diff --git a/src/layouts/AppLayout.astro b/src/layouts/AppLayout.astro
index 2053828..6fe4cab 100644
--- a/src/layouts/AppLayout.astro
+++ b/src/layouts/AppLayout.astro
@@ -138,15 +138,19 @@ const year = new Date().getFullYear();
     font-family: var(--font-serif);
     font-size: 18px;
     font-weight: 400;
-    line-height: 1.3;        /* leaves room for italic ascenders on 'B'/'f' */
-    padding-top: 2px;        /* matches the descender slack in the Fenja SVG so caps sit on the same visual cap-line */
+    line-height: 1.5;        /* enough room for italic 'B' ascender + the gradient's clip box */
     color: var(--on-surface);
     letter-spacing: var(--tracking-snug);
   }
   .wordmark-bifrost {
+    /* display: inline-block + padding lifts the gradient-clip bounding
+       box above the italic 'B' ascender so the cap doesn't render cut off. */
+    display: inline-block;
+    padding: 4px 0 2px;
     font-family: var(--font-serif);
     font-style: italic;
     font-weight: 400;
+    line-height: 1;
     background-image: linear-gradient(
       90deg,
       var(--pigment-terracotta) 0%,