diff --git a/crates/typst/src/math/row.rs b/crates/typst/src/math/row.rs
index 5234ca2cd..60afe64e5 100644
--- a/crates/typst/src/math/row.rs
+++ b/crates/typst/src/math/row.rs
@@ -159,10 +159,19 @@ impl MathRun {
 
     pub fn into_fragment(self, ctx: &MathContext, styles: StyleChain) -> MathFragment {
         if self.0.len() == 1 {
-            self.0.into_iter().next().unwrap()
-        } else {
-            FrameFragment::new(ctx, styles, self.into_frame(ctx, styles)).into()
+            return self.0.into_iter().next().unwrap();
         }
+
+        // Fragments without a math_size are ignored: the notion of size do not
+        // apply to them, so their text-likeness is meaningless.
+        let text_like = self
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|e| e.math_size().is_some())
+            .all(|e| e.is_text_like());
+
+        FrameFragment::new(ctx, styles, self.into_frame(ctx, styles))
+            .with_text_like(text_like)
+            .into()
     }
 
     /// Returns a builder that lays out the [`MathFragment`]s into a possibly
diff --git a/tests/ref/math-attach-horizontal-align.png b/tests/ref/math-attach-horizontal-align.png
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diff --git a/tests/ref/math-attach-to-group.png b/tests/ref/math-attach-to-group.png
index a3d1923eb..ea4115fce 100644
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diff --git a/tests/ref/math-root-large-body.png b/tests/ref/math-root-large-body.png
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diff --git a/tests/suite/math/attach.typ b/tests/suite/math/attach.typ
index c9510c6a5..c5ca57357 100644
--- a/tests/suite/math/attach.typ
+++ b/tests/suite/math/attach.typ
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ $ (-1)^n + (1/2 + 3)^(-1/2) $
 // Test that the attachments are aligned horizontally.
 $ x_1 p_1 frak(p)_1 2_1 dot_1 lg_1 !_1 \\_1 ]_1 "ip"_1 op("iq")_1 \
   x^1 b^1 frak(b)^1 2^1 dot^1 lg^1 !^1 \\^1 ]^1 "ib"^1 op("id")^1 \
-  x_1 y_1 "_"_1 x^1 l^1 "`"^1 attach(I,tl:1,bl:1,tr:1,br:1)
+  "_"_1 "`"^1 x_1 y_1 x^1 l^1 attach(I,tl:1,bl:1,tr:1,br:1)
   scripts(sum)_1^1 integral_1^1 abs(1/2)_1^1 \
-  x^1_1, "("b y")"^1_1 != (b y)^1_1, "[∫]"_1 [integral]_1 $
+  x^1_1, ")"^1_1 (b y)^1_1, "[∫]"_1 [integral]_1 $
 
 --- math-attach-limit ---
 // Test limit.