diff --git a/crates/typst-render/src/lib.rs b/crates/typst-render/src/lib.rs
index 8c519795e..fa4a9bf18 100644
--- a/crates/typst-render/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-render/src/lib.rs
@@ -465,12 +465,7 @@ fn render_outline_glyph(
             write_bitmap(canvas, &bitmap, &state, sampler)?;
         }
         Paint::Solid(color) => {
-            write_bitmap(
-                canvas,
-                &bitmap,
-                &state,
-                to_sk_color_u8_without_alpha(*color).premultiply(),
-            )?;
+            write_bitmap(canvas, &bitmap, &state, to_sk_color_u8(*color).premultiply())?;
         }
         Paint::Pattern(pattern) => {
             let pixmap = render_pattern_frame(&state, pattern);
@@ -548,7 +543,8 @@ fn write_bitmap<S: PaintSampler>(
                 let color = sampler.sample((x as _, y as _));
                 let color = bytemuck::cast(color);
                 let pi = (y * cw + x) as usize;
-                if cov == 255 {
+                // Fast path if color is opaque.
+                if cov == u8::MAX && color & 0xFF == 0xFF {
                     pixels[pi] = color;
                     continue;
                 }
@@ -771,17 +767,6 @@ fn scaled_texture(image: &Image, w: u32, h: u32) -> Option<Arc<sk::Pixmap>> {
 trait PaintSampler: Copy {
     /// Sample the color at the `pos` in the pixmap.
     fn sample(self, pos: (u32, u32)) -> sk::PremultipliedColorU8;
-
-    /// Write the sampler to a pixmap.
-    fn write_to_pixmap(self, canvas: &mut sk::Pixmap) {
-        let width = canvas.width();
-        for x in 0..canvas.width() {
-            for y in 0..canvas.height() {
-                let color = self.sample((x, y));
-                canvas.pixels_mut()[(y * width + x) as usize] = color;
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 impl PaintSampler for sk::PremultipliedColorU8 {
@@ -835,7 +820,7 @@ impl PaintSampler for GradientSampler<'_> {
         self.transform_to_parent.map_point(&mut point);
 
         // Sample the gradient
-        to_sk_color_u8_without_alpha(self.gradient.sample_at(
+        to_sk_color_u8(self.gradient.sample_at(
             (point.x, point.y),
             (self.container_size.x.to_f32(), self.container_size.y.to_f32()),
         ))
@@ -1027,9 +1012,9 @@ fn to_sk_color(color: Color) -> sk::Color {
     sk::Color::from_rgba8(r, g, b, a)
 }
 
-fn to_sk_color_u8_without_alpha(color: Color) -> sk::ColorU8 {
-    let [r, g, b, _] = color.to_rgb().to_vec4_u8();
-    sk::ColorU8::from_rgba(r, g, b, 255)
+fn to_sk_color_u8(color: Color) -> sk::ColorU8 {
+    let [r, g, b, a] = color.to_rgb().to_vec4_u8();
+    sk::ColorU8::from_rgba(r, g, b, a)
 }
 
 fn to_sk_line_cap(cap: LineCap) -> sk::LineCap {
diff --git a/tests/ref/text/font.png b/tests/ref/text/font.png
index d3893ce8f..39c8a951b 100644
Binary files a/tests/ref/text/font.png and b/tests/ref/text/font.png differ
diff --git a/tests/typ/text/font.typ b/tests/typ/text/font.typ
index 07d00d143..736ded41b 100644
--- a/tests/typ/text/font.typ
+++ b/tests/typ/text/font.typ
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ Emoji: 🐪, 🌋, 🏞
   This is #text(rgb("FA644B"))[way more] colorful.
 ]
 
+// Transparency.
+#block(fill: green)[
+  #set text(fill: rgb("FF000080"))
+  This text is transparent.
+]
+
 // Disable font fallback beyond the user-specified list.
 // Without disabling, New Computer Modern Math would come to the rescue.
 #set text(font: ("PT Sans", "Twitter Color Emoji"), fallback: false)