diff --git a/client/src/styles.css b/client/src/styles.css
index 2565ac5..d254665 100644
--- a/client/src/styles.css
+++ b/client/src/styles.css
@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@ button.danger { background: #5a2a2a; border-color: #7a3a3a; color: #fff; }
 }
 .picker-count {
   height: 64px;
+  /* #73: the default button padding (12px 16px) leaves ~16px of content
+     width per cell in this 5-column grid — workable for a single digit
+     ("1".."5") but not the two-character "−1".."−5" remove-row labels,
+     which overflowed into the next cell and got visually clipped by its
+     opaque background. Horizontal-only override keeps the existing
+     vertical spacing/centering, just frees up room sideways. */
+  padding: 12px 4px;
   font-size: 26px;
   font-weight: 800;
 }