diff --git a/crates/draw-engine/assets/fonts/Lilita/Lilita-Regular-i7dPIFZ9Zz-WBtRtedDbYE98RXi4EwSsbg.woff2 b/crates/draw-engine/assets/fonts/Lilita/Lilita-Regular-i7dPIFZ9Zz-WBtRtedDbYE98RXi4EwSsbg.woff2
index 51e6f53..4f335a7 100644
Binary files a/crates/draw-engine/assets/fonts/Lilita/Lilita-Regular-i7dPIFZ9Zz-WBtRtedDbYE98RXi4EwSsbg.woff2 and b/crates/draw-engine/assets/fonts/Lilita/Lilita-Regular-i7dPIFZ9Zz-WBtRtedDbYE98RXi4EwSsbg.woff2 differ
diff --git a/crates/draw-engine/assets/fonts/Lilita/Lilita-Regular-i7dPIFZ9Zz-WBtRtedDbYEF8RXi4EwQ.woff2 b/crates/draw-engine/assets/fonts/Lilita/Lilita-Regular-i7dPIFZ9Zz-WBtRtedDbYEF8RXi4EwQ.woff2
index 1fe1443..ef33ce8 100644
Binary files a/crates/draw-engine/assets/fonts/Lilita/Lilita-Regular-i7dPIFZ9Zz-WBtRtedDbYEF8RXi4EwQ.woff2 and b/crates/draw-engine/assets/fonts/Lilita/Lilita-Regular-i7dPIFZ9Zz-WBtRtedDbYEF8RXi4EwQ.woff2 differ
diff --git a/crates/draw-engine/src/engine/frame.rs b/crates/draw-engine/src/engine/frame.rs
index 07712c1..566aa19 100644
--- a/crates/draw-engine/src/engine/frame.rs
+++ b/crates/draw-engine/src/engine/frame.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ pub struct PaintView<'a> {
     /// picture of the board, which it changes on every press without touching.
     pub flowchart_pending: Vec<&'a DrawElement>,
     pub selected: Vec<&'a DrawElement>,
+    /// The selectable element currently beneath the pointer, before a press commits selection.
+    pub hovered: Option<&'a DrawElement>,
     /// Where a multi-selection's box and handles go: around what a transform carries,
     /// the same box the handles are hit on. `None` when fewer than two are carried.
     pub group_box: Option<WorldBounds>,
@@ -169,6 +171,7 @@ fn without_editor_chrome(view: &mut PaintView<'_>) {
     view.flowchart_pending = Vec::new();
     view.laser = Vec::new();
     view.peer_lasers = Vec::new();
+    view.hovered = None;
     view.peer_marks = Vec::new();
     view.snap_guides = Vec::new();
     view.linear_handles = Vec::new();
@@ -403,6 +406,11 @@ impl DrawEngine {
             .filter_map(|id| self.scene.get(id))
             .filter(|el| !el.is_deleted)
             .collect();
+        let hovered = self
+            .hovered_id
+            .as_deref()
+            .and_then(|id| self.scene.get(id))
+            .filter(|el| !el.is_deleted);
         let lasso = match &self.interaction {
             Some(super::Interaction::Lasso { path, .. }) => path.clone(),
             _ => Vec::new(),
@@ -554,6 +562,7 @@ impl DrawEngine {
             erasing_revision: self.erasing_revision,
             flowchart_pending,
             selected,
+            hovered,
             group_box,
             marquee,
             lasso,
diff --git a/crates/draw-engine/src/engine/hover.rs b/crates/draw-engine/src/engine/hover.rs
index c8eb686..099d295 100644
--- a/crates/draw-engine/src/engine/hover.rs
+++ b/crates/draw-engine/src/engine/hover.rs
@@ -99,8 +99,18 @@ impl DrawEngine {
     /// outline a few units off an intersection lights whatever that intersection is over, and
     /// near the tolerance's edge it lights **nothing** at all.
     pub fn hover_pointer(&mut self, sx: f64, sy: f64) {
-        if self.tool != DrawTool::Arrow || self.interaction.is_some() || self.multi_linear.is_some()
-        {
+        if self.interaction.is_some() || self.multi_linear.is_some() {
+            return;
+        }
+        if self.tool == DrawTool::Select {
+            let next = self.pressed_at(sx, sy).map(|el| el.id.clone());
+            if next != self.hovered_id {
+                self.hovered_id = next;
+                self.request_draw();
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+        if self.tool != DrawTool::Arrow {
             return;
         }
         let world = self.screen_to_world(sx, sy);
@@ -145,10 +155,14 @@ impl DrawEngine {
         if self.interaction.is_some() || self.multi_linear.is_some() {
             return;
         }
+        let hover_changed = self.hovered_id.take().is_some();
         if self.binding_highlight.take().is_some() {
             self.binding_point = None;
             self.request_draw();
         }
+        if hover_changed {
+            self.request_draw();
+        }
     }
 
     /// Ctrl/Cmd, as held for the pointer event about to be reported: while it is down an
diff --git a/crates/draw-engine/src/engine/mod.rs b/crates/draw-engine/src/engine/mod.rs
index 7fbd378..18b3c00 100644
--- a/crates/draw-engine/src/engine/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/draw-engine/src/engine/mod.rs
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ pub struct DrawEngine {
     settled_selection: std::rc::Rc<stamp::SelectionState>,
     /// Between a press and its release, when what the press selects is not settled yet.
     pointer_open: bool,
+    /// Element currently under the pointer in the Select tool, for immediate hover feedback.
+    hovered_id: Option<String>,
     /// The right-button session in progress, if one is. Outlives the gesture it holds,
     /// because the platform's `contextmenu` can arrive after the release that ended it —
     /// see [`Self::consumes_context_menu`] and [`crate::pan`].
@@ -406,6 +408,7 @@ impl DrawEngine {
             history_seq: 0,
             settled_selection: std::rc::Rc::default(),
             pointer_open: false,
+            hovered_id: None,
             secondary_pan: None,
             suppress_next_context_menu: false,
             remote_refused: std::collections::HashMap::new(),
@@ -803,6 +806,9 @@ impl DrawEngine {
     }
 
     pub fn set_tool(&mut self, tool: DrawTool) {
+        if self.tool != tool {
+            self.hovered_id = None;
+        }
         self.set_tool_step(tool);
         self.refresh_live();
     }
diff --git a/crates/draw-engine/src/wasm/paint.rs b/crates/draw-engine/src/wasm/paint.rs
index 64176e5..b2c9856 100644
--- a/crates/draw-engine/src/wasm/paint.rs
+++ b/crates/draw-engine/src/wasm/paint.rs
@@ -2059,6 +2059,16 @@ fn paint_overlay(ctx: &CanvasRenderingContext2d, view: &PaintView) {
         }
     }
 
+    if let Some(hovered) = view.hovered {
+        // Hover feedback is deliberately an outline only: it previews the click without
+        // adding handles or changing the committed selection.
+        ctx.save();
+        set_stroke(ctx, &view.theme.accent);
+        ctx.set_global_alpha(0.75);
+        paint_element_outline(ctx, view, hovered);
+        ctx.restore();
+    }
+
     if view.selected.len() == 1 {
         paint_shape_selection(ctx, view, view.selected[0]);
         paint_radius_handles(ctx, view);
diff --git a/crates/draw-engine/tests/ci_svg_fonts_bytes.rs b/crates/draw-engine/tests/ci_svg_fonts_bytes.rs
index 2ac3f40..2a9f457 100644
--- a/crates/draw-engine/tests/ci_svg_fonts_bytes.rs
+++ b/crates/draw-engine/tests/ci_svg_fonts_bytes.rs
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ const SHIPPED_CRC32: [(&str, u32); 10] = [
     ),
     (
         "Lilita/Lilita-Regular-i7dPIFZ9Zz-WBtRtedDbYEF8RXi4EwQ.woff2",
-        0x1380_bdc3,
+        0x9a95_2276,
     ),
     (
         "Lilita/Lilita-Regular-i7dPIFZ9Zz-WBtRtedDbYE98RXi4EwSsbg.woff2",
-        0x8a23_e0d0,
+        0xda05_848c,
     ),
 ];
 
@@ -362,11 +362,11 @@ fn the_shipped_files_hash_to_the_recorded_values() {
         ),
         (
             include_bytes!("../assets/fonts/Lilita/Lilita-Regular-i7dPIFZ9Zz-WBtRtedDbYEF8RXi4EwQ.woff2"),
-            0x1380_bdc3,
+            0x9a95_2276,
         ),
         (
             include_bytes!("../assets/fonts/Lilita/Lilita-Regular-i7dPIFZ9Zz-WBtRtedDbYE98RXi4EwSsbg.woff2"),
-            0x8a23_e0d0,
+            0xda05_848c,
         ),
     ];
     for (bytes, expected) in &files {