diff --git a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/widgets/VisuallyCenteredStyledText.qml b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/widgets/VisuallyCenteredStyledText.qml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77e353ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/widgets/VisuallyCenteredStyledText.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
+import QtQuick
+import QtQuick.Layouts
+
+Item {
+    id: root
+
+    property alias text: textWidget.text
+    property alias horizontalAlignment: textWidget.horizontalAlignment
+    property alias verticalAlignment: textWidget.verticalAlignment
+    property alias font: textWidget.font
+    property alias color: textWidget.color
+
+    // In many cases the baseline is a bit high to accomodate the dangling parts of "g" and "y", 
+    // making most text (especiall number-only text) not well-balanced.
+    // This adjusts the rounding to make sure the text gets lowered if not internally pixel-aligned
+    property bool lowerBias: true
+
+    implicitWidth: textMetrics.width
+    implicitHeight: textMetrics.height
+
+    TextMetrics {
+        id: textMetrics
+        font: root.font
+        text: root.text
+    }
+
+    StyledText {
+        id: textWidget
+        anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
+        y: {
+            const value = (parent.height - textMetrics.height) / 2;
+            return root.lowerBias ? Math.ceil(value) : Math.round(value);
+        }
+        horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+        verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/hefty/topLayer/bar/widgets/HTime.qml b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/hefty/topLayer/bar/widgets/HTime.qml
index de2d1f8a0..a0cb3a6b3 100644
--- a/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/hefty/topLayer/bar/widgets/HTime.qml
+++ b/dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/hefty/topLayer/bar/widgets/HTime.qml
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ W.ButtonMouseArea {
         sourceComponent: RowLayout {
             anchors.fill: parent
 
-            W.StyledText {
+            W.VisuallyCenteredStyledText {
                 Layout.leftMargin: root.layoutParentTopLeftRadius * root.parentRadiusToPaddingRatio
                 Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignVCenter | Qt.AlignHCenter
-                horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+                Layout.fillHeight: true
                 font.pixelSize: C.Appearance.font.pixelSize.large
                 color: C.Appearance.colors.colOnLayer1
                 text: S.DateTime.time