diff --git a/demo_app/pubspec.lock b/demo_app/pubspec.lock
index 561d3d8da..08c4b8203 100644
--- a/demo_app/pubspec.lock
+++ b/demo_app/pubspec.lock
@@ -620,10 +620,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: path_provider_android
-      sha256: d0d310befe2c8ab9e7f393288ccbb11b60c019c6b5afc21973eeee4dda2b35e9
+      sha256: "993381400e94d18469750e5b9dcb8206f15bc09f9da86b9e44a9b0092a0066db"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "2.2.17"
+    version: "2.2.18"
   path_provider_foundation:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -945,10 +945,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: url_launcher_android
-      sha256: "0aedad096a85b49df2e4725fa32118f9fa580f3b14af7a2d2221896a02cd5656"
+      sha256: "69ee86740f2847b9a4ba6cffa74ed12ce500bbe2b07f3dc1e643439da60637b7"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "6.3.17"
+    version: "6.3.18"
   url_launcher_ios:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -1049,10 +1049,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: video_player_android
-      sha256: "53f3b57c7ac88c18e6074d0f94c7146e128c515f0a4503c3061b8e71dea3a0f2"
+      sha256: "59e5a457ddcc1688f39e9aef0efb62aa845cf0cbbac47e44ac9730dc079a2385"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "2.8.12"
+    version: "2.8.13"
   video_player_avfoundation:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -1153,10 +1153,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: webview_flutter_android
-      sha256: "0a42444056b24ed832bdf3442d65c5194f6416f7e782152384944053c2ecc9a3"
+      sha256: "9a25f6b4313978ba1c2cda03a242eea17848174912cfb4d2d8ee84a556f248e3"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "4.10.0"
+    version: "4.10.1"
   webview_flutter_platform_interface:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
diff --git a/packages/core/.gitignore b/packages/core/.gitignore
index e9bbc3ca1..e8b4873c9 100644
--- a/packages/core/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/core/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 coverage/
 pubspec.lock
 
+# Test failures
+test/failures/
+
 # Miscellaneous
 *.class
 *.log
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/src/core_widget_factory.dart b/packages/core/lib/src/core_widget_factory.dart
index f316c794d..10958f8da 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/src/core_widget_factory.dart
+++ b/packages/core/lib/src/core_widget_factory.dart
@@ -383,6 +383,12 @@ class WidgetFactory extends WidgetFactoryResetter with AnchorWidgetFactory {
       return buildText(tree, resolved, TextSpan(style: textStyle, text: text));
     }
 
+    // If text is empty and listStyleType is not a predefined type,
+    // treat it as an empty string literal (no marker)
+    if (!_isPredefinedListStyleType(listStyleType)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
     switch (listStyleType) {
       case kCssListStyleTypeCircle:
         return HtmlListMarker.circle(textStyle);
@@ -396,6 +402,23 @@ class WidgetFactory extends WidgetFactoryResetter with AnchorWidgetFactory {
     }
   }
 
+  /// Checks if the given list style type is a predefined CSS keyword.
+  bool _isPredefinedListStyleType(String type) {
+    return const {
+      kCssListStyleTypeAlphaLower,
+      kCssListStyleTypeAlphaLatinLower,
+      kCssListStyleTypeAlphaUpper,
+      kCssListStyleTypeAlphaLatinUpper,
+      kCssListStyleTypeCircle,
+      kCssListStyleTypeDecimal,
+      kCssListStyleTypeDisc,
+      kCssListStyleTypeNone,
+      kCssListStyleTypeRomanLower,
+      kCssListStyleTypeRomanUpper,
+      kCssListStyleTypeSquare,
+    }.contains(type);
+  }
+
   /// Builds [Padding].
   Widget? buildPadding(
     BuildTree tree,
@@ -550,11 +573,20 @@ class WidgetFactory extends WidgetFactoryResetter with AnchorWidgetFactory {
         final roman = intToRomanNumerals(i);
         return roman != null ? '$roman.' : '';
       case kCssListStyleTypeNone:
-      default:
+      case kCssListStyleTypeCircle:
+      case kCssListStyleTypeDisc:
+      case kCssListStyleTypeSquare:
+        // These are handled by geometric markers in buildListMarker
         return '';
+      default:
+        // For any unrecognized type, treat it as a string literal
+        // CSS parser has already extracted the content if it was quoted
+        return type;
     }
   }
 
+
+
   /// Returns an [AssetImage].
   ImageProvider? imageProviderFromAsset(String url) {
     final uri = Uri.parse(url);
diff --git a/packages/core/test/tag_li_test.dart b/packages/core/test/tag_li_test.dart
index 8fe8ab3de..345c83661 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/tag_li_test.dart
+++ b/packages/core/test/tag_li_test.dart
@@ -602,6 +602,48 @@ Future<void> main() async {
           );
         });
       });
+
+      group('string literals', () {
+        testWidgets('renders double quoted string', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+          const html = '<ul style="list-style-type: &quot;① &quot;"><li>Foo</li></ul>';
+          final explained = await explain(tester, html);
+          expect(explained, equals(padding(item('① ', 'Foo'))));
+        });
+
+        testWidgets('renders single quoted string', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+          const html = "<ul style=\"list-style-type: '② '\"><li>Bar</li></ul>";
+          final explained = await explain(tester, html);
+          expect(explained, equals(padding(item('② ', 'Bar'))));
+        });
+
+        testWidgets('renders complex string with symbols', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+          const html = '<ul style="list-style-type: &quot;★ &quot;"><li>Special</li></ul>';
+          final explained = await explain(tester, html);
+          expect(explained, equals(padding(item('★ ', 'Special'))));
+        });
+
+        testWidgets('renders empty string', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+          const html = '<ul style="list-style-type: &quot;&quot;"><li>Empty</li></ul>';
+          final explained = await explain(tester, html);
+          expect(explained, equals(padding('[RichText:(:Empty)]')));
+        });
+
+        testWidgets('renders string on ordered list', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+          const html = '<ol style="list-style-type: &quot;Step &quot;"><li>One</li><li>Two</li></ol>';
+          final explained = await explain(tester, html);
+          expect(
+            explained,
+            equals(
+              padding(
+                list([
+                  item('Step ', 'One'),
+                  item('Step ', 'Two'),
+                ]),
+              ),
+            ),
+          );
+        });
+      });
     });
 
     group('padding-inline-start', () {