diff --git a/client-app/components/feed/PostCard.tsx b/client-app/components/feed/PostCard.tsx
index 9c654c6..0b6d41d 100644
--- a/client-app/components/feed/PostCard.tsx
+++ b/client-app/components/feed/PostCard.tsx
@@ -185,65 +185,65 @@ function PostCardInner({ post, likedByMe, onStatsChanged, onDeleted, compact }:
       onLongPress={onLongPress}
       style={({ pressed }) => ({
         flexDirection: 'row',
-        paddingHorizontal: 16,
+        paddingLeft: 16,
+        paddingRight: 16,
         paddingVertical: compact ? 10 : 12,
         backgroundColor: pressed ? '#080808' : 'transparent',
       })}
     >
-      {/* Avatar column */}
-      <Pressable onPress={onOpenAuthor} hitSlop={4}>
+      {/* Avatar — own tap target (opens author profile). Explicit width
+          on the wrapper (width:44) so the flex-row sibling below computes
+          its remaining space correctly. */}
+      <Pressable onPress={onOpenAuthor} hitSlop={4} style={{ width: 44 }}>
         <Avatar name={displayName} address={post.author} size={44} />
       </Pressable>
 
-      {/* Content column. overflow:'hidden' stops a long unbreakable
-          token (URL, hashtag) from visually escaping the card — it'll
-          be ellipsized or clipped instead. */}
+      {/* Content column. overflow:'hidden' prevents unbreakable tokens
+          from drawing past the right edge of the card. */}
       <View style={{ flex: 1, marginLeft: 10, minWidth: 0, overflow: 'hidden' }}>
-        {/* Header: [name] · [time]  …  [menu]
-            All three on a single row with no wrap. The name shrinks if
-            too long (flexShrink:1 + numberOfLines:1), time never shrinks
-            — so long handles get truncated with ellipsis while "2h"
-            stays readable.
-
-            Whole header is inside a single Pressable so a tap anywhere
-            on the header opens the author's profile — matches Twitter's
-            behaviour where the name-row is a big hit target. */}
-        <Pressable
-          onPress={onOpenAuthor}
-          hitSlop={{ top: 4, bottom: 2 }}
-          style={{ flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'center' }}
-        >
-          <Text
-            numberOfLines={1}
-            style={{
-              color: '#ffffff',
-              fontWeight: '700',
-              fontSize: 14,
-              letterSpacing: -0.2,
-              flexShrink: 1,
-            }}
+        {/* Header row — name + time on ONE line.
+            Two siblings: the author-link Pressable (flex:1, row, so it
+            expands; name inside gets numberOfLines:1 + flexShrink:1 so
+            it truncates instead of wrapping) and the "· <time>" tail
+            (flexShrink:0 — never truncates). Keeping the "·" inside the
+            time Text means they stay glued even if the inline layout
+            decides to break weirdly. */}
+        <View style={{ flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'center' }}>
+          <Pressable
+            onPress={onOpenAuthor}
+            hitSlop={{ top: 4, bottom: 2 }}
+            style={{ flex: 1, flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'center', minWidth: 0 }}
           >
-            {displayName}
-          </Text>
-          <Text
-            style={{ color: '#6a6a6a', fontSize: 13, marginHorizontal: 4 }}
-            numberOfLines={1}
-          >
-            ·
-          </Text>
-          <Text
-            style={{ color: '#6a6a6a', fontSize: 13 }}
-            numberOfLines={1}
-          >
-            {formatRelativeTime(post.created_at)}
-          </Text>
-          <View style={{ flex: 1 }} />
+            <Text
+              numberOfLines={1}
+              style={{
+                color: '#ffffff',
+                fontWeight: '700',
+                fontSize: 14,
+                letterSpacing: -0.2,
+                flexShrink: 1,
+              }}
+            >
+              {displayName}
+            </Text>
+            <Text
+              numberOfLines={1}
+              style={{
+                color: '#6a6a6a',
+                fontSize: 13,
+                marginLeft: 6,
+                flexShrink: 0,
+              }}
+            >
+              · {formatRelativeTime(post.created_at)}
+            </Text>
+          </Pressable>
           {mine && (
-            <Pressable onPress={onLongPress} hitSlop={8}>
+            <Pressable onPress={onLongPress} hitSlop={8} style={{ marginLeft: 8 }}>
               <Ionicons name="ellipsis-horizontal" size={16} color="#6a6a6a" />
             </Pressable>
           )}
-        </Pressable>
+        </View>
 
         {/* Body text with hashtag highlighting.
             flexShrink:1 + explicit width:'100%' + paddingRight:4 keep
@@ -336,6 +336,9 @@ function PostCardInner({ post, likedByMe, onStatsChanged, onDeleted, compact }:
                   color: localLiked ? '#e0245e' : '#6a6a6a',
                   fontSize: 12,
                   fontWeight: localLiked ? '600' : '400',
+                  lineHeight: 16,
+                  includeFontPadding: false,
+                  textAlignVertical: 'center',
                 }}
               >
                 {formatCount(localLikeCount)}
@@ -406,7 +409,22 @@ function ActionButton({ icon, label, onPress }: {
     >
       <Ionicons name={icon} size={16} color="#6a6a6a" />
       {label && (
-        <Text style={{ color: '#6a6a6a', fontSize: 12 }}>{label}</Text>
+        <Text
+          style={{
+            color: '#6a6a6a',
+            fontSize: 12,
+            // Match icon height (16) as lineHeight so baseline-anchored
+            // text aligns with the icon's vertical centre. Without this,
+            // RN renders Text one pixel lower than the icon mid-point on
+            // most Android fonts, which looks sloppy next to the heart /
+            // eye glyphs.
+            lineHeight: 16,
+            includeFontPadding: false,
+            textAlignVertical: 'center',
+          }}
+        >
+          {label}
+        </Text>
       )}
     </Pressable>
   );