diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarChrome.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarChrome.tsx
index 8a140db0584249a8cac89f3bfd4f72d1b92f2b20..55c6863ec1a2bc5ab55c9f682fb2f0218ab6e762 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarChrome.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarChrome.tsx
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function SidebarBrand({ onBackdrop }: { onBackdrop: boolean }) {
       <T3Wordmark aria-label="T3" className="h-2.5 w-auto shrink-0" />
       <span
         className={cn(
-          "-translate-y-px truncate text-sm font-medium tracking-tight",
+          "truncate text-sm font-medium tracking-tight",
           onBackdrop ? "text-white/70" : "text-muted-foreground",
         )}
       >
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ui/badge.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/ui/badge.tsx
index 67ae978f59a5df864873e0d5b01d075b018fb303..32275cc4161681bab421fbc4e0cd52bd241d0817 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/ui/badge.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ui/badge.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ const badgeVariants = cva(
         default:
           "h-5.5 min-w-5.5 px-[calc(--spacing(1)-1px)] text-sm sm:h-4.5 sm:min-w-4.5 sm:text-xs",
         lg: "h-6.5 min-w-6.5 px-[calc(--spacing(1.5)-1px)] text-base sm:h-5.5 sm:min-w-5.5 sm:text-sm",
-        sm: "h-5 min-w-5 rounded-[.25rem] px-[calc(--spacing(1)-1px)] text-xs sm:h-4 sm:min-w-4 sm:text-[.625rem]",
+        // leading-none: with the inherited fractional leading the rounded font metrics
+        // leave the label sitting high in the fixed-height box, worse under renderer zoom.
+        sm: "h-5 min-w-5 rounded-[.25rem] px-[calc(--spacing(1)-1px)] text-xs leading-none sm:h-4 sm:min-w-4 sm:text-[.625rem]",
       },
       variant: {
         default: "bg-primary text-primary-foreground [button&,a&]:hover:bg-primary/90",