diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/type_tool.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/type_tool.rs
index 766aa4220c..500442ca70 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/type_tool.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/type_tool.rs
@@ -148,3 +148,5 @@ mod commit_tests;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod ime_tests;
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod mask_escape_tests;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/type_tool/canvas_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/type_tool/canvas_tests.rs
index 0a8fbbd7f1..e0c5dbdfe6 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/type_tool/canvas_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/type_tool/canvas_tests.rs
@@ -2729,10 +2729,10 @@ fn type_mask_commits_the_glyphs_as_the_selection_in_one_step() {
     assert!(v.height() > 2 * v.width(), "{v:?}");
 }
 
-/// #1055: Escape cancels a Type Mask session whatever "Use Escape to Commit" says: the selection
-/// and the layers stay as they were.
+/// #1055: Cancel throws a Type Mask session away: the selection and the layers stay as they were.
+/// (Escape commits it, as in the reference application: #12070, `mask_escape_tests`.)
 #[test]
-fn type_mask_escape_leaves_the_selection_unchanged() {
+fn type_mask_cancel_leaves_the_selection_unchanged() {
     let mut app = new_app();
     app.run("select.all", json!({})).unwrap();
     let (before, layers) = (selection_bounds(&app), app.session.active().unwrap().doc.layers.len());
@@ -2742,7 +2742,7 @@ fn type_mask_escape_leaves_the_selection_unchanged() {
     click(&mut h, p);
     assert!(h.state().ui.text_edit.as_ref().is_some_and(|ed| ed.mask), "typing a mask");
     super::insert(h.state_mut(), "I");
-    h.key_press(egui::Key::Escape);
+    super::cancel(h.state_mut());
     h.run_steps(2);
     assert!(h.state().ui.text_edit.is_none());
     assert_eq!(selection_bounds(h.state()), before);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/type_tool/keys.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/type_tool/keys.rs
index 74c81c2f7d..0da9b40319 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/type_tool/keys.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/type_tool/keys.rs
@@ -255,7 +255,11 @@ fn handle_pressed_key(
             insert(app, "\t");
         }
         Key::Escape if crate::type_transform::active(app) => crate::type_transform::cancel_drag(app),
-        Key::Escape if edit.edit.mask => cancel(app),
+        // A Type Mask commits on Escape as on ⌘↩, whatever "Use ESC to commit" says; the options bar's
+        // Cancel still throws it away (#12070). Escape on an empty mask text, or while an input
+        // method is composing, was not measured and still cancels.
+        Key::Escape if edit.edit.mask && (edit.text.is_empty() || edit.edit.preedit.is_some()) => cancel(app),
+        Key::Escape if edit.edit.mask => commit(app),
         Key::Escape if app.session.prefs().type_.use_esc_to_commit => commit(app),
         Key::Escape => cancel(app),
         Key::A if modifiers.command => {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/type_tool/mask_escape_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/type_tool/mask_escape_tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30566900b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/type_tool/mask_escape_tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+//! #12070: Escape commits a Type Mask session the way ⌘↩ does, whatever "Use Escape to Commit"
+//! says: the text outline becomes the selection in one history state and no layer is added. An
+//! empty mask text and a composing input method still cancel, and the Type tool's Escape still
+//! follows the preference. (A ⌘ transform drag's Escape arm stays first; masks have no transform
+//! box yet, #12082.) Keys go through the app's shortcut handling, as on the canvas.
+
+use egui_kittest::Harness;
+use photocraft_doc::LayerId;
+use photocraft_raster::Surface;
+use serde_json::json;
+
+use crate::PhotocraftApp;
+use crate::state::Tool;
+
+fn new_app(tool: Tool, use_esc_to_commit: bool) -> PhotocraftApp {
+    let mut app = PhotocraftApp::new(photocraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());
+    app.run("file.new", json!({"width": 400, "height": 200})).unwrap();
+    app.run("prefs.set", json!({"path": "type.useEscToCommit", "value": use_esc_to_commit})).unwrap();
+    // Away from the text, so New, Add, Subtract and Intersect each leave a different selection.
+    app.run("select.rect", json!({"x": 300, "y": 150, "width": 60, "height": 30})).unwrap();
+    app.sync_views();
+    app.ui.tool = tool;
+    app
+}
+
+/// Start new text with a click and type `s`, as the canvas does.
+fn type_new(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, s: &str) -> LayerId {
+    super::pointer_up(app, [50.0, 100.0], [50.0, 100.0]);
+    super::insert(app, s);
+    LayerId(app.ui.text_edit.as_ref().unwrap().layer)
+}
+
+/// One frame of the app's shortcut handling for each of `events`.
+fn send(app: PhotocraftApp, events: Vec<egui::Event>) -> PhotocraftApp {
+    let mut h = Harness::builder().build_ui_state(
+        |ui, app: &mut PhotocraftApp| {
+            let ctx = ui.ctx().clone();
+            // As `canvas_tests`' harness: the shortcuts wait for the app's fonts.
+            if ctx.fonts(|f| f.families().contains(&egui::FontFamily::Name("medium".into()))) {
+                crate::shortcuts::handle(app, &ctx);
+            }
+        },
+        app,
+    );
+    PhotocraftApp::setup_context(&h.ctx, crate::theme::ThemeKind::ALL[0]);
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    for event in events {
+        h.event(event);
+        h.run_steps(1);
+    }
+    h.into_state()
+}
+
+fn key(key: egui::Key, modifiers: egui::Modifiers) -> egui::Event {
+    egui::Event::Key { key, physical_key: None, pressed: true, repeat: false, modifiers }
+}
+
+fn escape(app: PhotocraftApp) -> PhotocraftApp {
+    send(app, vec![key(egui::Key::Escape, egui::Modifiers::NONE)])
+}
+
+/// The selection (compared pixel for pixel, shown by its bounds), the history (oldest first) and
+/// the layer count.
+#[derive(PartialEq)]
+struct Snapshot {
+    selection: Option<Surface>,
+    history: Vec<String>,
+    layers: usize,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for Snapshot {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        let bounds = self.selection.as_ref().map(Surface::content_bounds);
+        write!(f, "selection {bounds:?}, history {:?}, {} layers", self.history, self.layers)
+    }
+}
+
+fn snapshot(app: &PhotocraftApp) -> Snapshot {
+    let st = app.session.active().unwrap();
+    Snapshot { selection: st.doc.selection.clone(), history: st.history.entries(), layers: st.doc.layers.len() }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn escape_commits_a_type_mask_as_command_return_does() {
+    for tool in [Tool::HorizontalTypeMask, Tool::VerticalTypeMask] {
+        for use_esc_to_commit in [true, false] {
+            let what = format!("{tool:?}, useEscToCommit={use_esc_to_commit}");
+            let session = || {
+                let mut app = new_app(tool, use_esc_to_commit);
+                let before = snapshot(&app);
+                type_new(&mut app, "AB");
+                (app, before)
+            };
+            let (app, before) = session();
+            let escaped = escape(app);
+            let (app, _) = session();
+            let returned = send(app, vec![key(egui::Key::Enter, egui::Modifiers::COMMAND)]);
+            assert!(escaped.ui.text_edit.is_none(), "{what}: the session ends");
+            let after = snapshot(&escaped);
+            let bounds = after.selection.as_ref().map(Surface::content_bounds);
+            assert!(bounds.is_some_and(|r| r.x1 < 300), "{what}: the text outline alone is the selection: {bounds:?}");
+            assert_eq!(after.history.len(), before.history.len() + 1, "{what}: one history state");
+            assert_eq!(after.layers, before.layers, "{what}: no layer is added");
+            assert_eq!(after, snapshot(&returned), "{what}: the same as ⌘↩");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn escape_with_an_empty_mask_text_changes_nothing() {
+    for tool in [Tool::HorizontalTypeMask, Tool::VerticalTypeMask] {
+        for use_esc_to_commit in [true, false] {
+            let what = format!("{tool:?}, useEscToCommit={use_esc_to_commit}");
+            let mut app = new_app(tool, use_esc_to_commit);
+            let before = snapshot(&app);
+            type_new(&mut app, "");
+            let app = escape(app);
+            assert!(app.ui.text_edit.is_none(), "{what}");
+            assert_eq!(snapshot(&app), before, "{what}");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn escape_while_an_input_method_composes_still_cancels_a_type_mask() {
+    let preedit = || egui::Event::Ime(egui::ImeEvent::Preedit { text: "にほ".into(), active_range_chars: None });
+    let session = || {
+        let mut app = new_app(Tool::HorizontalTypeMask, true);
+        let before = snapshot(&app);
+        type_new(&mut app, "AB");
+        (app, before)
+    };
+    let (app, _) = session();
+    let app = send(app, vec![preedit()]);
+    assert!(app.ui.text_edit.as_ref().is_some_and(|ed| ed.preedit.is_some()), "composing");
+    let (app, before) = session();
+    let app = send(app, vec![preedit(), key(egui::Key::Escape, egui::Modifiers::NONE)]);
+    assert!(app.ui.text_edit.is_none());
+    assert_eq!(snapshot(&app), before);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn the_type_tools_escape_still_follows_the_preference() {
+    for (use_esc_to_commit, kept) in [(true, true), (false, false)] {
+        let mut app = new_app(Tool::Type, use_esc_to_commit);
+        let id = type_new(&mut app, "AB");
+        let app = escape(app);
+        assert!(app.ui.text_edit.is_none());
+        let layer = app.session.active().unwrap().doc.layer(id).is_some();
+        assert_eq!(layer, kept, "useEscToCommit={use_esc_to_commit}: committed, or cancelled and the new layer gone");
+    }
+}