diff --git a/modules/pco-plan/style.css b/modules/pco-plan/style.css
index 952d4fd..a4e037b 100644
--- a/modules/pco-plan/style.css
+++ b/modules/pco-plan/style.css
@@ -635,7 +635,12 @@
 
 [data-module="pco-plan"] .pp-abs-sec {
   flex: none;
-  padding: 0.14em 0.55em;
+  /* Uppercase text has no descenders, so the font's descent allowance below
+     the baseline leaves the caps sitting high in the box — measured at 0.9px
+     too much headroom. The padding is a touch shallower on top and deeper
+     below to centre the letters themselves; in em, so it holds at any text
+     size. */
+  padding: 0.095em 0.55em 0.185em;
   /* The same rounded square, tinted ground and transparent border the AbleSet
      module gives its own section pills, so the two read as one family. */
   border-radius: 0.35em;