diff --git a/TheNoiseClock/Views/Clock/Components/TimeDisplayView.swift b/TheNoiseClock/Views/Clock/Components/TimeDisplayView.swift
index 64ac668..ec068f6 100644
--- a/TheNoiseClock/Views/Clock/Components/TimeDisplayView.swift
+++ b/TheNoiseClock/Views/Clock/Components/TimeDisplayView.swift
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ struct TimeDisplayView: View {
             )
             
             // Calculate consistent sizes for layout
-            let digitHeight = measureText("8", font: digitUIFont).height // Use 8 as reference height
+            let _ = measureText("8", font: digitUIFont).height // Use 8 as reference height
             
             // Calculate the width of "88" for consistent sizing
             let testFont = FontUtils.customUIFont(
@@ -125,19 +125,20 @@ struct TimeDisplayView: View {
             )
             let _ = calculateMaxTextWidth(font: testFont)
             
-            // Calculate width for a single digit (using "8" as the widest)
+            // Calculate width and height for a single digit (using "8" as the reference)
             let singleDigitWidth = calculateMaxTextWidth(font: testFont, text: "8")
+            let singleDigitHeight = calculateMaxTextHeight(font: testFont, text: "8")
             
-            // All time segments use the same fixed width to prevent shifting
-            let hourSize = CGSize(width: singleDigitWidth * 2, height: digitHeight)
-            let minuteSize = CGSize(width: singleDigitWidth * 2, height: digitHeight)
-            let secondsSize = showSeconds ? CGSize(width: singleDigitWidth * 2, height: digitHeight) : .zero
+            // All time segments use the same fixed width and height to prevent shifting
+            let hourSize = CGSize(width: singleDigitWidth * 2, height: singleDigitHeight)
+            let minuteSize = CGSize(width: singleDigitWidth * 2, height: singleDigitHeight)
+            let secondsSize = showSeconds ? CGSize(width: singleDigitWidth * 2, height: singleDigitHeight) : .zero
             let ampmSize = showAMPM ? measureText(ampmText, font: ampmUIFont) : .zero
             
-            // Separators - reasonable spacing
+            // Separators - reasonable spacing with extra padding in landscape
             let dotDiameter = baseFontSize * 0.20
-            let hSpacing = baseFontSize * 0.18
-            let vSpacing = baseFontSize * 0.22
+            let hSpacing = portrait ? baseFontSize * 0.18 : baseFontSize * 0.25  // More spacing in landscape
+            let vSpacing = portrait ? baseFontSize * 0.22 : baseFontSize * 0.30  // More spacing in landscape
             let horizontalSepSize = CGSize(width: dotDiameter * 2 + hSpacing, height: dotDiameter)
             let verticalSepSize = CGSize(width: dotDiameter, height: dotDiameter * 2 + vSpacing)
             
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ struct TimeDisplayView: View {
                         }
                     }
                 } else {
-                    HStack(spacing: 0) {
+                    HStack(spacing: baseFontSize * 0.035) {
                         TimeSegment(text: hour, fontSize: baseFontSize, opacity: clockOpacity, digitColor: digitColor, glowIntensity: glowIntensity, fontFamily: fontFamily, fontWeight: fontWeight, fontDesign: fontDesign)
                         if showAMPM {
                             TimeSegment(text: ampmText, fontSize: ampmFontSize, opacity: clockOpacity, digitColor: digitColor, glowIntensity: glowIntensity, fontFamily: fontFamily, fontWeight: fontWeight, fontDesign: fontDesign)
@@ -291,6 +292,13 @@ struct TimeDisplayView: View {
         let size = (text as NSString).size(withAttributes: attributes)
         return size.width
     }
+    
+    // Calculate height of text for the given font - this ensures consistent height
+    private func calculateMaxTextHeight(font: UIFont, text: String = "8") -> CGFloat {
+        let attributes = [NSAttributedString.Key.font: font]
+        let size = (text as NSString).size(withAttributes: attributes)
+        return size.height
+    }
 
     private struct TimeSegment: View {
         let text: String
@@ -311,6 +319,7 @@ struct TimeDisplayView: View {
                 design: fontDesign
             )
             let singleDigitWidth = calculateMaxTextWidth(font: font, text: "8")
+            let singleDigitHeight = calculateMaxTextHeight(font: font, text: "8")
             let totalWidth = singleDigitWidth * CGFloat(text.count)
         
             HStack(spacing: 0) {
@@ -324,7 +333,8 @@ struct TimeDisplayView: View {
                         fontFamily: fontFamily,
                         fontWeight: fontWeight,
                         fontDesign: fontDesign,
-                        digitWidth: singleDigitWidth
+                        digitWidth: singleDigitWidth,
+                        digitHeight: singleDigitHeight
                     )
                 }
             }
@@ -350,6 +360,7 @@ struct TimeDisplayView: View {
         let fontWeight: String
         let fontDesign: String
         let digitWidth: CGFloat
+        let digitHeight: CGFloat
         
         var body: some View {
             ZStack {
@@ -375,8 +386,8 @@ struct TimeDisplayView: View {
                     .opacity(opacity)
                     .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
             }
-            .frame(width: digitWidth, alignment: .center)
-            .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
+            .frame(width: digitWidth, height: digitHeight, alignment: .center)
+            .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: false)
             .lineLimit(1)
             .allowsTightening(false)
             .multilineTextAlignment(.center)