPSI, epsi};
+pub use rectangles::{MAX_SIMPLE_RECTANGLE_SAVE_DEPTH, MAX_SIMPLE_RECTANGLE_TOKENS, MAX_SIMPLE_RECTANGLES, Rectangle, simple_rectangles};
 
 use std::fmt;
 
diff --git a/crates/eps/src/rectangles.rs b/crates/eps/src/rectangles.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1c871762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/eps/src/rectangles.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+//! A bounded subset of PostScript used for simple EPS previews.
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+/// A solid rectangle drawn by a simple EPS program.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Rectangle {
+    /// Left edge in PostScript points.
+    pub x: f64,
+    /// Bottom edge in PostScript points.
+    pub y: f64,
+    /// Width in PostScript points.
+    pub width: f64,
+    /// Height in PostScript points.
+    pub height: f64,
+    /// Straight sRGB RGBA.
+    pub color: [u8; 4],
+}
+
+pub const MAX_SIMPLE_RECTANGLES: usize = 200_000;
+pub const MAX_SIMPLE_RECTANGLE_TOKENS: usize = 2_000_000;
+pub const MAX_SIMPLE_RECTANGLE_SAVE_DEPTH: usize = 64;
+
+/// Simple PostScript tokens without comments, with braces kept as individual tokens.
+fn tokens(text: &str) -> impl Iterator<Item = &str> {
+    text.split(['\n', '\r']).flat_map(|line| {
+        line.split('%').next().unwrap_or("").split_whitespace().flat_map(|word| word.split_inclusive(['{', '}'])).flat_map(|piece| {
+            let (body, brace) = match piece.char_indices().last() {
+                Some((at, '{' | '}')) => (piece.get(..at).unwrap_or(""), piece.get(at..)),
+                _ => (piece, None),
+            };
+            [Some(body).filter(|body| !body.is_empty()), brace].into_iter().flatten()
+        })
+    })
+}
+
+/// Read solid rectangle fills and their sRGB colours from the restricted PostScript subset used
+/// by simple EPS previews. None means the program uses an unsupported operator or exceeds a
+/// fixed work bound. The function never executes PostScript.
+pub fn simple_rectangles(ps: &[u8]) -> Option<Vec<Rectangle>> {
+    let text = std::str::from_utf8(ps).ok()?;
+    let mut aliases: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::new();
+    let mut stack: Vec<f64> = Vec::new();
+    let mut color = [0u8, 0, 0, 255];
+    let mut saved: Vec<[u8; 4]> = Vec::new();
+    let mut rectangles = Vec::new();
+    let mut input = tokens(text);
+    let mut count = 0usize;
+    while let Some(token) = input.next() {
+        count += 1;
+        if count > MAX_SIMPLE_RECTANGLE_TOKENS {
+            return None;
+        }
+        if let Ok(value) = token.parse::<f64>() {
+            if !value.is_finite() {
+                return None;
+            }
+            stack.push(value);
+            continue;
+        }
+        if let Some(name) = token.strip_prefix('/') {
+            let mut body: Vec<&str> = Vec::new();
+            while body.len() < 5 {
+                count += 1;
+                if count > MAX_SIMPLE_RECTANGLE_TOKENS {
+                    return None;
+                }
+                match input.next() {
+                    Some("def") | None => break,
+                    Some(token) => body.push(token),
+                }
+            }
+            let op = match body.as_slice() {
+                ["{", op, "}"] | ["{", op, "}", _] => (*op).to_string(),
+                _ => return None,
+            };
+            aliases.insert(name.to_string(), op);
+            continue;
+        }
+        let op = aliases.get(token).map_or(token, String::as_str);
+        let mut pop = |n: usize| -> Option<Vec<f64>> { (stack.len() >= n).then(|| stack.split_off(stack.len() - n)) };
+        match op {
+            "setcmykcolor" => {
+                let values = pop(4)?;
+                let black = values[3].clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+                let channel = |value: f64| ((1.0 - value.clamp(0.0, 1.0)) * (1.0 - black) * 255.0).round() as u8;
+                color = [channel(values[0]), channel(values[1]), channel(values[2]), 255];
+            }
+            "setrgbcolor" => {
+                let values = pop(3)?;
+                let channel = |value: f64| (value.clamp(0.0, 1.0) * 255.0).round() as u8;
+                color = [channel(values[0]), channel(values[1]), channel(values[2]), 255];
+            }
+            "setgray" => {
+                let values = pop(1)?;
+                let gray = (values[0].clamp(0.0, 1.0) * 255.0).round() as u8;
+                color = [gray, gray, gray, 255];
+            }
+            "rectfill" => {
+                let values = pop(4)?;
+                if rectangles.len() >= MAX_SIMPLE_RECTANGLES {
+                    return None;
+                }
+                let x1 = values[0] + values[2];
+                let y1 = values[1] + values[3];
+                if !x1.is_finite() || !y1.is_finite() {
+                    return None;
+                }
+                rectangles.push(Rectangle {
+                    x: values[0].min(x1),
+                    y: values[1].min(y1),
+                    width: (x1 - values[0]).abs(),
+                    height: (y1 - values[1]).abs(),
+                    color,
+                });
+            }
+            "gsave" | "save" => {
+                if saved.len() >= MAX_SIMPLE_RECTANGLE_SAVE_DEPTH {
+                    return None;
+                }
+                saved.push(color);
+            }
+            "grestore" | "restore" => {
+                if let Some(previous) = saved.pop() {
+                    color = previous;
+                }
+            }
+            "pop" => {
+                pop(1)?;
+            }
+            "bind" | "newpath" | "showpage" | "end" | "begin" => {}
+            _ => return None,
+        }
+    }
+    (!rectangles.is_empty()).then_some(rectangles)
+}