diff --git a/animations/beamtext.go b/animations/beamtext.go
index 1f85317..558178d 100644
--- a/animations/beamtext.go
+++ b/animations/beamtext.go
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ type BeamTextConfig struct {
 // NewBeamTextEffect creates a new beam text effect with given configuration
 func NewBeamTextEffect(config BeamTextConfig) *BeamTextEffect {
 	rng := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
+	config.Text = normalizeMultilineText(config.Text)
 
 	// Set defaults if not provided
 	if len(config.BeamRowSymbols) == 0 {
@@ -830,7 +831,7 @@ func (b *BeamTextEffect) Reset() {
 
 // SetText updates the displayed text and reinitializes the beam animation.
 func (b *BeamTextEffect) SetText(text string) {
-	b.text = text
+	b.text = normalizeMultilineText(text)
 	b.chars = b.chars[:0]
 	b.rowGroups = b.rowGroups[:0]
 	b.columnGroups = b.columnGroups[:0]
diff --git a/animations/blackhole.go b/animations/blackhole.go
index 2007abc..2d4c6c7 100644
--- a/animations/blackhole.go
+++ b/animations/blackhole.go
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ var unstableSymbols = []rune{'◦', '◎', '◉', '●'}
 // NewBlackholeEffect creates a new Blackhole effect
 func NewBlackholeEffect(config BlackholeConfig) *BlackholeEffect {
 	rng := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
+	config.Text = normalizeMultilineText(config.Text)
 
 	// Set defaults
 	if config.BlackholeColor == "" {
@@ -819,8 +820,8 @@ func (e *BlackholeEffect) Reset() {
 
 // SetText updates the displayed text and reinitializes the blackhole animation.
 func (e *BlackholeEffect) SetText(text string) {
-	e.text = text
-	e.particleMode = text == ""
+	e.text = normalizeMultilineText(text)
+	e.particleMode = e.text == ""
 	e.init()
 }
 
diff --git a/animations/common.go b/animations/common.go
index f3bb4b1..d6ec739 100644
--- a/animations/common.go
+++ b/animations/common.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 // See GUIDE.md for detailed usage examples and integration patterns.
 package animations
 
+import "strings"
+
 // Animation interface that all effects implement
 type Animation interface {
 	// Update advances the animation by one frame
@@ -49,3 +51,10 @@ func IsTextUpdatable(anim Animation) bool {
 	_, ok := anim.(TextUpdatable)
 	return ok
 }
+
+// normalizeMultilineText normalizes platform line endings to LF.
+func normalizeMultilineText(text string) string {
+	text = strings.ReplaceAll(text, "\r\n", "\n")
+	text = strings.ReplaceAll(text, "\r", "\n")
+	return text
+}
diff --git a/animations/firetext.go b/animations/firetext.go
index 56255b6..eec4bc1 100644
--- a/animations/firetext.go
+++ b/animations/firetext.go
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ type FireTextEffect struct {
 
 // NewFireTextEffect creates a new fire-text effect with given dimensions, palette, and ASCII art
 func NewFireTextEffect(width, height int, palette []string, text string) *FireTextEffect {
+	text = normalizeMultilineText(text)
+
 	f := &FireTextEffect{
 		width:   width,
 		height:  height,
@@ -283,7 +285,7 @@ func (f *FireTextEffect) Render() string {
 
 // SetText updates the displayed text and rebuilds the fire around it.
 func (f *FireTextEffect) SetText(text string) {
-	f.text = text
+	f.text = normalizeMultilineText(text)
 	f.parseText()
 	f.init()
 }
diff --git a/animations/matrixart.go b/animations/matrixart.go
index 78556ed..4b752b2 100644
--- a/animations/matrixart.go
+++ b/animations/matrixart.go
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ type FrozenMatrixChar struct {
 
 // NewMatrixArtEffect creates a new matrix-art effect
 func NewMatrixArtEffect(width, height int, palette []string, text string) *MatrixArtEffect {
+	text = normalizeMultilineText(text)
+
 	m := &MatrixArtEffect{
 		width:   width,
 		height:  height,
@@ -313,7 +315,7 @@ func (m *MatrixArtEffect) Reset() {
 
 // SetText updates the displayed text and restarts the crystallization.
 func (m *MatrixArtEffect) SetText(text string) {
-	m.text = text
+	m.text = normalizeMultilineText(text)
 	m.artPositions = make(map[int]map[int]rune)
 	m.frozenChars = make(map[int]map[int]*FrozenMatrixChar)
 	m.parseArt()
diff --git a/animations/print.go b/animations/print.go
index 64d9b84..e7d5e2d 100644
--- a/animations/print.go
+++ b/animations/print.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ func calculatePrintTextDimensions(text string) (int, int) {
 
 // NewPrintEffect creates a new print effect with given configuration
 func NewPrintEffect(config PrintConfig) *PrintEffect {
+	config.Text = normalizeMultilineText(config.Text)
 	lines := strings.Split(config.Text, "\n")
 
 	// Don't remove empty lines - they might be part of ASCII art structure!
@@ -364,7 +365,7 @@ func (p *PrintEffect) Reset() {
 
 // SetText updates the displayed text and restarts the print animation.
 func (p *PrintEffect) SetText(text string) {
-	p.text = text
+	p.text = normalizeMultilineText(text)
 	p.Reset()
 }
 
diff --git a/animations/rainart.go b/animations/rainart.go
index a379b59..0b0d2e8 100644
--- a/animations/rainart.go
+++ b/animations/rainart.go
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ type FrozenChar struct {
 
 // NewRainArtEffect creates a new rain-art effect
 func NewRainArtEffect(width, height int, palette []string, text string) *RainArtEffect {
+	text = normalizeMultilineText(text)
+
 	r := &RainArtEffect{
 		width:        width,
 		height:       height,
@@ -248,7 +250,7 @@ func (r *RainArtEffect) Reset() {
 
 // SetText updates the displayed text and restarts the crystallization.
 func (r *RainArtEffect) SetText(text string) {
-	r.text = text
+	r.text = normalizeMultilineText(text)
 	r.artPositions = make(map[int]map[int]rune)
 	r.frozenChars = make(map[int]map[int]*FrozenChar)
 	r.parseArt()
diff --git a/animations/ringtext.go b/animations/ringtext.go
index 99bc074..0e7afa2 100644
--- a/animations/ringtext.go
+++ b/animations/ringtext.go
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ type Ring struct {
 // NewRingTextEffect creates a new RingText effect
 func NewRingTextEffect(config RingTextConfig) *RingTextEffect {
 	rng := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
+	config.Text = normalizeMultilineText(config.Text)
 
 	// Set defaults
 	if config.RingGap == 0 {
@@ -618,7 +619,7 @@ func (e *RingTextEffect) Reset() {
 
 // SetText updates the displayed text and reinitializes the ring animation.
 func (e *RingTextEffect) SetText(text string) {
-	e.text = text
+	e.text = normalizeMultilineText(text)
 	e.init()
 }
 
diff --git a/animations/skull.go b/animations/skull.go
index d12bcaa..ee46b83 100644
--- a/animations/skull.go
+++ b/animations/skull.go
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ func NewSkullTextEffect(width, height int, palette []string, theme string, text
 
 // newSkullAnimation is the internal constructor
 func newSkullAnimation(width, height int, palette []string, theme string, withText bool, text string) *SkullAnimation {
+	text = normalizeMultilineText(text)
+
 	s := &SkullAnimation{
 		width:                  width,
 		height:                 height,
@@ -855,8 +857,8 @@ func (s *SkullAnimation) Reset() {
 
 // SetText updates the displayed text and reinitializes the text layer.
 func (s *SkullAnimation) SetText(text string) {
-	s.textContent = text
-	s.withText = text != ""
+	s.textContent = normalizeMultilineText(text)
+	s.withText = s.textContent != ""
 	s.textChars = nil
 	s.parseText()
 
diff --git a/animations/text_updatable_test.go b/animations/text_updatable_test.go
index 1d78069..9199198 100644
--- a/animations/text_updatable_test.go
+++ b/animations/text_updatable_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package animations
 
 import (
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
-func testPalette() []string {
+func textUpdatableTestPalette() []string {
 	return []string{
 		"#000000", "#1a0000", "#330000", "#4d0000",
 		"#660000", "#800000", "#990000", "#cc0000",
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ func testPalette() []string {
 
 func TestTextBasedEffectsSatisfyTextUpdatable(t *testing.T) {
 	w, h := 40, 20
-	p := testPalette()
+	p := textUpdatableTestPalette()
 	text := "TEST"
 
 	effects := map[string]interface{}{
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ type updatableRenderer interface {
 
 func TestSetText_ChangesRenderedOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	w, h := 60, 20
-	p := testPalette()
+	p := textUpdatableTestPalette()
 	textA := "AAAA"
 	textB := "ZZZZ"
 
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ func TestSetText_ChangesRenderedOutput(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestSetText_DoesNotPanic(t *testing.T) {
 	w, h := 40, 20
-	p := testPalette()
+	p := textUpdatableTestPalette()
 
 	effects := map[string]interface{}{
 		"fire-text":  NewFireTextEffect(w, h, p, "HELLO"),
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ func TestSetText_DoesNotPanic(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestSetText_StabilityAfterMultipleCalls(t *testing.T) {
 	w, h := 40, 20
-	p := testPalette()
+	p := textUpdatableTestPalette()
 
 	anim := NewFireTextEffect(w, h, p, "HELLO")
 
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ func TestSetText_StabilityAfterMultipleCalls(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestBurnSetText_ReplacesCharacters(t *testing.T) {
-	anim := NewBurnTextEffect(40, 20, testPalette(), "default", "AB")
+	anim := NewBurnTextEffect(40, 20, textUpdatableTestPalette(), "default", "AB")
 
 	if got := len(anim.chars); got != 2 {
 		t.Fatalf("expected 2 chars after init, got %d", got)
@@ -198,9 +199,92 @@ func TestBurnSetText_ReplacesCharacters(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestTextEffects_NormalizeCRLFInput(t *testing.T) {
+	w, h := 80, 24
+	p := textUpdatableTestPalette()
+	skullPalette := GetSkullPalette("default")
+	crlfText := "A\r\nB"
+
+	type effectFactory struct {
+		name   string
+		frames int
+		create func(text string) updatableRenderer
+	}
+
+	factories := []effectFactory{
+		{"fire-text", 40, func(text string) updatableRenderer { return NewFireTextEffect(w, h, p, text) }},
+		{"matrix-art", 40, func(text string) updatableRenderer { return NewMatrixArtEffect(w, h, p, text) }},
+		{"rain-art", 40, func(text string) updatableRenderer { return NewRainArtEffect(w, h, p, text) }},
+		{"ring-text", 40, func(text string) updatableRenderer {
+			return NewRingTextEffect(RingTextConfig{Width: w, Height: h, Text: text})
+		}},
+		{"blackhole", 40, func(text string) updatableRenderer {
+			return NewBlackholeEffect(BlackholeConfig{Width: w, Height: h, Text: text})
+		}},
+		{"beam-text", 40, func(text string) updatableRenderer {
+			return NewBeamTextEffect(BeamTextConfig{Width: w, Height: h, Text: text})
+		}},
+		{"print", 80, func(text string) updatableRenderer {
+			return NewPrintEffect(PrintConfig{Width: w, Height: h, Text: text})
+		}},
+		{"skull-text", 40, func(text string) updatableRenderer {
+			return NewSkullTextEffect(w, h, skullPalette, "default", text)
+		}},
+	}
+
+	for _, ef := range factories {
+		t.Run(ef.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			anim := ef.create(crlfText)
+			for i := 0; i < ef.frames; i++ {
+				anim.Update()
+			}
+
+			output := anim.Render()
+			if strings.ContainsRune(output, '\r') {
+				t.Fatalf("render output contains carriage return for CRLF input")
+			}
+
+			anim.SetText(crlfText)
+			for i := 0; i < ef.frames; i++ {
+				anim.Update()
+			}
+			output = anim.Render()
+			if strings.ContainsRune(output, '\r') {
+				t.Fatalf("render output contains carriage return after SetText with CRLF input")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFireAndSkullText_NormalizeStoredText(t *testing.T) {
+	w, h := 80, 24
+	p := textUpdatableTestPalette()
+	skullPalette := GetSkullPalette("default")
+	crlfText := "A\r\nB"
+	lfText := "A\nB"
+
+	fire := NewFireTextEffect(w, h, p, crlfText)
+	if fire.text != lfText {
+		t.Fatalf("fire-text constructor did not normalize CRLF: got %q want %q", fire.text, lfText)
+	}
+	fire.SetText(crlfText)
+	if fire.text != lfText {
+		t.Fatalf("fire-text SetText did not normalize CRLF: got %q want %q", fire.text, lfText)
+	}
+
+	skull := NewSkullTextEffect(w, h, skullPalette, "default", crlfText)
+	if skull.textContent != lfText {
+		t.Fatalf("skull-text constructor did not normalize CRLF: got %q want %q", skull.textContent, lfText)
+	}
+	skull.SetText(crlfText)
+	if skull.textContent != lfText {
+		t.Fatalf("skull-text SetText did not normalize CRLF: got %q want %q", skull.textContent, lfText)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestIsTextUpdatable(t *testing.T) {
-	textEffect := NewFireTextEffect(40, 20, testPalette(), "TEST")
-	nonTextEffect := NewFireEffect(40, 20, testPalette())
+	textEffect := NewFireTextEffect(40, 20, textUpdatableTestPalette(), "TEST")
+	nonTextEffect := NewFireEffect(40, 20, textUpdatableTestPalette())
 
 	if _, ok := interface{}(textEffect).(TextUpdatable); !ok {
 		t.Error("FireTextEffect should be TextUpdatable")