diff --git a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/components/newline-standalone.test.tsx b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/components/newline-standalone.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b805d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/components/newline-standalone.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { defineComponent } from "vue";
+import { expect, test } from "vite-plus/test";
+import { render } from "@vue-tui/testing";
+import { Box, Text, Newline } from "@vue-tui/runtime";
+
+test("Newline works standalone (outside Text) as a yoga carrier", async () => {
+  // In Ink, Newline renders as ink-text (yoga carrier) so it works
+  // outside a Text context as a standalone line break.
+  const { lastFrame } = await render(
+    defineComponent(() => () => (
+      <Box flexDirection="column">
+        <Newline />
+        <Text>hi</Text>
+      </Box>
+    )),
+    { columns: 100 },
+  );
+  // Newline should occupy a line before "hi"
+  const frame = lastFrame({ trimLines: true })!;
+  const lines = frame.split("\n");
+  expect(lines.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
+  expect(lines.at(-1)).toBe("hi");
+});
+
+test("Newline count=2 adds two blank lines standalone", async () => {
+  const { lastFrame } = await render(
+    defineComponent(() => () => (
+      <Box flexDirection="column">
+        <Text>above</Text>
+        <Newline count={2} />
+        <Text>below</Text>
+      </Box>
+    )),
+    { columns: 100 },
+  );
+  const frame = lastFrame({ trimLines: true })!;
+  expect(frame).toContain("above");
+  expect(frame).toContain("below");
+  const lines = frame.split("\n");
+  // "above", 2 blank lines, "below" = at least 4 lines
+  expect(lines.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(4);
+});
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/components/Newline.ts b/packages/runtime/src/components/Newline.ts
index 8fa9637..b96ca94 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/components/Newline.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/components/Newline.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,28 @@
-import { defineComponent, h } from "vue";
+import { defineComponent, getCurrentInstance, h } from "vue";
 
 export const Newline = defineComponent({
   name: "Newline",
   props: { count: { type: Number, default: 1 } },
   setup(props) {
-    return () => h("virtual-text", {}, "\n".repeat(props.count));
+    return () => {
+      const content = "\n".repeat(props.count);
+      // Inside a Text parent, render as inline virtual-text.
+      // Outside Text, render as "text" (yoga carrier) so Newline participates
+      // in layout standalone, matching Ink's ink-text behavior.
+      if (isInsideText()) {
+        return h("virtual-text", {}, content);
+      }
+      return h("text", {}, content);
+    };
   },
 });
+
+function isInsideText(): boolean {
+  let parent = getCurrentInstance()?.parent;
+  while (parent) {
+    const name = parent.type && (parent.type as { name?: string }).name;
+    if (name === "Text") return true;
+    parent = parent.parent;
+  }
+  return false;
+}