diff --git a/src/languages/ts/index.js b/src/languages/ts/index.js
index 559ff05..c73aae7 100644
--- a/src/languages/ts/index.js
+++ b/src/languages/ts/index.js
@@ -1333,7 +1333,13 @@ export default (options = {}) => {
 			context.write(' ');
 
 			if (node.specifiers.length === 0) {
-				if (node.importKind === 'type') context.write('type {} from ');
+				if (node.importKind === 'type') {
+					// one token per write, so that each maps to its own source token
+					context.write('type ');
+					context.write('{');
+					context.write('}');
+					context.write(' from ');
+				}
 				context.visit(node.source);
 				write_import_attributes(context, node);
 				context.write(';');
diff --git a/test/sourcemap-keywords.test.js b/test/sourcemap-keywords.test.js
index c525f0d..e4c1ca5 100644
--- a/test/sourcemap-keywords.test.js
+++ b/test/sourcemap-keywords.test.js
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ test.each([
 
 test.each([
 	['named import', `import { /* before */ value /* after */ } from 'module';`],
+	['empty type-only import', `import type /* before */ { /* inside */ } from 'module';`],
 	['named export', `const value = 1;\nexport { /* before */ value /* after */ };`],
 	['empty named export', `export { /* inside */ };`],
 	['import attributes', `import value from 'module' with { type: 'json' };`],
@@ -474,6 +475,7 @@ test.each([
 	],
 	['for in', `for (const k /* c */ in o) {}`, ['in']],
 	['import type', `import /* c */ type { T } from 'm';`, ['type']],
+	['empty import type', `import /* c */ type {} from 'm';`, ['type']],
 	['import type specifier', `import { type /* c */ T, a as /* c */ b } from 'm';`, ['type', 'as']],
 	['export type', `type T = 1;\nexport /* c */ type { T };`, ['type']],
 	['export star as', `export * as /* c */ ns from 'm';`, ['as']],
@@ -531,3 +533,54 @@ test.each([
 ])('tokens map the keywords of a decorated declaration: %s', (_name, source, words) => {
 	expectExactKeywordMappings(source, words);
 });
+
+/**
+ * The source position of every bracket in `code` that is not inside a comment
+ * @param {string} source
+ * @param {string} code
+ * @param {[number, number, number, number][][]} mappings
+ */
+function bracketMappings(source, code, mappings) {
+	/** @type {{ char: string, generated: number, source: number[] }[]} */
+	const result = [];
+	const stripped = code.replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\/|\/\/[^\n]*/g, (m) => ' '.repeat(m.length));
+	for (let i = 0; i < stripped.length; i += 1) {
+		if (!'()[]{}'.includes(stripped[i])) continue;
+		result.push({
+			char: code[i],
+			generated: i,
+			source: mappingsAtIndex(code, i, mappings).map((s) => s[2] * 1e6 + s[3])
+		});
+	}
+	return result;
+}
+
+test.each([
+	// a comment is flushed once the next node's tokens are in view, so a comment
+	// whose text is that node's opening bracket is the case that can go wrong
+	['a comment before an object', `const o = /* { */ { a: 1 };`],
+	['a comment before an array', `const arr = /* [ */ [1];`],
+	['a comment before an arrow function', `const f = /* ( */ (a) => a;`],
+	['a comment line before an arrow function', `const f = /*\n(\n*/ (a) => a;`],
+	['a comment line before a block', `if (x) /*\n{\n*/ { y(); }`],
+	['a line comment', `fn(value); // )\nfn(other);`],
+	['commented-out code', `function f() {\n\t/*\n\tif (x) {\n\t\ty();\n\t}\n\t*/\n\tg(1);\n}`]
+])('brackets in %s are not mistaken for source tokens', (_name, source) => {
+	const { code, mappings } = mappedWithTokens(source, { tokens: true });
+	const stripped = source.replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\/|\/\/[^\n]*/g, (m) => ' '.repeat(m.length));
+	/** @type {number[]} */
+	const expected = [];
+	for (let i = 0; i < stripped.length; i += 1) {
+		if ('()[]{}'.includes(stripped[i])) {
+			const { gen_line, gen_col } = generatedLineColumn(source, i);
+			expected.push(gen_line * 1e6 + gen_col);
+		}
+	}
+	const actual = bracketMappings(source, code, mappings);
+	expect(actual.map((b) => b.char).join('')).toBe(
+		[...stripped].filter((c) => '()[]{}'.includes(c)).join('')
+	);
+	for (let i = 0; i < actual.length; i += 1) {
+		expect(actual[i].source, `${actual[i].char} at ${actual[i].generated}`).toContain(expected[i]);
+	}
+});