diff --git a/src/json-crdt-extensions/peritext/editor/Editor.ts b/src/json-crdt-extensions/peritext/editor/Editor.ts
index 648f17f47f..58aebecb9a 100644
--- a/src/json-crdt-extensions/peritext/editor/Editor.ts
+++ b/src/json-crdt-extensions/peritext/editor/Editor.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {printTree} from 'tree-dump/lib/printTree';
 import {Cursor} from './Cursor';
 import {stringify} from '../../../json-text/stringify';
-import {CursorAnchor, SliceBehavior} from '../slice/constants';
+import {CursorAnchor, SliceBehavior, SliceHeaderShift} from '../slice/constants';
 import {EditorSlices} from './EditorSlices';
 import {next, prev} from 'sonic-forest/lib/util';
 import {isLetter, isPunctuation, isWhitespace} from './util';
@@ -673,11 +673,11 @@ export class Editor<T = string> implements Printable {
     r.start.refBefore();
     r.end.refAfter();
     const text = r.text();
-    const viewSlices: ViewRange[1] = [];
-    const view: ViewRange = [text, viewSlices];
+    const offset = r.start.viewPos();
+    const viewSlices: ViewSlice[] = [];
+    const view: ViewRange = [text, offset, viewSlices];
     const overlay = this.txt.overlay;
     const slices = overlay.findOverlapping(r);
-    const offset = r.start.viewPos();
     for (const slice of slices) {
       const behavior = slice.behavior;
       switch (behavior) {
@@ -685,13 +685,16 @@ export class Editor<T = string> implements Printable {
         case SliceBehavior.Many:
         case SliceBehavior.Erase:
         case SliceBehavior.Marker: {
+          const {behavior, type, start, end} = slice;
+          const header: number =
+            (behavior << SliceHeaderShift.Behavior) +
+            (start.anchor << SliceHeaderShift.X1Anchor) +
+            (end.anchor << SliceHeaderShift.X2Anchor);
           const viewSlice: ViewSlice = [
-            slice.start.viewPos() - offset,
-            slice.start.anchor,
-            slice.end.viewPos() - offset,
-            slice.end.anchor,
-            slice.behavior,
-            slice.type,
+            header,
+            start.viewPos(),
+            end.viewPos(),
+            type,
           ];
           const data = slice.data();
           if (data !== void 0) viewSlice.push(data);
diff --git a/src/json-crdt-extensions/peritext/editor/__tests__/Editor-export.spec.ts b/src/json-crdt-extensions/peritext/editor/__tests__/Editor-export.spec.ts
index 83c21b4dc9..68e786ba8a 100644
--- a/src/json-crdt-extensions/peritext/editor/__tests__/Editor-export.spec.ts
+++ b/src/json-crdt-extensions/peritext/editor/__tests__/Editor-export.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import {type Kit, runAlphabetKitTestSuite} from '../../__tests__/setup';
-import {Anchor} from '../../rga/constants';
-import {SliceBehavior} from '../../slice/constants';
 
 const testSuite = (setup: () => Kit) => {
   describe('.export()', () => {
@@ -8,7 +6,7 @@ const testSuite = (setup: () => Kit) => {
       const {editor} = setup();
       editor.selectAll();
       const json = editor.export(editor.cursor);
-      expect(json).toEqual(['abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz', []]);
+      expect(json).toEqual(['abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz', 0, []]);
     });
 
     test('can export range, which contains bold text', () => {
@@ -18,13 +16,11 @@ const testSuite = (setup: () => Kit) => {
       const range = peritext.rangeAt(2, 5);
       peritext.refresh();
       const json = editor.export(range);
-      expect(json).toEqual(['cdefg', [
+      expect(json).toEqual(['cdefg', 2, [
         [
-          1,
-          Anchor.Before,
-          4,
-          Anchor.After,
-          SliceBehavior.One,
+          expect.any(Number),
+          3,
+          6,
           'bold',
         ],
       ]]);
diff --git a/src/json-crdt-extensions/peritext/editor/types.ts b/src/json-crdt-extensions/peritext/editor/types.ts
index dd154bc080..497d8510a3 100644
--- a/src/json-crdt-extensions/peritext/editor/types.ts
+++ b/src/json-crdt-extensions/peritext/editor/types.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import type {UndefIterator} from '../../../util/iterator';
-import type {Anchor} from '../rga/constants';
 import type {Point} from '../rga/Point';
 import type {SliceType} from '../slice';
-import type {SliceBehavior} from '../slice/constants';
 import type {ChunkSlice} from '../util/ChunkSlice';
 
 export type CharIterator<T> = UndefIterator<ChunkSlice<T>>;
@@ -13,15 +11,14 @@ export type TextRangeUnit = 'point' | 'char' | 'word' | 'line' | 'block' | 'all'
 
 export type ViewRange = [
   text: string,
+  textPosition: number,
   slices: ViewSlice[],
 ];
 
 export type ViewSlice = [
+  header: number,
   x1: number,
-  a1: Anchor,
   x2: number,
-  a2: Anchor,
-  behavior: SliceBehavior,
   type: SliceType,
   data?: unknown,
 ];