diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/active-eidos-config.test.ts b/src/uix/eidos/active-eidos-config.test.ts
index 6e402c06a..f7fed711d 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/active-eidos-config.test.ts
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/active-eidos-config.test.ts
@@ -552,6 +552,15 @@ describe('ActiveEidos config', () => {
 		);
 	});
 
+	it('emits the Fase 3 eventful corner morph (@property + press-squeeze --shape-smoothing)', () => {
+		const css = createThemeBaseEidos().renderStaticCss();
+		// registered as a typed number so the corner morph interpolates instead of jumping
+		expect(css).toContain('@property --shape-smoothing {');
+		expect(css).toContain("syntax: '<number>';");
+		// the cross-modal contact firma (press-squeeze) firms the corner at the press peak
+		expect(css).toContain('--shape-smoothing: 3;');
+	});
+
 	it('emits the Phase 3 typography scales + optical tracking', () => {
 		const css = createThemeBaseEidos().renderStaticCss()
 		expect(css).toContain('--tracking-tight: -0.02em;')
diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/generated/base.css b/src/uix/eidos/generated/base.css
index 9b2b5b9be..97575736f 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/generated/base.css
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/generated/base.css
@@ -4363,6 +4363,12 @@
 	z-index: var(--depth-recessed-z);
 }
 
+@property --shape-smoothing {
+	syntax: '<number>';
+	inherits: true;
+	initial-value: 2;
+}
+
 [data-shape='rounded'] {
 	corner-shape: round;
 }
@@ -4758,6 +4764,7 @@
 		transform: scale(0.96);
 		filter: brightness(0.96);
 		box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 transparent;
+		--shape-smoothing: 3;
 	}
 	100% {
 		transform: scale(1);
diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/lib/motion/presets/css.ts b/src/uix/eidos/lib/motion/presets/css.ts
index c851de986..4bd9c6546 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/lib/motion/presets/css.ts
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/lib/motion/presets/css.ts
@@ -149,10 +149,18 @@ export const BUILTIN_KEYFRAMES: Readonly<Record<string, KeyframeStops>> = {
 	'present-rise': {
 		from: { opacity: '0', transform: 'translateY(8px)', 'box-shadow': '0 0 0 0 transparent' }
 	},
-	// Contact: the shadow flattens to the surface at the press peak, then returns (recede).
+	// Contact: cross-modal press firma — scale (motion) + shadow flattens to the surface (depth) +
+	// the corner firms (shape: `--shape-smoothing` rises → squircle squares up). Only set at the
+	// peak so it interpolates from/to the element's underlying smoothing (respects a theme
+	// override); a no-op for non-`continuous` corners, which don't read `--shape-smoothing`.
 	'press-squeeze': {
 		'0%': { transform: 'scale(1)' },
-		'40%': { transform: 'scale(0.96)', filter: 'brightness(0.96)', 'box-shadow': '0 0 0 0 transparent' },
+		'40%': {
+			transform: 'scale(0.96)',
+			filter: 'brightness(0.96)',
+			'box-shadow': '0 0 0 0 transparent',
+			'--shape-smoothing': '3'
+		},
 		'100%': { transform: 'scale(1)' }
 	},
 	'commit-settle': {
diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/lib/render-css.ts b/src/uix/eidos/lib/render-css.ts
index 507d97bab..70f5c70b4 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/lib/render-css.ts
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/lib/render-css.ts
@@ -839,6 +839,12 @@ function appendShapeDeclarations(declarations: string[], shape: ShapePrimitiveSe
  */
 function renderShapeBlocks(shape: ShapePrimitiveSet): string[] {
 	const blocks: string[] = []
+	// Register --shape-smoothing as a typed number so the eventful corner morph (the press-squeeze
+	// firma, SHAPE_ENGINE_RFC Fase 3) interpolates smoothly instead of jumping. inherits:true keeps
+	// the :root default + any theme override cascading to every element.
+	blocks.push(
+		`@property --shape-smoothing {\n\tsyntax: '<number>';\n\tinherits: true;\n\tinitial-value: ${shape.smoothing};\n}`
+	)
 	for (const [family, value] of Object.entries(shape.families)) {
 		blocks.push(renderBlock(`[data-shape='${family}']`, [`corner-shape: ${value};`]))
 	}