diff --git a/apps/nxtgauge-coming-soon/base/configmap-html.yaml b/apps/nxtgauge-coming-soon/base/configmap-html.yaml
index 7b38799..c83c5b2 100644
--- a/apps/nxtgauge-coming-soon/base/configmap-html.yaml
+++ b/apps/nxtgauge-coming-soon/base/configmap-html.yaml
@@ -114,7 +114,11 @@ data:
           font-size: clamp(44px, 10vw, 86px);
           font-weight: 900;
           letter-spacing: -0.04em;
-          line-height: 0.95;
+          /* Was 0.95 - tighter than the font's own ascender/descender box, so
+             descenders (the tail on lowercase g/y/p/q/j - e.g. "Coming") got
+             clipped at the bottom of the line box. 1.08 keeps the tight,
+             modern look without cutting anything off. */
+          line-height: 1.08;
           color: #fff;
           margin-bottom: 26px;
         }
@@ -208,6 +212,15 @@ data:
         @media (max-width: 480px) {
           .form { flex-direction: column; }
           .form input {
+            /* .form input's base rule sets `flex: 1`, meant for the row layout
+               above. In a column flex container `flex: 1` computes flex-basis
+               to 0% along the (now vertical) main axis, which overrides the
+               explicit height: 50px and collapses the input to ~18px (just its
+               line box) instead - the placeholder text wasn't a contrast
+               problem, the input itself was nearly invisible. `flex: none`
+               keeps it at its real 50px height when stacked. */
+            flex: none;
+            height: 50px;
             border-right: 1.5px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.12);
             border-bottom: none;
             border-radius: 10px 10px 0 0;
diff --git a/coming-soon/index.html b/coming-soon/index.html
index edef559..eaef007 100644
--- a/coming-soon/index.html
+++ b/coming-soon/index.html
@@ -111,7 +111,11 @@
       font-size: clamp(44px, 10vw, 86px);
       font-weight: 900;
       letter-spacing: -0.04em;
-      line-height: 0.95;
+      /* Was 0.95 - tighter than the font's own ascender/descender box, so
+         descenders (the tail on lowercase g/y/p/q/j - e.g. "Coming") got
+         clipped at the bottom of the line box. 1.08 keeps the tight,
+         modern look without cutting anything off. */
+      line-height: 1.08;
       color: #fff;
       margin-bottom: 26px;
     }
@@ -205,6 +209,15 @@
     @media (max-width: 480px) {
       .form { flex-direction: column; }
       .form input {
+        /* .form input's base rule sets `flex: 1`, meant for the row layout
+           above. In a column flex container `flex: 1` computes flex-basis
+           to 0% along the (now vertical) main axis, which overrides the
+           explicit height: 50px and collapses the input to ~18px (just its
+           line box) instead - the placeholder text wasn't a contrast
+           problem, the input itself was nearly invisible. `flex: none`
+           keeps it at its real 50px height when stacked. */
+        flex: none;
+        height: 50px;
         border-right: 1.5px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.12);
         border-bottom: none;
         border-radius: 10px 10px 0 0;