diff --git a/examples/common/ExampleSettings.ts b/examples/common/ExampleSettings.ts
index 5bf7c62..08b210a 100644
--- a/examples/common/ExampleSettings.ts
+++ b/examples/common/ExampleSettings.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ export interface SnapshotOptions {
   clip?: {
     x: number;
     y: number;
-    w: number;
-    h: number;
+    width: number;
+    height: number;
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/index.ts b/examples/index.ts
index da88944..710424c 100644
--- a/examples/index.ts
+++ b/examples/index.ts
@@ -404,8 +404,8 @@ async function runAutomation(
             const clipRect = options?.clip || {
               x: testRoot.x,
               y: testRoot.y,
-              w: testRoot.w,
-              h: testRoot.h,
+              width: testRoot.w,
+              height: testRoot.h,
             };
 
             const adjustedOptions = {
@@ -413,8 +413,8 @@ async function runAutomation(
               clip: {
                 x: Math.round(clipRect.x * logicalPixelRatio),
                 y: Math.round(clipRect.y * logicalPixelRatio),
-                w: Math.round(clipRect.w * logicalPixelRatio),
-                h: Math.round(clipRect.h * logicalPixelRatio),
+                width: Math.round(clipRect.width * logicalPixelRatio),
+                height: Math.round(clipRect.height * logicalPixelRatio),
               },
             };
 
diff --git a/visual-regression/src/index.ts b/visual-regression/src/index.ts
index b8a5407..244d218 100644
--- a/visual-regression/src/index.ts
+++ b/visual-regression/src/index.ts
@@ -280,20 +280,13 @@ async function runTest(browserType: 'chromium') {
     async (test: string, options: SnapshotOptions) => {
       snapshotsTested++;
 
-      // Ensure clip dimensions are integers
+      // Ensure clip dimensions are integers (matches Playwright's clip shape
+      // exactly — caller is expected to send {x, y, width, height}).
       if (options.clip) {
-        for (const key of ['x', 'y', 'w', 'h']) {
-          // remap 'w' and 'h' to 'width' and 'height'
-          if (key === 'w' || key === 'h') {
-            options.clip[key === 'w' ? 'width' : 'height'] = Math.round(
-              options.clip[key as keyof typeof options.clip],
-            );
-          } else {
-            options.clip[key as keyof typeof options.clip] = Math.round(
-              options.clip[key as keyof typeof options.clip],
-            );
-          }
-        }
+        options.clip.x = Math.round(options.clip.x);
+        options.clip.y = Math.round(options.clip.y);
+        options.clip.width = Math.round(options.clip.width);
+        options.clip.height = Math.round(options.clip.height);
       }
 
       const subtestName = options.name ? `${test}_${options.name}` : test;
@@ -303,39 +296,54 @@ async function runTest(browserType: 'chromium') {
         `${subtestName}-${snapshotIndex}${postfix ? `-${postfix}` : ''}.png`;
       const snapshotPath = path.join(snapshotSubDir, makeFilename());
 
-      if (argv.capture) {
-        // Handle snapshot capturing
-        const captureResponse = await saveSnapshot(
+      // Wrap the capture/compare so an unexpected throw (e.g. Playwright
+      // rejecting a malformed clip) is counted as a failure instead of
+      // silently leaving the counters at zero. Pre-fix, exceptions here
+      // bypassed both snapshotsPassed and snapshotsFailed, so a runner full
+      // of thrown comparisons exited with `snapshotsFailed === 0` and CI
+      // reported success even though nothing actually ran.
+      try {
+        if (argv.capture) {
+          const captureResponse = await saveSnapshot(
+            page,
+            snapshotPath,
+            options,
+            subtestName,
+            snapshotIndex,
+            argv.overwrite,
+          );
+          if (captureResponse === false) {
+            snapshotsSkipped++;
+            return;
+          }
+
+          if (argv.overwrite) {
+            snapshotsPassed++;
+            return;
+          }
+        }
+
+        const resp = await compareSnapshot(
           page,
           snapshotPath,
           options,
           subtestName,
           snapshotIndex,
-          argv.overwrite,
         );
-        if (captureResponse === false) {
-          snapshotsSkipped++;
-          return;
-        }
-
-        if (argv.overwrite) {
+        if (resp) {
           snapshotsPassed++;
-          return;
+        } else {
+          snapshotsFailed++;
         }
-      }
-
-      // Handle snapshot comparison
-      const resp = await compareSnapshot(
-        page,
-        snapshotPath,
-        options,
-        subtestName,
-        snapshotIndex,
-      );
-      if (resp) {
-        snapshotsPassed++;
-      } else {
+      } catch (err) {
         snapshotsFailed++;
+        console.log(
+          chalk.red.bold(
+            `FAILED! (${subtestName}-${snapshotIndex} threw: ${
+              err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
+            })`,
+          ),
+        );
       }
     },
   );
diff --git a/visual-regression/src/snapshot.ts b/visual-regression/src/snapshot.ts
index e78baa1..e4b5084 100644
--- a/visual-regression/src/snapshot.ts
+++ b/visual-regression/src/snapshot.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ import { PNG } from 'pngjs';
 import pixelmatch from 'pixelmatch';
 
 /**
- * Keep in sync with `examples/common/ExampleSettings.ts`
+ * Keep in sync with `examples/common/ExampleSettings.ts`.
+ * `width`/`height` (not `w`/`h`) so the object can be handed directly to
+ * Playwright's `page.screenshot({ clip })`, which expects this exact shape.
  */
 export interface SnapshotOptions {
   name?: string;
@@ -93,9 +95,7 @@ export async function compareSnapshot(
   }
 
   const expectedPng = await fs.promises.readFile(snapshotPath);
-  const width = options.clip?.width || (1080 as number);
-  const height = options.clip?.height || (1920 as number);
-  const result = compareBuffers(actualPng, expectedPng, width, height);
+  const result = compareBuffers(actualPng, expectedPng);
 
   if (result.doesMatch) {
     console.log(chalk.green.bold('PASS!'));
@@ -168,10 +168,7 @@ export async function saveFailedSnapshot(
 export function compareBuffers(
   actualImageBuffer: Buffer,
   expectedImageBuffer: Buffer,
-  width: number,
-  height: number,
 ): CompareResult {
-  const diff = new PNG({ width: width as number, height: height as number });
   const actualImage = PNG.sync.read(actualImageBuffer);
   const expectedImage = PNG.sync.read(expectedImageBuffer);
 
@@ -182,25 +179,31 @@ export function compareBuffers(
     return {
       doesMatch: false,
       diffImageBuffer: undefined,
-      reason: 'Image dimensions do not match',
+      reason: `Image dimensions do not match (actual ${actualImage.width}x${actualImage.height}, expected ${expectedImage.width}x${expectedImage.height})`,
     };
   }
 
+  const width = actualImage.width;
+  const height = actualImage.height;
+  const diff = new PNG({ width, height });
+
+  // pixelmatch threshold is normalized YIQ color distance (0..1). 0.1 is the
+  // library default and the recommended value for catching meaningful UI
+  // changes while tolerating sub-pixel AA jitter. The previous 0.8 was so
+  // permissive that missing text on a solid background still passed.
   const count = pixelmatch(
     actualImage.data,
     expectedImage.data,
-
     diff.data,
     width,
     height,
-    { threshold: 0.8 }, // Adjust threshold for sensitivity
+    { threshold: 0.1 },
   );
 
   const doesMatch = count === 0;
 
   return {
     doesMatch,
-
     diffImageBuffer: doesMatch ? undefined : diff,
     reason: doesMatch ? undefined : `${count} pixels differ`,
   };