diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/repo/issues/IssueStatePill.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/repo/issues/IssueStatePill.svelte
index adce3822..a8e752b6 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/repo/issues/IssueStatePill.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/repo/issues/IssueStatePill.svelte
@@ -34,5 +34,10 @@
 
 <span class={issueStatePill({ state, class: className })}>
 	<Icon class="size-3 shrink-0" aria-hidden="true" />
-	{label}
+	<!--
+		Inter's ascent/descent split isn't symmetric in the line box, so a mathematically
+		centred label reads high. nudge the text alone (a transform, so the icon and the
+		pill's height are untouched) to land it on the optical centre.
+	-->
+	<span class="translate-y-[1.5px]">{label}</span>
 </span>