diff --git a/packages/text-canvas/src/circle.ts b/packages/text-canvas/src/circle.ts
index 14dedb11d2..e3aa0d5e64 100644
--- a/packages/text-canvas/src/circle.ts
+++ b/packages/text-canvas/src/circle.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { NumOrString } from "@thi.ng/api";
 import { peek } from "@thi.ng/arrays";
-import { Canvas } from "./canvas";
+import type { Canvas } from "./canvas";
 import { hline } from "./hvline";
 import { charCode, intersectRectCircle } from "./utils";
 
diff --git a/packages/text-canvas/src/hvline.ts b/packages/text-canvas/src/hvline.ts
index 240b2f0365..23e3f1767f 100644
--- a/packages/text-canvas/src/hvline.ts
+++ b/packages/text-canvas/src/hvline.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { NumOrString } from "@thi.ng/api";
 import { peek } from "@thi.ng/arrays";
-import { Canvas } from "./canvas";
+import type { Canvas } from "./canvas";
 import { charCode } from "./utils";
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/text-canvas/src/line.ts b/packages/text-canvas/src/line.ts
index c1f98c2a40..91b0766717 100644
--- a/packages/text-canvas/src/line.ts
+++ b/packages/text-canvas/src/line.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { NumOrString } from "@thi.ng/api";
 import { peek } from "@thi.ng/arrays";
 import { liangBarsky2Raw } from "@thi.ng/geom-clip-line";
-import { Canvas } from "./canvas";
+import type { Canvas } from "./canvas";
 import { charCode } from "./utils";
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/text-canvas/src/rect.ts b/packages/text-canvas/src/rect.ts
index 50efad814c..e3b4736e8f 100644
--- a/packages/text-canvas/src/rect.ts
+++ b/packages/text-canvas/src/rect.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { NumOrString } from "@thi.ng/api";
 import { peek } from "@thi.ng/arrays";
-import { Canvas } from "./canvas";
+import type { Canvas } from "./canvas";
 import { hline, vline } from "./hvline";
 import { charCode } from "./utils";
 
diff --git a/packages/text-canvas/src/string.ts b/packages/text-canvas/src/string.ts
index ea47a51e1b..33f49b24d4 100644
--- a/packages/text-canvas/src/string.ts
+++ b/packages/text-canvas/src/string.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { StringFormat } from "./api";
-import { Canvas } from "./canvas";
+import type { Canvas } from "./canvas";
 
 /**
  * Returns string representation of canvas, optionally using given