diff --git a/apps/artcraft-launcher/src/main.rs b/apps/artcraft-launcher/src/main.rs
index 3806d42..a818aea 100644
--- a/apps/artcraft-launcher/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/artcraft-launcher/src/main.rs
@@ -161,12 +161,19 @@ fn native_options(hidden: bool) -> eframe::NativeOptions {
 /// Adrenalin installer leaves the integrated GPU on the OEM driver) it crashes inside
 /// `amdvlk64.dll` before the first frame. `WGPU_BACKEND` still overrides the default, and then
 /// wgpu picks the adapter itself. Direct3D 12 shaders compile with FXC ([`pin_dx12_compiler`]).
+///
+/// Direct3D 12 presents through DirectComposition rather than straight to the window. The
+/// borderless window's drop shadow moves its client area down a pixel, and a swapchain made from
+/// the window is then stretched over it vertically by the compositor, blurring every horizontal
+/// edge and line of text. `WGPU_DX12_PRESENTATION_SYSTEM` still overrides it.
 #[cfg(windows)]
 fn wgpu_options() -> eframe::WgpuConfiguration {
-    use eframe::wgpu::{Backends, Dx12Compiler, PowerPreference};
+    use eframe::wgpu::{Backends, Dx12Compiler, Dx12SwapchainKind, PowerPreference};
     let mut config = eframe::WgpuConfiguration::default();
     pin_dx12_compiler(&mut config, Dx12Compiler::from_env());
     if let eframe::egui_wgpu::WgpuSetup::CreateNew(setup) = &mut config.wgpu_setup {
+        setup.instance_descriptor.backend_options.dx12.presentation_system =
+            Dx12SwapchainKind::from_env().unwrap_or(Dx12SwapchainKind::DxgiFromVisual);
         if let Some(backends) = Backends::from_env() {
             setup.instance_descriptor.backends = backends;
         } else {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/theme.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/theme.rs
index 57067fd..e8214ec 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/theme.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/theme.rs
@@ -287,7 +287,9 @@ pub fn install_fonts(ctx: &egui::Context, cjk: Option<Lang>) {
         ("GeistMono-Bold", GEIST_MONO, &[(*b"wght", 700.0)], mono_bold()),
     ];
     for (name, bytes, coords, family) in faces {
-        let tweak = FontTweak { coords: VariationCoords::new(coords.iter().copied()), ..Default::default() };
+        // No subpixel binning: these fonts carry no hinting instructions, so a glyph drawn at a
+        // fractional x smears each stem across two pixels, leaving small text blurry at 100 %.
+        let tweak = FontTweak { coords: VariationCoords::new(coords.iter().copied()), subpixel_binning: Some(false), ..Default::default() };
         fonts.font_data.insert(name.to_owned(), Arc::new(FontData::from_static(bytes).tweak(tweak)));
         let mut stack = vec![name.to_owned()];
         stack.extend(fallback.iter().cloned());
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/views.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/views.rs
index bf844fe..522f664 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/views.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/views.rs
@@ -411,9 +411,11 @@ impl LauncherUi {
         // A faint wash in the app's colour fades in under the pointer.
         let fill = t.bg.lerp_to_gamma(app_color, 0.05 * lift);
         painter.rect(rect, CornerRadius::ZERO, fill, t.hairline(), egui::StrokeKind::Inside);
-        // On hover, a 2 px rule in the app's colour wipes in from the left along the top.
+        // On hover, a 2 px rule in the app's colour wipes in from the left along the top, inside the
+        // hairlines the card shares with its neighbours (the site's rule sits within its grid gaps).
         if lift > 0.0 {
-            painter.rect_filled(Rect::from_min_size(rect.min, vec2(rect.width() * lift, 2.0)), CornerRadius::ZERO, app_color);
+            let inside = rect.shrink(1.0);
+            painter.rect_filled(Rect::from_min_size(inside.min, vec2(inside.width() * lift, 2.0)), CornerRadius::ZERO, app_color);
         }
 
         // The top strip: the app's number in its colour, and its pages.