diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fba4ef5..3599472 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@chatwoot/prosemirror-schema",
-  "version": "1.3.15",
+  "version": "1.3.16",
   "description": "Schema setup for using prosemirror in chatwoot. Based on 👉 https://github.com/ProseMirror/prosemirror-example-setup/",
   "main": "dist/index.es.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 0dde28e..b52903d 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ export const buildEditor = ({
     gapCursor(),
     schema.nodes.table ? tableEditing() : null,
     schema.nodes.table ? tableControlsPlugin(schema) : null,
-    // Message editors (image, no table): keep each image alone on its line.
-    schema.nodes.image && !schema.nodes.table ? isolateImagesPlugin() : null,
+    // editor with images (messages and articles): keep each image alone on its line.
+    schema.nodes.image ? isolateImagesPlugin() : null,
     Placeholder(placeholder),
     menuBar({
       floating: true,
diff --git a/src/keymap.js b/src/keymap.js
index 7b3b9f0..6850d25 100644
--- a/src/keymap.js
+++ b/src/keymap.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export function baseKeyMaps(schema) {
     selectNodeBackward,
   ];
   // Message editors (image, no table): let Backspace clear an image above.
-  if (schema.nodes.image && !schema.nodes.table) {
+  if (schema.nodes.image) {
     backspaceList.unshift(deleteImageBackward);
   }
   const backspaceComands = chainCommands(...backspaceList);
diff --git a/src/plugins/isolateImages.js b/src/plugins/isolateImages.js
index 8ad4215..49449f4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/isolateImages.js
+++ b/src/plugins/isolateImages.js
@@ -1,4 +1,52 @@
-import { Plugin } from "prosemirror-state";
+import { EditorState, Plugin } from "prosemirror-state";
+
+/**
+ * Positions at which paragraphs must be split so that every image ends up alone
+ * in its own paragraph (no text to its left or right). Returned deduped and
+ * sorted descending so callers can apply them without remapping earlier
+ * positions. (Adjacent images share a boundary, hence the dedupe.)
+ *
+ * @param {Node} doc - The ProseMirror document to inspect.
+ * @returns {number[]} - Split positions, sorted high → low.
+ */
+function imageIsolationSplits(doc) {
+  const splits = [];
+  doc.descendants((node, pos) => {
+    if (node.type.name !== "paragraph" || node.childCount < 2) return;
+
+    const contentStart = pos + 1;
+    const contentEnd = pos + node.nodeSize - 1;
+
+    node.forEach((child, offset) => {
+      if (child.type.name !== "image") return;
+      const imageStart = contentStart + offset;
+      const imageEnd = imageStart + child.nodeSize;
+      if (imageStart > contentStart) splits.push(imageStart);
+      if (imageEnd < contentEnd) splits.push(imageEnd);
+    });
+  });
+
+  return [...new Set(splits)].sort((a, b) => b - a);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Normalizes a document so every image sits alone in its own paragraph. Apply
+ * at parse time so freshly parsed markdown matches the editor's runtime layout
+ * (and therefore serializes back to identical markdown). Without this, a
+ * parse → serialize round-trip keeps images inline while the live editor
+ * isolates them, so the two outputs diverge.
+ *
+ * @param {Node} doc - The ProseMirror document to normalize.
+ * @returns {Node} - The document with images isolated (unchanged if none apply).
+ */
+export function isolateImagesInDoc(doc) {
+  const splits = imageIsolationSplits(doc);
+  if (!splits.length) return doc;
+
+  const { tr } = EditorState.create({ doc });
+  splits.forEach(p => tr.split(p));
+  return tr.doc;
+}
 
 /**
  * Keeps every image on its own line — no text to its left or right.
@@ -13,28 +61,11 @@ export default function isolateImagesPlugin() {
     appendTransaction(transactions, _oldState, newState) {
       if (!transactions.some(tr => tr.docChanged)) return null;
 
-      const splits = [];
-      newState.doc.descendants((node, pos) => {
-        if (node.type.name !== "paragraph" || node.childCount < 2) return;
-
-        const contentStart = pos + 1;
-        const contentEnd = pos + node.nodeSize - 1;
-
-        node.forEach((child, offset) => {
-          if (child.type.name !== "image") return;
-          const imageStart = contentStart + offset;
-          const imageEnd = imageStart + child.nodeSize;
-          if (imageStart > contentStart) splits.push(imageStart);
-          if (imageEnd < contentEnd) splits.push(imageEnd);
-        });
-      });
-
+      const splits = imageIsolationSplits(newState.doc);
       if (!splits.length) return null;
 
       const tr = newState.tr;
-      // Dedupe (adjacent images share a boundary) and apply from the end so
-      // earlier positions stay valid.
-      [...new Set(splits)].sort((a, b) => b - a).forEach(p => tr.split(p));
+      splits.forEach(p => tr.split(p));
       return tr;
     },
   });
diff --git a/src/schema/markdown/articleParser.js b/src/schema/markdown/articleParser.js
index 447cd11..336cb1d 100644
--- a/src/schema/markdown/articleParser.js
+++ b/src/schema/markdown/articleParser.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   baseMarksMdToPmMapping,
   filterMdToPmSchemaMapping,
 } from './parser';
+import { isolateImagesInDoc } from '../../plugins/isolateImages';
 
 export const articleSchemaToMdMapping = {
   nodes: {
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ export class ArticleMarkdownTransformer {
   }
 
   parse(content) {
-    return this.markdownParser.parse(content);
+    // Isolate images the same way the live editor does (isolateImagesPlugin),
+    // so a parse → serialize round-trip matches the editor's output.
+    return isolateImagesInDoc(this.markdownParser.parse(content));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/schema/markdown/messageParser.js b/src/schema/markdown/messageParser.js
index 995df0e..bac5cc8 100644
--- a/src/schema/markdown/messageParser.js
+++ b/src/schema/markdown/messageParser.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   baseMarksMdToPmMapping,
   filterMdToPmSchemaMapping,
 } from './parser';
+import { isolateImagesInDoc } from '../../plugins/isolateImages';
 
 export const messageSchemaToMdMapping = {
   nodes: { ...baseSchemaToMdMapping.nodes },
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ export class MessageMarkdownTransformer {
   }
 
   parse(content) {
-    return this.markdownParser.parse(content);
+    // Isolate images the same way the live editor does (isolateImagesPlugin),
+    // so a parse → serialize round-trip matches the editor's output.
+    return isolateImagesInDoc(this.markdownParser.parse(content));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/styles/article.scss b/src/styles/article.scss
index a91913d..f550099 100644
--- a/src/styles/article.scss
+++ b/src/styles/article.scss
@@ -15,97 +15,146 @@
   }
 
   .ProseMirror {
-    p {
-      font-size: var(--font-size-medium);
-      line-height: 1.75rem;
-      margin-bottom: var(--space-medium);
-    }
+    font-size: var(--font-size-default); // 16px
+    line-height: 1.75;
 
-    strong code {
-      font-size: var(--font-size-medium);
+    p {
+      font-size: var(--font-size-default);
+      margin-top: 20px; // 1.25em — no matching --space-* var
+      margin-bottom: 20px;
     }
 
     pre code {
-      font-size: var(--font-size-default);
-      font-weight: var(--font-weight-medium);
-      line-height: 1.6;
+      font-size: inherit;
+      font-weight: inherit;
+      line-height: inherit;
     }
 
     blockquote {
-      padding-left: var(--space-normal);
-      margin: var(--space-medium) 0;
+      margin-top: 25.6px; // 1.6em — matches prose default
+      margin-bottom: 25.6px;
+      padding-inline-start: var(--space-normal);
+      font-style: italic;
     }
 
     a {
       font-weight: var(--font-weight-medium);
-      font-size: var(--font-size-medium);
+      font-size: var(--font-size-default);
     }
 
     hr {
       border-color: var(--s-100);
-      margin-bottom: var(--space-big);
+      margin-top: var(--space-larger); // 48px (~3em from prose default)
+      margin-bottom: var(--space-larger);
     }
 
     h1 {
-      font-size: var(--font-size-big);
-      font-weight: var(--font-weight-heavy);
-      margin-bottom: var(--space-medium);
+      font-size: 36px; // 2.25em (prose default; no matching --font-size-* var)
+      font-weight: 620;
+      line-height: 1.1111111;
+      margin-top: 0;
+      margin-bottom: var(--space-large); // 32px
     }
 
     h2 {
-      font-size: var(--font-size-large);
-      font-weight: var(--font-weight-black);
-      margin-bottom: var(--space-medium);
+      font-size: var(--font-size-big); // 24px (1.5em)
+      font-weight: 620;
+      line-height: 1.3333333;
+      margin-top: var(--space-large); // 32px (2em)
+      margin-bottom: var(--space-normal); // 16px (1em)
+    }
+
+    h3 {
+      font-size: var(--font-size-large); // 20px (1.25em)
+      font-weight: 620;
+      line-height: 1.6;
+      margin-top: var(--space-medium); // 24px (~1.6em)
+      margin-bottom: var(--space-slab); // 12px (0.6em)
     }
 
-    h3,
     h4 {
-      font-size: var(--font-size-medium);
-      font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold);
-      margin-bottom: var(--space-normal);
+      font-size: var(--font-size-default); // 16px
+      font-weight: 620;
+      line-height: 1.5;
+      margin-top: var(--space-medium); // 24px (1.5em)
+      margin-bottom: var(--space-small); // 8px (0.5em)
     }
 
     h5 {
-      font-size: var(--font-size-medium);
+      font-size: var(--font-size-default);
+      font-weight: 620;
+      margin-top: var(--space-normal);
       margin-bottom: var(--space-small);
     }
 
     h6 {
-      font-size: var(--font-size-medium);
+      font-size: var(--font-size-default);
+      font-weight: 620;
+      margin-top: var(--space-normal);
       margin-bottom: var(--space-smaller);
     }
 
+    // Reset spacing on the first child so the editor doesn't start with a gap.
+    > :first-child {
+      margin-top: 0;
+    }
+
+    > :last-child {
+      margin-bottom: 0;
+    }
+
     .ProseMirror-icon svg {
       width: var(--space-medium) !important;
     }
 
     li::marker {
-      font-size: var(--font-size-medium);
+      font-size: var(--font-size-default);
     }
 
     ul,
     ol {
-      margin-top: var(--space-medium);
-      margin-bottom: var(--space-medium);
-      padding-left: var(--space-large);
+      margin-top: 20px;
+      margin-bottom: 20px;
+      padding-inline-start: 26px; // 1.625em from prose default
     }
 
+    ul, ul ul, ul ul ul { list-style-type: disc; }
+    ol, ol ol, ol ol ol { list-style-type: decimal; }
+
     li {
-      ul,
-      ol {
-        margin-top: var(--space-normal);
-        margin-bottom: var(--space-normal);
-      }
-      p {
-        padding-left: var(--space-medium);
-        margin-top: var(--space-small);
-        margin-bottom: var(--space-small);
-      }
+      margin-top: var(--space-small); // 8px (0.5em)
+      margin-bottom: var(--space-small);
+      padding-inline-start: 6px; // 0.375em
+    }
+
+    // Nested lists get tighter vertical rhythm matching prose default.
+    ul ul,
+    ul ol,
+    ol ul,
+    ol ol {
+      margin-top: var(--space-slab); // 12px (0.75em)
+      margin-bottom: var(--space-slab);
+    }
+
+    // Portal collapses li > p margins (`[&_li>p]:m-0`). Mirror that here.
+    li > p {
+      margin-top: 0;
+      margin-bottom: 0;
     }
 
     pre {
-      padding: var(--space-normal);
-      margin-bottom: var(--space-normal);
+      font-size: var(--font-size-small); // 14px (0.875em)
+      line-height: 1.7142857;
+      margin-top: var(--space-medium); // 24px (~1.71em)
+      margin-bottom: var(--space-medium);
+      padding: var(--space-slab) var(--space-normal); // ~12px 16px
+      border-radius: var(--border-radius-medium);
+    }
+
+    p code,
+    li code,
+    strong code {
+      font-size: var(--font-size-small); // 14px (0.875em)
     }