diff --git a/.changeset/scriptlet-and-spaced-type-statements.md b/.changeset/scriptlet-and-spaced-type-statements.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86b3b08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/scriptlet-and-spaced-type-statements.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"htmljs-parser": minor
+---
+
+Read a `type`, `interface` or `declare` scriptlet as a type, as statements already are, so `$ type H = () => void` or `$ type A = B<C>` no longer swallows the next line; `$ type = x` stays JavaScript. A statement also finds its type keyword after extra whitespace (`static  type F = () => void`), and `isValidScriptlet` matches the parser.
diff --git a/src/__tests__/fixtures/scriptlet-type-name-guard/__snapshots__/scriptlet-type-name-guard.expected.txt b/src/__tests__/fixtures/scriptlet-type-name-guard/__snapshots__/scriptlet-type-name-guard.expected.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4e5a48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/fixtures/scriptlet-type-name-guard/__snapshots__/scriptlet-type-name-guard.expected.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+1╭─ $ type = a < b
+ │  │ ╰─ scriptlet.value "type = a < b"
+ ╰─ ╰─ scriptlet "$ type = a < b"
+2╭─ $ type in obj && go()
+ │  │ ╰─ scriptlet.value "type in obj && go()"
+ ╰─ ╰─ scriptlet "$ type in obj && go()"
+3╭─ $ type (x)
+ │  │ ╰─ scriptlet.value "type (x)"
+ ╰─ ╰─ scriptlet "$ type (x)"
+4╭─ <div/>
+ │  ││  ╰─ openTagEnd:selfClosed "/>"
+ │  │╰─ tagName "div"
+ ╰─ ╰─ openTagStart
+5╰─ 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/__tests__/fixtures/scriptlet-type-name-guard/input.marko b/src/__tests__/fixtures/scriptlet-type-name-guard/input.marko
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87ad1aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/fixtures/scriptlet-type-name-guard/input.marko
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+$ type = a < b
+$ type in obj && go()
+$ type (x)
+<div/>
diff --git a/src/__tests__/fixtures/scriptlet-type-void/__snapshots__/scriptlet-type-void.expected.txt b/src/__tests__/fixtures/scriptlet-type-void/__snapshots__/scriptlet-type-void.expected.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0224667
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/fixtures/scriptlet-type-void/__snapshots__/scriptlet-type-void.expected.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+1╭─ $ type H = () => void
+ │  │ ╰─ scriptlet.value "type H = () => void"
+ ╰─ ╰─ scriptlet "$ type H = () => void"
+2╭─ <div>
+ │  ││  ╰─ openTagEnd
+ │  │╰─ tagName "div"
+ ╰─ ╰─ openTagStart
+3╭─   $ type A = B<C>
+ │  │ │ ╰─ scriptlet.value "type A = B<C>"
+ │  │ ╰─ scriptlet "$ type A = B<C>"
+ ╰─ ╰─ text "\n  "
+4╭─ </div>
+ │  │ │  ╰─ closeTagEnd(div)
+ │  │ ╰─ closeTagName "div"
+ │  ├─ text "\n"
+ ╰─ ╰─ closeTagStart "</"
+5╭─ $ interface I { a(): void }
+ │  │ ╰─ scriptlet.value "interface I { a(): void }"
+ ╰─ ╰─ scriptlet "$ interface I { a(): void }"
+6╭─ $ declare const d: void
+ │  │ ╰─ scriptlet.value "declare const d: void"
+ ╰─ ╰─ scriptlet "$ declare const d: void"
+7╭─ <span/>
+ │  ││   ╰─ openTagEnd:selfClosed "/>"
+ │  │╰─ tagName "span"
+ ╰─ ╰─ openTagStart
+8╰─ 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/__tests__/fixtures/scriptlet-type-void/input.marko b/src/__tests__/fixtures/scriptlet-type-void/input.marko
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1bf62a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/fixtures/scriptlet-type-void/input.marko
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+$ type H = () => void
+<div>
+  $ type A = B<C>
+</div>
+$ interface I { a(): void }
+$ declare const d: void
+<span/>
diff --git a/src/__tests__/fixtures/ts-type-statement-extra-whitespace/__snapshots__/ts-type-statement-extra-whitespace.expected.txt b/src/__tests__/fixtures/ts-type-statement-extra-whitespace/__snapshots__/ts-type-statement-extra-whitespace.expected.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de183f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/fixtures/ts-type-statement-extra-whitespace/__snapshots__/ts-type-statement-extra-whitespace.expected.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+1╭─ static  type F = () => void
+ ╰─ ╰─ tagName "static"
+2╭─ static const x = 1
+ │  ├─ openTagEnd
+ ╰─ ╰─ tagName "static"
+3╭─ 
+ ╰─ ╰─ openTagEnd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/__tests__/fixtures/ts-type-statement-extra-whitespace/input.marko b/src/__tests__/fixtures/ts-type-statement-extra-whitespace/input.marko
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c08080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/fixtures/ts-type-statement-extra-whitespace/input.marko
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+static  type F = () => void
+static const x = 1
diff --git a/src/__tests__/validate.test.ts b/src/__tests__/validate.test.ts
index 90fc0ed..fc8cb41 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/validate.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/validate.test.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ describe("validation helpers", () => {
     it("ends a type statement at an unindented newline", () => {
       assert.equal(isValidStatement("type A = B<C>\nfoo"), 0);
     });
+
+    it("reads a type statement after extra whitespace", () => {
+      assert.equal(isValidStatement("  type A = B<C>\nfoo"), 0);
+    });
   });
 
   describe("isValidScriptlet", () => {
@@ -58,6 +62,14 @@ describe("validation helpers", () => {
       assert.equal(isValidScriptlet("foo + bar"), 2);
     });
 
+    it("ends a type scriptlet at a line-final void", () => {
+      assert.equal(isValidScriptlet("type H = () => void\nfoo"), 0);
+    });
+
+    it("reads an assignment to a variable named type as JavaScript", () => {
+      assert.equal(isValidScriptlet("type = a < b"), 2);
+    });
+
     it("rejects indented continuation lines", () => {
       assert.equal(isValidScriptlet("foo\n  + bar"), 0);
     });
diff --git a/src/states/EXPRESSION.ts b/src/states/EXPRESSION.ts
index c3fd96f..52ef489 100644
--- a/src/states/EXPRESSION.ts
+++ b/src/states/EXPRESSION.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const tsUnaryKeywords = [
   "unique",
 ] as const;
 
-const binaryKeywords = [
+export const binaryKeywords = [
   "as",
   "extends",
   "instanceof", // Note: instanceof must be checked before `in`
diff --git a/src/states/INLINE_SCRIPT.ts b/src/states/INLINE_SCRIPT.ts
index e003a03..7681061 100644
--- a/src/states/INLINE_SCRIPT.ts
+++ b/src/states/INLINE_SCRIPT.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import {
+  isIndentCode,
+  isWordCode,
   matchesCloseCurlyBrace,
   type Meta,
+  Parser,
   type Range,
   STATE,
   type StateDefinition,
 } from "../internal.ts";
 import * as CODE from "../util/codes.ts";
+import { binaryKeywords } from "./EXPRESSION.ts";
 
 interface ScriptletMeta extends Meta {
   block: boolean;
@@ -49,9 +53,7 @@ export const INLINE_SCRIPT: StateDefinition<ScriptletMeta> = {
       this.enterState(STATE.EXPRESSION).shouldTerminate =
         matchesCloseCurlyBrace;
     } else {
-      const expr = this.enterState(STATE.EXPRESSION);
-      expr.operators = true;
-      expr.terminatedByEOL = true;
+      prepareScriptlet(this.enterState(STATE.EXPRESSION), this);
     }
   },
 
@@ -70,3 +72,59 @@ export const INLINE_SCRIPT: StateDefinition<ScriptletMeta> = {
     this.exitState();
   },
 };
+
+const typeKeywords = ["declare", "interface", "type"] as const;
+
+// Sets up an unenclosed scriptlet's expression, whose code starts at `pos`.
+// `declare`, `interface` or `type` before a name (or `type` before `{`/`*`,
+// as in `import type { A }`) starts a type, which ends differently than
+// JavaScript: a trailing `void` or `>` does not continue it. `type = 1` and
+// `type in x` stay JavaScript.
+export function prepareScriptlet(
+  expr: STATE.ExpressionMeta,
+  parser: Parser,
+  pos = parser.pos,
+) {
+  expr.operators = true;
+  expr.terminatedByEOL = true;
+
+  const { data } = parser;
+  while (isIndentCode(data.charCodeAt(pos))) pos++;
+
+  for (const keyword of typeKeywords) {
+    if (!parser.lookAheadFor(keyword, pos)) continue;
+
+    let namePos = pos + keyword.length;
+    if (!isIndentCode(data.charCodeAt(namePos))) return;
+    while (isIndentCode(data.charCodeAt(namePos))) namePos++;
+
+    if (startsTypeName(parser, namePos, keyword === "type")) {
+      expr.inType = true;
+      expr.forceType = true;
+      parser.pos = namePos;
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+}
+
+function startsTypeName(parser: Parser, pos: number, allowGroup: boolean) {
+  const code = parser.data.charCodeAt(pos);
+  if (code === CODE.OPEN_CURLY_BRACE || code === CODE.ASTERISK) {
+    return allowGroup;
+  }
+
+  if (!isWordCode(code) || (code >= CODE.NUMBER_0 && code <= CODE.NUMBER_9)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  for (const keyword of binaryKeywords) {
+    if (
+      parser.lookAheadFor(keyword, pos) &&
+      !isWordCode(parser.data.charCodeAt(pos + keyword.length))
+    ) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
diff --git a/src/states/TAG_NAME.ts b/src/states/TAG_NAME.ts
index 13a768c..2cca818 100644
--- a/src/states/TAG_NAME.ts
+++ b/src/states/TAG_NAME.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 import * as CODE from "../util/codes.ts";
 import * as ErrorCode from "../util/error-code.ts";
 import * as TagType from "../util/tag-type.ts";
+import { prepareScriptlet } from "./INLINE_SCRIPT.ts";
 
 export interface TagNameMeta extends Meta, Ranges.Template {
   shorthandCode: -1 | typeof CODE.NUMBER_SIGN | typeof CODE.PERIOD;
@@ -195,18 +196,6 @@ export function prepareStatement(
   parser: Parser,
   pos = parser.pos,
 ) {
-  expr.operators = true;
-  expr.terminatedByEOL = true;
   expr.consumeIndentedContent = true;
-
-  const typeStatementMatch =
-    parser.lookAheadFor("declare ", pos) ||
-    parser.lookAheadFor("interface ", pos) ||
-    parser.lookAheadFor("type ", pos);
-  if (typeStatementMatch) {
-    expr.inType = true;
-    expr.forceType = true;
-    parser.pos = pos + typeStatementMatch.length;
-    parser.consumeWhitespace();
-  }
+  prepareScriptlet(expr, parser, pos);
 }
diff --git a/src/util/validators.ts b/src/util/validators.ts
index 40dcab0..60a34de 100644
--- a/src/util/validators.ts
+++ b/src/util/validators.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { type Meta, Parser, STATE, type StateDefinition } from "../internal.ts";
 import {
+  prepareScriptlet,
   prepareStatement,
   shouldTerminateConciseAttrValue,
   shouldTerminateHtmlAttrValue,
@@ -38,11 +39,6 @@ export function isValidScriptlet(code: string): Validity {
   return isValid(code, true, prepareScriptlet);
 }
 
-function prepareScriptlet(expr: STATE.ExpressionMeta) {
-  expr.operators = true;
-  expr.terminatedByEOL = true;
-}
-
 export function isValidAttrValue(code: string, concise: boolean): Validity {
   return isValid(code, concise, prepareAttrValue);
 }