diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/theme/Type.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/theme/Type.kt
index 239374b..cc3e18e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/theme/Type.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/theme/Type.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
 package de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.theme
 
 import androidx.compose.material3.Typography
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.sp
 
 /**
- * Default Material 3 Expressive typography. Custom font + tuned scale will
- * land in a later UI-design iteration; the defaults are intentional for V1
- * scaffolding to keep the foundation lean.
+ * Tracking the two label roles the calendar grids are set in. Material gives
+ * both 0.5sp, tuned for isolated UI labels with room around them; a month chip
+ * is a text box some 37dp wide, where 0.5sp on an 11sp glyph spends most of a
+ * character on spacing alone. 0.1sp is what Material itself sets labelLarge to,
+ * so the label family stays coherent (#190).
  */
-val CalendulaTypography = Typography()
+private val LabelTracking = 0.1.sp
+
+/**
+ * Material 3 Expressive typography with the label roles' tracking tightened.
+ * Everything else is the default scale.
+ */
+val CalendulaTypography: Typography = Typography().let { base ->
+    base.copy(
+        labelMedium = base.labelMedium.copy(letterSpacing = LabelTracking),
+        labelSmall = base.labelSmall.copy(letterSpacing = LabelTracking),
+    )
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/theme/FontsTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/theme/FontsTest.kt
index ab84941..8b0766f 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/theme/FontsTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/theme/FontsTest.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.theme
 
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.sp
 import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 
@@ -48,6 +49,19 @@ class FontsTest {
         assertThat(typography.labelSmall.fontFamily).isEqualTo(plain)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `picking a font keeps the tightened label tracking`() {
+        // The font picker only swaps the family; the tracking the grids are laid
+        // out against has to survive it (#190).
+        val typography = calendulaTypography(
+            brand = BundledFont.Lora.family,
+            plain = BundledFont.AtkinsonHyperlegible.family,
+        )
+
+        assertThat(typography.labelSmall.letterSpacing).isEqualTo(0.1.sp)
+        assertThat(typography.labelMedium.letterSpacing).isEqualTo(0.1.sp)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `a null role keeps that role's default family while the other is applied`() {
         val plain = BundledFont.Lora.family