diff --git a/conservancy_beancount/pdfforms/fields.py b/conservancy_beancount/pdfforms/fields.py
index 8a49567a6492c5078066ef4d840a3a217f81673c..23ebd6eff7fc997433e6c944ea4152a29801107f 100644
--- a/conservancy_beancount/pdfforms/fields.py
+++ b/conservancy_beancount/pdfforms/fields.py
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 import enum
 import functools
 
+from decimal import Decimal
+
+import babel.numbers  # type:ignore[import]
+
 from pdfminer.pdftypes import resolve1  # type:ignore[import]
 from pdfminer import psparser  # type:ignore[import]
 from . import utils as pdfutils
@@ -22,6 +26,7 @@ from typing import (
     Sequence,
     Tuple,
     Union,
+    cast,
 )
 
 FieldSource = MutableMapping[str, Any]
@@ -238,7 +243,9 @@ class TextField(FormField):
     def value(self) -> Optional[str]:
         return self._decode(super().value())
 
-    def set_value(self, value: Optional[str]) -> None:
+    def set_value(self, value: Union[str, Decimal, float, int, None]) -> None:
+        if isinstance(value, (Decimal, float, int)):
+            value = cast(str, babel.numbers.format_decimal(value))
         super().set_value(None if value is None else pdfutils.encode_text(value))
 
     def fill_value(self) -> Optional[str]:
diff --git a/tests/test_pdfforms_fields.py b/tests/test_pdfforms_fields.py
index 13521259c3774bf39c3181280ca710dde873b75b..8f54120d94b07eaa17621eb04227bc375fd6cf37 100644
--- a/tests/test_pdfforms_fields.py
+++ b/tests/test_pdfforms_fields.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import itertools
 
 import pytest
 
+from decimal import Decimal
+
 from pdfminer.psparser import PSLiteral
 
 from conservancy_beancount.pdfforms import fields as fieldsmod
@@ -249,6 +251,24 @@ def test_text_set_value(text, bprefix):
     actual = fieldsmod.FormField.value(field)
     assert actual == bprefix + text.encode('utf-16be' if bprefix else 'ascii')
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('expected', [
+    '0',
+    '32',
+    '32.45',
+    '32,768',
+    '32,768.95',
+])
+def test_text_set_value_numeric(expected):
+    num_s = expected.replace(',', '')
+    field = fieldsmod.TextField({})
+    num_types = [Decimal, float]
+    if '.' not in expected:
+        num_types.append(int)
+    for num_type in num_types:
+        field.set_value(num_type(num_s))
+        assert field.value() == expected
+        field.set_value(None)
+
 def test_text_set_value_none():
     source = field_source('t', b'set None test', 'Tx')
     field = fieldsmod.TextField(source)