diff --git a/renderer/style.css b/renderer/style.css
index b05d345..e2b89a6 100644
--- a/renderer/style.css
+++ b/renderer/style.css
@@ -559,7 +559,10 @@ select {
 }
 .badge {
   font-size: 0.72rem;
-  padding: 0.1rem 0.5rem;
+  /* Nunito keeps a lot of air above the caps, so a line box centred by its
+     font metrics reads as "text sits high" (clearest on "Portable"); bias the
+     padding downwards, keeping the same overall height, to centre the label */
+  padding: 0.25em 0.7em 0.03em;
   border-radius: 0.6rem;
   border: var(--border-width) solid var(--light-border-color);
   color: var(--darker-text-color);