diff --git a/.impeccable/design.json b/.impeccable/design.json
index 5735401..cc14e9b 100644
--- a/.impeccable/design.json
+++ b/.impeccable/design.json
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
       },
       "scale": {
         "displayName": "Type scale",
-        "purpose": "Seven fixed steps as tokens: --text-2xs 0.6875rem (micro-labels), --text-xs 0.75rem (details, chips), --text-sm 0.8125rem (readouts, controls), --text-base 1rem (body), --text-md 1.0625rem (module names), --text-lg 1.3125rem (master module), --text-xl 1.625rem (wordmark). Components never carry a literal font-size."
+        "purpose": "Seven fixed steps as tokens: --text-2xs 0.6875rem (micro-labels), --text-xs 0.75rem (details, chips, controls), --text-sm 0.8125rem (readouts), --text-base 1rem (body), --text-md 1.0625rem (module names), --text-lg 1.3125rem (master module), --text-xl 1.625rem (wordmark). Components never carry a literal font-size. One control geometry: buttons and chips share --control-h 2rem and --text-xs, so a season line reads as one system."
       }
     },
     "shadows": [
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
       "refersTo": "ground",
       "description": "The §9.3 column unit: a small machined panel holding one mono value (score, resolution, source, HDR, audio, size, seeders). Fixed rhythm so columns align; never a soft pill.",
       "html": "<span class=\"chip readout\">2160p</span>",
-      "css": ".chip { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: var(--space-1); min-height: 1.375rem; padding: 0 var(--space-2); background: var(--panel-raised); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: var(--radius); font-family: var(--font-readout); font-size: var(--text-xs); color: var(--ink-muted); }"
+      "css": ".chip { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: var(--space-1); min-height: var(--control-h); padding: 0 var(--space-2); background: var(--panel-raised); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: var(--radius); font-family: var(--font-readout); font-size: var(--text-xs); color: var(--ink-muted); }"
     },
     {
       "name": "Verdict chip",
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
       "refersTo": "accent",
       "description": "The interactive element: mono uppercase, phosphor-cyan text, panel ground, ≥44px hit target. Cyan belongs to interaction only — never to status.",
       "html": "<button type=\"button\" class=\"control\">probe</button>",
-      "css": ".control { min-height: 2.75rem; padding: 0 var(--space-4); font-family: var(--font-readout); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: var(--accent); background: var(--panel-raised); border: 1px solid var(--line-strong); border-radius: var(--radius); }"
+      "css": ".control { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; min-height: var(--control-h); padding: 0 var(--space-4); font-family: var(--font-readout); font-size: var(--text-xs); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: var(--accent); background: var(--panel-raised); border: 1px solid var(--line-strong); border-radius: var(--radius); }"
     },
     {
       "name": "Rail",
diff --git a/web/src/style.css b/web/src/style.css
index fd954c3..8f358dc 100644
--- a/web/src/style.css
+++ b/web/src/style.css
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
   --space-12: 3rem;
 
   --radius: 4px;
+  --control-h: 2rem;
   --ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.25, 1, 0.5, 1);
 }
 
@@ -442,10 +443,13 @@ body {
 /* ---- controls -------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 .control {
-  min-height: 2.75rem;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  min-height: var(--control-h);
   padding: 0 var(--space-4);
   font-family: var(--font-readout);
-  font-size: var(--text-sm);
+  font-size: var(--text-xs);
   text-transform: uppercase;
   letter-spacing: 0.08em;
   color: var(--accent);
@@ -497,7 +501,7 @@ body {
 
 .search-input {
   width: 100%;
-  min-height: 2.75rem;
+  min-height: var(--control-h);
   padding: 0 var(--space-8) 0 var(--space-3);
   color: var(--ink);
   background: var(--ground);
@@ -634,7 +638,7 @@ body {
   display: inline-flex;
   align-items: center;
   gap: var(--space-1);
-  min-height: 1.375rem;
+  min-height: var(--control-h);
   padding: 0 var(--space-2);
   background: var(--panel-raised);
   border: 1px solid var(--line);
@@ -996,7 +1000,7 @@ body {
 
 .bucket-toggle {
   margin-left: auto;
-  min-height: 2.75rem;
+  min-height: var(--control-h);
   padding: 0 var(--space-2);
   font-size: var(--text-xs);
   text-transform: uppercase;
@@ -1175,7 +1179,7 @@ body {
 }
 
 .view-btn {
-  min-height: 1.75rem;
+  min-height: var(--control-h);
   padding: 0 var(--space-2);
   font-family: var(--font-readout);
   font-size: var(--text-xs);
@@ -1373,7 +1377,6 @@ body {
 /* the tracked toggle reads as the rule it is; pressed = on */
 .season-line .control,
 .ep-actions .control {
-  min-height: 2.25rem;
   padding: 0 var(--space-3);
 }
 
@@ -1654,7 +1657,6 @@ body {
 }
 
 .movie-controls .control {
-  min-height: 2.25rem;
   padding: 0 var(--space-3);
 }