diff --git a/shell/Ui/WidgetButton.qml b/shell/Ui/WidgetButton.qml
index 20c27acd..107fcac6 100644
--- a/shell/Ui/WidgetButton.qml
+++ b/shell/Ui/WidgetButton.qml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Item {
   property bool useActiveColor: true
   property bool maintainIndicatorReveal: false
   property bool labelVisible: true
+  // Off for icon-font labels, whose figure metrics say nothing about the glyph.
+  property bool centerFigures: true
   property bool hasVisualContent: text !== ""
   property var revealHost: bar
   property string tooltipText: ""
@@ -77,6 +79,12 @@ Item {
     textFormat: Text.PlainText
     visible: root.labelVisible
     anchors.centerIn: parent
+    // Centering the line box puts the figures above the bar's middle, since
+    // the box keeps room for descenders. Center the figure height instead, so
+    // labels line up with the icons beside them.
+    anchors.verticalCenterOffset: !root.centerFigures || root.vertical || root.text.indexOf("\n") !== -1
+      ? 0
+      : (labelMetrics.descent - labelMetrics.ascent + labelMetrics.tightBoundingRect("0").height) / 2
     text: root.text
     color: root.active && root.useActiveColor ? root.activeColor : root.foreground
     font.family: root.fontFamily
@@ -92,6 +100,11 @@ Item {
     }
   }
 
+  FontMetrics {
+    id: labelMetrics
+    font: label.font
+  }
+
   MouseArea {
     id: mouseArea
     anchors.fill: parent
diff --git a/shell/plugins/menu/BarWidget.qml b/shell/plugins/menu/BarWidget.qml
index 8fa7e1b3..61e5e804 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/menu/BarWidget.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/menu/BarWidget.qml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ BarWidget {
     bar: root.bar
     text: "\ue900"
     fontFamily: "omarchy"
+    centerFigures: false
     horizontalMargin: 7.5
     onPressed: function(button) {
       if (!root.bar) return
diff --git a/shell/plugins/panels/elsewhen/Panel.qml b/shell/plugins/panels/elsewhen/Panel.qml
index 238b50d8..72ee1abd 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/panels/elsewhen/Panel.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/panels/elsewhen/Panel.qml
@@ -712,6 +712,7 @@ Panel {
     id: button
     anchors.fill: parent
     bar: root.bar
+    slotSize: Style.bar.statusSlot
     text: "󰇧"
     tooltipText: "World clock"
     onPressed: function(buttonCode) {