diff --git a/.codesandbox/templates/vanilla/src/index.ts b/.codesandbox/templates/vanilla/src/index.ts
index 610073b6dc3..547838a0bae 100644
--- a/.codesandbox/templates/vanilla/src/index.ts
+++ b/.codesandbox/templates/vanilla/src/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as fabric from 'fabric';
 import './styles.css';
 
 const el = document.getElementById('canvas');
-const canvas = new fabric.Canvas(el);
+const canvas = (window.canvas = new fabric.Canvas(el));
 
 //  edit from here
 canvas.setDimensions({
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0920caacec9..e59ec1f1ca7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## [next]
 
+- fix(): tweaks to type getter [#9022](https://github.com/fabricjs/fabric.js/pull/9022)
 - ci() Refactor GHA actions for caching and reuse [#9029](https://github.com/fabricjs/fabric.js/pull/9029)
 - ci(): install dev deps types [#9039](https://github.com/fabricjs/fabric.js/pull/9039)
 
diff --git a/src/filters/ColorMatrixFilters.ts b/src/filters/ColorMatrixFilters.ts
index 6783f0f854b..412f9e5a071 100644
--- a/src/filters/ColorMatrixFilters.ts
+++ b/src/filters/ColorMatrixFilters.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ import { classRegistry } from '../ClassRegistry';
 
 export function createColorMatrixFilter(key: string, matrix: number[]) {
   const newClass = class extends ColorMatrix {
-    get type() {
-      return key;
-    }
-
     static type = key;
 
     static defaults = {
diff --git a/src/shapes/IText/IText.ts b/src/shapes/IText/IText.ts
index 26a5a5eb093..d19c218bf12 100644
--- a/src/shapes/IText/IText.ts
+++ b/src/shapes/IText/IText.ts
@@ -205,7 +205,9 @@ export class IText<
   static type = 'IText';
 
   get type() {
-    return 'i-text';
+    const type = super.type;
+    // backward compatibility
+    return type === 'itext' ? 'i-text' : type;
   }
 
   /**