diff --git a/crates/format/src/fig/map.rs b/crates/format/src/fig/map.rs
index a236e1fdb..dc51f9156 100644
--- a/crates/format/src/fig/map.rs
+++ b/crates/format/src/fig/map.rs
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ pub(super) fn to_rest(msg: &Kv, name: &str, max_nodes: usize) -> (Value, Vec<Str
     to_rest_for(msg, name, max_nodes, false)
 }
 
-/// [`to_rest`] for a FigJam whiteboard (`board`) or a design file: a whiteboard's stickies come
-/// out as native board items.
+/// The REST JSON (as `to_rest`) for a FigJam whiteboard (`board`) or a design file: a
+/// whiteboard's stickies come out as native board items.
 pub(super) fn to_rest_for(msg: &Kv, name: &str, max_nodes: usize, board: bool) -> (Value, Vec<String>, Vec<Option<VectorNetwork>>) {
     let mut m = Mapper::new(msg, max_nodes);
     m.board = board;
diff --git a/crates/format/src/fig/tests.rs b/crates/format/src/fig/tests.rs
index a8abf56fe..e024920a7 100644
--- a/crates/format/src/fig/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/format/src/fig/tests.rs
@@ -1583,7 +1583,8 @@ fn dump_samples() {
         std::fs::write(format!("{out}/{stem}.schema.txt"), txt).unwrap();
         let msg = schema.decode_message(schema.find("Message").unwrap(), &message).unwrap();
         std::fs::write(format!("{out}/{stem}.json"), serde_json::to_string_pretty(&debug_json(&msg)).unwrap()).unwrap();
-        let (rest, ..) = map::to_rest(&msg, &stem, super::layer_budget(message.len()));
+        // A whiteboard's dump shows its native board items as the import makes them.
+        let (rest, ..) = map::to_rest_for(&msg, &stem, super::layer_budget(message.len()), a.canvas.starts_with(super::JAM_HEADER));
         std::fs::write(format!("{out}/{stem}.rest.json"), serde_json::to_string_pretty(&rest).unwrap()).unwrap();
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/format/src/rest.rs b/crates/format/src/rest.rs
index 681a0defa..8797d9efa 100644
--- a/crates/format/src/rest.rs
+++ b/crates/format/src/rest.rs
@@ -797,12 +797,16 @@ impl<'a> Ctx<'a> {
     /// The `board` field (a FigCraft extension): what the object is on a board. A sticky or shape
     /// is set at once; anything else, or junk, is ignored with a warning.
     fn board_item(&mut self, n: &mut Node, b: &'a Value) {
+        // A sticky or shape is a frame holding its layers: on anything else it is ignored.
+        let frame = n.kind.is_frame_like();
         let item = match text(b, "type") {
-            Some("sticky") => {
+            Some("sticky") if frame => {
                 let author = text(b, "author").unwrap_or("").trim();
-                Some(figcraft_doc::BoardItem::Sticky { author: author.chars().take(64).collect() })
+                Some(figcraft_doc::BoardItem::Sticky { author: author.chars().filter(|c| !c.is_control()).take(64).collect() })
+            }
+            Some("shape") if frame => {
+                text(b, "shape").and_then(figcraft_doc::BoardShape::from_id).map(|shape| figcraft_doc::BoardItem::Shape { shape })
             }
-            Some("shape") => text(b, "shape").and_then(figcraft_doc::BoardShape::from_id).map(|shape| figcraft_doc::BoardItem::Shape { shape }),
             _ => None,
         };
         match item {
diff --git a/crates/format/src/rest/import_regression_tests.rs b/crates/format/src/rest/import_regression_tests.rs
index 90cc4c5c3..5d5bfb48e 100644
--- a/crates/format/src/rest/import_regression_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/format/src/rest/import_regression_tests.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ fn thousands_of_distinct_style_references_import_in_linear_time() {
 #[test]
 fn a_board_field_becomes_the_nodes_board_item() {
     let frame = json!({"id": "1:1", "name": "Note", "type": "FRAME", "relativeTransform": at(0.0, 0.0), "size": {"x": 200, "y": 200},
-                       "board": {"type": "sticky", "author": "A"}});
+                       "board": {"type": "sticky", "author": "A\u{7}"}});
     let (doc, warnings) = import(&file(json!([frame])), &no_images).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(named(&doc, "Note").board, Some(figcraft_doc::BoardItem::Sticky { author: "A".into() }));
     assert!(!warnings.iter().any(|w| w.contains("board item")), "{warnings:?}");
@@ -112,4 +112,10 @@ fn junk_board_fields_are_ignored_with_a_warning() {
         assert!(named(&doc, "Junk").board.is_none(), "{junk}");
         assert!(warnings.iter().any(|w| w.contains("unknown board item on Junk was ignored")), "{junk}: {warnings:?}");
     }
+    // A sticky is a frame holding its layers: on a rectangle the item is ignored.
+    let rect = json!({"id": "1:2", "name": "Rect", "type": "RECTANGLE", "relativeTransform": at(0.0, 0.0), "size": {"x": 20, "y": 20},
+                      "board": {"type": "sticky", "author": "A"}});
+    let (doc, warnings) = import(&file(json!([rect])), &no_images).unwrap();
+    assert!(named(&doc, "Rect").board.is_none());
+    assert!(warnings.iter().any(|w| w.contains("unknown board item on Rect was ignored")), "{warnings:?}");
 }