diff --git a/src/lib/bookman-fonts.ts b/src/lib/bookman-fonts.ts
index b91bc43..9f35587 100644
--- a/src/lib/bookman-fonts.ts
+++ b/src/lib/bookman-fonts.ts
@@ -6810,16 +6810,14 @@ const bolditalic_b64 =
   "LUEtQRu6BAAEAAALK1mwDiNCsA8jQrASQ1i5GH47IRu6AagEAAALK1mwECNCsBEjQgEBKysrKysrKysrKysrKytzc3N0dHRzc3Nz" +
   "c3Nzc3Nzc3Nzc15zXnN0dQErK3NzdHVzdHUAKysrKysrAEuwHlBYsANFaLgDakVosECLYLAgI0RZsAdFaLgDa0VosECLYLAiI0QA";
 
-let registered = false;
 export function registerBookmanFont(pdf: jsPDF) {
-  // Add to VFS once; jsPDF instances share the global file system.
-  if (!registered) {
-    pdf.addFileToVFS("BookmanOldStyle-Regular.ttf", regular_b64);
-    pdf.addFileToVFS("BookmanOldStyle-Italic.ttf", italic_b64);
-    pdf.addFileToVFS("BookmanOldStyle-Bold.ttf", bold_b64);
-    pdf.addFileToVFS("BookmanOldStyle-BoldItalic.ttf", bolditalic_b64);
-    registered = true;
-  }
+  // jsPDF's VFS is per-instance — must add files for every new pdf object
+  // before calling addFont, otherwise addFont throws
+  // "Font is not stored as string-data in vFS".
+  pdf.addFileToVFS("BookmanOldStyle-Regular.ttf", regular_b64);
+  pdf.addFileToVFS("BookmanOldStyle-Italic.ttf", italic_b64);
+  pdf.addFileToVFS("BookmanOldStyle-Bold.ttf", bold_b64);
+  pdf.addFileToVFS("BookmanOldStyle-BoldItalic.ttf", bolditalic_b64);
   pdf.addFont("BookmanOldStyle-Regular.ttf", BOOKMAN_FAMILY, "normal");
   pdf.addFont("BookmanOldStyle-Italic.ttf", BOOKMAN_FAMILY, "italic");
   pdf.addFont("BookmanOldStyle-Bold.ttf", BOOKMAN_FAMILY, "bold");
diff --git a/src/lib/docx-pleading.ts b/src/lib/docx-pleading.ts
index fd54980..30f4c6b 100644
--- a/src/lib/docx-pleading.ts
+++ b/src/lib/docx-pleading.ts
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ const noBorder = {
   insideVertical: { style: BorderStyle.NONE, size: 0, color: "FFFFFF" },
 };
 
-const verticalLine = {
+const captionLeftBorders = {
   top: { style: BorderStyle.NONE, size: 0, color: "FFFFFF" },
-  bottom: { style: BorderStyle.NONE, size: 0, color: "FFFFFF" },
+  bottom: { style: BorderStyle.SINGLE, size: 8, color: "000000" },
   left: { style: BorderStyle.NONE, size: 0, color: "FFFFFF" },
   right: { style: BorderStyle.SINGLE, size: 8, color: "000000" },
 };
@@ -252,19 +252,19 @@ export function buildPleadingDoc(input: PleadingInput): Document {
   const plaintiffLines = (input.plaintiffs || "").split("\n").filter((l) => l.trim().length > 0);
   const defendantLines = (input.defendants || "").split("\n").filter((l) => l.trim().length > 0);
 
-  // Left side of caption
+  // Left side of caption — all bold
   const leftCells: Paragraph[] = [];
-  plaintiffLines.forEach((l) => leftCells.push(p(l)));
-  if (plaintiffLines.length === 0) leftCells.push(p(""));
+  plaintiffLines.forEach((l) => leftCells.push(p(l, { bold: true })));
+  if (plaintiffLines.length === 0) leftCells.push(p("", { bold: true }));
   leftCells.push(emptyP());
-  leftCells.push(p("Plaintiff(s),"));
+  leftCells.push(p("Plaintiff(s),", { bold: true }));
   leftCells.push(emptyP());
-  leftCells.push(p("v."));
+  leftCells.push(p("v.", { bold: true }));
   leftCells.push(emptyP());
-  defendantLines.forEach((l) => leftCells.push(p(l)));
-  if (defendantLines.length === 0) leftCells.push(p(""));
+  defendantLines.forEach((l) => leftCells.push(p(l, { bold: true })));
+  if (defendantLines.length === 0) leftCells.push(p("", { bold: true }));
   leftCells.push(emptyP());
-  leftCells.push(p("Defendant(s)."));
+  leftCells.push(p("Defendant(s).", { bold: true }));
 
   const rightCells: Paragraph[] = [
     p(`CASE NO.: ${input.caseNumber || ""}`, { bold: true }),
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ export function buildPleadingDoc(input: PleadingInput): Document {
         children: [
           new TableCell({
             width: { size: 5400, type: WidthType.DXA },
-            borders: verticalLine,
+            borders: captionLeftBorders,
             margins: { top: 80, bottom: 80, left: 0, right: 200 },
             children: leftCells,
           }),
diff --git a/src/lib/pdf-pleading.ts b/src/lib/pdf-pleading.ts
index 13f42be..6243f1e 100644
--- a/src/lib/pdf-pleading.ts
+++ b/src/lib/pdf-pleading.ts
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export async function downloadPleadingPdf(input: PleadingInput, filename: string
   const plaintiffLines = (input.plaintiffs || "").split("\n").filter((l) => l.trim());
   const defendantLines = (input.defendants || "").split("\n").filter((l) => l.trim());
 
-  setFont(pdf, {});
+  setFont(pdf, { bold: true });
   const captionLeft: string[] = [];
   if (plaintiffLines.length) captionLeft.push(...plaintiffLines); else captionLeft.push(" ");
   captionLeft.push("");
@@ -223,7 +223,10 @@ export async function downloadPleadingPdf(input: PleadingInput, filename: string
 
   const captionEndY = ly;
   pdf.setLineWidth(0.6);
+  // Vertical divider between caption columns
   pdf.line(MARGIN + leftColW + 12, captionStartY - LINE_H + 4, MARGIN + leftColW + 12, captionEndY);
+  // Bottom border under the left caption cell
+  pdf.line(leftX, captionEndY + 2, MARGIN + leftColW + 12, captionEndY + 2);
   void rightColW;
 
   y = captionEndY + LINE_H;
diff --git a/src/routes/documents.pleading.new.tsx b/src/routes/documents.pleading.new.tsx
index de25605..87f933b 100644
--- a/src/routes/documents.pleading.new.tsx
+++ b/src/routes/documents.pleading.new.tsx
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ function PleadingNewPage() {
                 </div>
 
                 <div className="mt-6 flex">
-                  <div className="flex-1 pr-4 border-r border-black">
+                  <div className="flex-1 pr-4 border-r border-b border-black font-bold">
                     <div className="whitespace-pre-line min-h-[1.5em]">{plaintiffs || " "}</div>
                     <div className="mt-3">Plaintiff(s),</div>
                     <div className="mt-3">v.</div>