diff --git a/crates/compose/src/lib.rs b/crates/compose/src/lib.rs
index 5fe8f6d51..ebf1e377b 100644
--- a/crates/compose/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/compose/src/lib.rs
@@ -165,6 +165,20 @@ pub struct PlacedGlyph {
 }
 
 impl PlacedGlyph {
+    /// Whether an underline or a strikethrough runs across this glyph.
+    ///
+    /// A tab is not drawn, but it is a character with an advance, and the rule runs across its
+    /// whole width as InDesign draws it: forms rule their fill-in lines with underlined tabs, and
+    /// without this they lost every writing line (#1466). The spaces a line break trimmed off the
+    /// end, the break characters themselves and the markers' carriers are not part of the line's
+    /// text and are not spanned.
+    pub fn spans_rules(&self) -> bool {
+        if self.visible {
+            return true;
+        }
+        self.adv > 0.0 && matches!(self.rendered_char, '\t' | designcraft_doc::story::RIGHT_INDENT_TAB)
+    }
+
     /// In a vertical frame, the turn that sets this glyph upright, applied after drawing it at `x`
     /// on `baseline`: it hangs from its vertical origin ([`designcraft_fonts::FontFace::v_origin`],
     /// centred across) at `x` on the line's centre, the middle of the font's em box; a tate-chu-yoko
diff --git a/crates/pdf/src/text.rs b/crates/pdf/src/text.rs
index 300a47d93..1aaf435d9 100644
--- a/crates/pdf/src/text.rs
+++ b/crates/pdf/src/text.rs
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ fn cluster_chars(members: &[PlacedGlyph], cluster: &str) -> Option<Vec<(usize, c
 fn text_rules(cs: &ComposedStory, ft: &FrameText, underline: bool) -> Vec<(designcraft_compose::Rule, Rect)> {
     let mut bars: Vec<(designcraft_compose::Rule, Rect)> = Vec::new();
     for line in &ft.lines {
-        for g in line.glyphs.iter().filter(|g| g.visible) {
+        for g in line.glyphs.iter().filter(|g| g.spans_rules()) {
             let style = &cs.styles[g.style as usize];
             let (on, rule) = if underline { (style.underline, &style.underline_rule) } else { (style.strikethrough, &style.strike_rule) };
             if !on {
@@ -638,3 +638,39 @@ fn glyph_outlines(glyphs: &[PlacedGlyph], size: f64, tan: f64) -> BezPath {
     }
     bp
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod rule_tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use designcraft_compose::Cache;
+    use designcraft_doc::{Document, ParaFormat, SpreadRef};
+    use designcraft_geom::Rect;
+
+    /// A tab draws nothing but advances to its stop, and the underline runs across it, as it does
+    /// on screen: a form's fill-in lines are underlined tabs (#1466).
+    #[test]
+    fn an_underline_runs_across_a_tab() {
+        let mut doc = Document::new(&Default::default());
+        for style in &mut doc.styles_mut().paragraph {
+            style.chars.underline = Some(true);
+        }
+        let layer = doc.default_layer();
+        let (_, sid) =
+            doc.add_text_frame(SpreadRef::Doc(0), Rect::new(36.0, 36.0, 400.0, 300.0), layer, "Name\tCity", ParaFormat::default()).unwrap();
+        let cs = Cache::new().get(&doc, sid, None);
+        let line = &cs.frames[0].lines[0];
+        let tab = line.glyphs.iter().find(|g| g.rendered_char == '\t').expect("the tab is placed on the line");
+        let bars = text_rules(&cs, &cs.frames[0], true);
+        assert_eq!(bars.len(), 1, "one bar across the line, not one before the tab and one after: {bars:?}");
+        let bar = bars[0].1;
+        assert!(bar.x0 <= tab.x + 0.5 && bar.x1 >= tab.x + tab.adv - 0.5, "the bar covers the tab: {bar:?}, tab {} + {}", tab.x, tab.adv);
+        // The strikethrough of the same text behaves the same way.
+        for style in &mut doc.styles_mut().paragraph {
+            style.chars.underline = None;
+            style.chars.strikethrough = Some(true);
+        }
+        let cs = Cache::new().get(&doc, sid, None);
+        assert!(text_rules(&cs, &cs.frames[0], true).is_empty(), "no underline now");
+        assert_eq!(text_rules(&cs, &cs.frames[0], false).len(), 1, "one strike across the line");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/render/src/text.rs b/crates/render/src/text.rs
index 70f31b4f6..a4fa80ad0 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/text.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/text.rs
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ fn build_line(db: &FontDb, cs: &ComposedStory, l: &Line, vertical: bool) -> Line
     let mut strikes: Vec<(String, f32, Rect)> = Vec::new();
     let mut glyphs = 0;
     for g in &l.glyphs {
-        if !g.visible {
+        if !g.spans_rules() {
             continue;
         }
         let style = &cs.styles[g.style as usize];
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ fn build_line(db: &FontDb, cs: &ComposedStory, l: &Line, vertical: bool) -> Line
                 }
             }
         }
+        // A tab carries the rule across its width but draws nothing itself.
+        if !g.visible {
+            continue;
+        }
         let outline = db.outline(&g.face, g.gid);
         if outline.elements().is_empty() {
             continue;
@@ -725,3 +729,45 @@ mod cache_identity_tests {
         assert_eq!(glyphs.lines[0].runs, runs);
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod rule_tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// A tab is not drawn, but it is a character with an advance, and InDesign underlines it:
+    /// forms rule their fill-in lines with underlined tabs (`Name ⇥⇥⇥⇥, city ⇥⇥⇥⇥`). The bars
+    /// stopped at the last letter before each tab, so an imported form lost every writing line
+    /// (#1466).
+    #[test]
+    fn an_underline_runs_across_a_tab() {
+        let mut doc = designcraft_doc::Document::new(&Default::default());
+        for style in &mut doc.styles_mut().paragraph {
+            style.chars.underline = Some(true);
+        }
+        let layer = doc.default_layer();
+        let (_, sid) = doc
+            .add_text_frame(
+                designcraft_doc::SpreadRef::Doc(0),
+                Rect::new(36.0, 36.0, 400.0, 300.0),
+                layer,
+                "Name\tCity",
+                designcraft_doc::ParaFormat::default(),
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        let owner = crate::Cache::new();
+        let cs = owner.get(&doc, sid, None);
+        let line = &cs.frames[0].lines[0];
+        let tab = line.glyphs.iter().find(|g| g.rendered_char == '\t').expect("the tab is placed on the line");
+        assert!(!tab.visible, "a tab draws nothing itself");
+        assert!(tab.adv > 1.0, "it advances to its stop: {}", tab.adv);
+
+        let mut cache = GlyphCache::default();
+        cache.tick();
+        let glyphs = cache.get(&cs, &cs.frames[0]);
+        let bars = &glyphs.lines[0].underlines;
+        assert_eq!(bars.len(), 1, "one bar across the line, not one before the tab and one after: {bars:?}");
+        let bar = bars[0].2;
+        assert!(bar.x0 <= tab.x + 0.5, "the bar starts at the text, not at the tab: {bar:?}");
+        assert!(bar.x1 >= tab.x + tab.adv - 0.5, "the bar covers the tab's width: {bar:?}, tab {} + {}", tab.x, tab.adv);
+    }
+}