diff --git a/src/widgets/Board/ui/RoleField/RoleField.stories.svelte b/src/widgets/Board/ui/RoleField/RoleField.stories.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87103ab
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+++ b/src/widgets/Board/ui/RoleField/RoleField.stories.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<script module>
+import { defineMeta } from '@storybook/addon-svelte-csf';
+import RoleField from './RoleField.svelte';
+
+const { Story } = defineMeta({
+    title: 'Widgets/Board/RoleField',
+    component: RoleField,
+    tags: ['autodocs'],
+    parameters: {
+        docs: {
+            description: {
+                component:
+                    'Always-editable plain-text specimen field for one role. Uncontrolled while focused (no caret jump), commits on blur. Header blocks Enter (single-line); body allows line breaks. Paste inserts plain text only.',
+            },
+            story: { inline: false },
+        },
+    },
+});
+</script>
+
+<script lang="ts">
+import type { ComponentProps } from 'svelte';
+
+let headerText = $state('The Art of Harmonious Type');
+let bodyText = $state(
+    'Good typography is invisible. It guides the eye without calling attention to itself, balancing rhythm, contrast, and proportion.',
+);
+let emptyText = $state('');
+</script>
+
+<Story
+    name="Header (single-line)"
+    args={{
+        role: 'header',
+        text: headerText,
+        fontName: 'Georgia',
+        size: 48,
+        weight: 700,
+        leading: 1.1,
+        tracking: 0,
+        oncommit: t => (headerText = t),
+    }}
+>
+    {#snippet template(args: ComponentProps<typeof RoleField>)}
+        <RoleField {...args} />
+    {/snippet}
+</Story>
+
+<Story
+    name="Body (multi-line)"
+    args={{
+        role: 'body',
+        text: bodyText,
+        fontName: 'Georgia',
+        size: 18,
+        weight: 400,
+        leading: 1.5,
+        tracking: 0,
+        oncommit: t => (bodyText = t),
+    }}
+>
+    {#snippet template(args: ComponentProps<typeof RoleField>)}
+        <RoleField {...args} />
+    {/snippet}
+</Story>
+
+<Story
+    name="Empty (placeholder)"
+    args={{
+        role: 'body',
+        text: emptyText,
+        fontName: 'Georgia',
+        size: 18,
+        weight: 400,
+        leading: 1.5,
+        tracking: 0,
+        oncommit: t => (emptyText = t),
+    }}
+>
+    {#snippet template(args: ComponentProps<typeof RoleField>)}
+        <RoleField {...args} />
+    {/snippet}
+</Story>
diff --git a/src/widgets/Board/ui/RoleField/RoleField.svelte b/src/widgets/Board/ui/RoleField/RoleField.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27cb78e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/widgets/Board/ui/RoleField/RoleField.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+<!--
+    Component: RoleField
+    Always-live plain-text specimen field for one role (header/body). Edits stay
+    uncontrolled while the field is focused (the prop never writes back over the
+    caret), and commit to the board on blur. The editable node is wrapped so any
+    frame transition animates the wrapper, never the node being typed in.
+-->
+<script lang="ts">
+import type { Role } from '$entities/Pairing';
+
+interface Props {
+    /**
+     * Which role this field edits — drives Enter behaviour and the placeholder.
+     */
+    role: Role;
+    /**
+     * Current committed specimen text for the role.
+     */
+    text: string;
+    /**
+     * Font family the specimen renders in.
+     */
+    fontName: string;
+    /**
+     * Font size in px.
+     */
+    size: number;
+    /**
+     * Numeric font weight.
+     */
+    weight: number;
+    /**
+     * Unitless line-height multiplier.
+     */
+    leading: number;
+    /**
+     * Letter spacing in px.
+     */
+    tracking: number;
+    /**
+     * Called with the field's text when it commits (on blur).
+     */
+    oncommit: (text: string) => void;
+    /**
+     * Extra CSS classes for the wrapper.
+     */
+    class?: string;
+}
+
+let {
+    role,
+    text,
+    fontName,
+    size,
+    weight,
+    leading,
+    tracking,
+    oncommit,
+    class: className = '',
+}: Props = $props();
+
+let element = $state<HTMLDivElement>();
+let focused = $state(false);
+
+const placeholder = $derived(role === 'header' ? 'Header text…' : 'Body text…');
+
+/**
+ * Sync the prop into the DOM only while unfocused. External updates (cycling,
+ * reset, another field's commit) must never move the caret mid-edit, so we skip
+ * the write whenever the field has focus. innerText keeps the content plain.
+ */
+$effect(() => {
+    const next = text;
+    if (element && !focused && element.innerText !== next) {
+        element.innerText = next;
+    }
+});
+
+function handleBlur() {
+    focused = false;
+    if (element) {
+        oncommit(element.innerText);
+    }
+}
+
+function handlePaste(event: ClipboardEvent) {
+    // Strip formatting: insert the clipboard's plain text only.
+    event.preventDefault();
+    const plain = event.clipboardData?.getData('text/plain') ?? '';
+    document.execCommand('insertText', false, plain);
+}
+
+function handleKeydown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
+    // Header is single-line: Enter commits (blur) instead of inserting a break.
+    if (role === 'header' && event.key === 'Enter') {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        element?.blur();
+    }
+}
+</script>
+
+<div class={className}>
+    <div
+        bind:this={element}
+        contenteditable="plaintext-only"
+        spellcheck="false"
+        role="textbox"
+        tabindex="0"
+        aria-label="{role} specimen"
+        data-placeholder={placeholder}
+        onfocus={() => (focused = true)}
+        onblur={handleBlur}
+        onpaste={handlePaste}
+        onkeydown={handleKeydown}
+        class="
+            w-full min-h-[1.4em] outline-none whitespace-pre-wrap break-words
+            empty:before:content-[attr(data-placeholder)] empty:before:text-slate-400
+            focus:outline-none
+        "
+        style:font-family={`"${fontName}"`}
+        style:font-size="{size}px"
+        style:font-weight={weight}
+        style:line-height={leading}
+        style:letter-spacing="{tracking}px"
+    >
+    </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/widgets/Board/ui/RoleField/RoleField.svelte.test.ts b/src/widgets/Board/ui/RoleField/RoleField.svelte.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b83a71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/widgets/Board/ui/RoleField/RoleField.svelte.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import {
+    fireEvent,
+    render,
+    screen,
+} from '@testing-library/svelte';
+import { tick } from 'svelte';
+import {
+    describe,
+    expect,
+    it,
+    vi,
+} from 'vitest';
+import RoleField from './RoleField.svelte';
+
+const baseProps = { fontName: 'Georgia', size: 24, weight: 400, leading: 1.4, tracking: 0 };
+
+describe('RoleField', () => {
+    it('renders the initial text', async () => {
+        render(RoleField, { props: { role: 'header', text: 'Hello', oncommit: () => {}, ...baseProps } });
+        await tick();
+        expect(screen.getByRole('textbox').textContent).toBe('Hello');
+    });
+
+    it('commits the field text on blur (not on input)', async () => {
+        const oncommit = vi.fn();
+        render(RoleField, { props: { role: 'body', text: 'Start', oncommit, ...baseProps } });
+        await tick();
+        const field = screen.getByRole('textbox');
+        field.textContent = 'Edited';
+        await fireEvent.blur(field);
+        expect(oncommit).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Edited');
+    });
+
+    it('prevents Enter on the header role (single-line)', async () => {
+        render(RoleField, { props: { role: 'header', text: 'Title', oncommit: () => {}, ...baseProps } });
+        await tick();
+        const field = screen.getByRole('textbox');
+        const event = new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Enter', cancelable: true, bubbles: true });
+        field.dispatchEvent(event);
+        expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('allows Enter on the body role (multi-line)', async () => {
+        render(RoleField, { props: { role: 'body', text: 'Para', oncommit: () => {}, ...baseProps } });
+        await tick();
+        const field = screen.getByRole('textbox');
+        const event = new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Enter', cancelable: true, bubbles: true });
+        field.dispatchEvent(event);
+        expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/vitest.setup.jsdom.ts b/vitest.setup.jsdom.ts
index 36b8174..7df9e82 100644
--- a/vitest.setup.jsdom.ts
+++ b/vitest.setup.jsdom.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ Element.prototype.animate = vi.fn().mockReturnValue({
 // jsdom lacks SVG geometry methods
 (SVGElement.prototype as any).getTotalLength = vi.fn(() => 0);
 
+// jsdom lacks innerText; back it with textContent so contenteditable specs work.
+if (!Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(HTMLElement.prototype, 'innerText')) {
+    Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, 'innerText', {
+        configurable: true,
+        get(this: HTMLElement) {
+            return this.textContent ?? '';
+        },
+        set(this: HTMLElement, value: string) {
+            this.textContent = value;
+        },
+    });
+}
+
 // Robust localStorage mock for jsdom environment
 const localStorageMock = (() => {
     let store: Record<string, string> = {};