diff --git a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src/features/ui-editor/bindingOverview.ts b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src/features/ui-editor/bindingOverview.ts
index e2c7e0cae..84e6cc6ce 100644
--- a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src/features/ui-editor/bindingOverview.ts
+++ b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src/features/ui-editor/bindingOverview.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ export function getImageBindingCounts(
 export function getTextBindingCounts(
   component: Extract<Component, { Text: unknown }>['Text'],
 ): ComponentBindingCounts {
-  void component;
+  if (
+    typeof component.font !== 'object' ||
+    component.font === null ||
+    !('Bound' in component.font)
+  ) {
+    return EMPTY_COMPONENT_BINDING_COUNTS;
+  }
   return countRequiredAssetSlot(true);
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/tests/bindingOverview.test.ts b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/tests/bindingOverview.test.ts
index 8fdbd1c0c..d4e564458 100644
--- a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/tests/bindingOverview.test.ts
+++ b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/tests/bindingOverview.test.ts
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ const trees: UITree[] = [
 describe('getBindingOverview', () => {
   it('uses per-component helpers to include both image and text slots', () => {
     expect(getBindingOverview(trees, sprites)).toEqual({
-      componentsNeedingAssets: 4,
-      assetSlots: 4,
-      boundSlots: 3,
+      componentsNeedingAssets: 3,
+      assetSlots: 3,
+      boundSlots: 2,
       pendingSlots: 1,
       needsAttention: 2,
       blocked: 1,