diff --git a/src/themes/nyt.css b/src/themes/nyt.css
index b8dca882..9a59a9eb 100644
--- a/src/themes/nyt.css
+++ b/src/themes/nyt.css
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
   font-weight: 400;
   letter-spacing: 0;
   line-height: 1;
-  padding-block: 0.7rem 0.6rem;
+  padding-block: 0.6rem;
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
 [data-style="nyt"] .app-header-brand-name {
@@ -391,6 +391,11 @@
      baseline its middle is a little under the middle of the lowercase: the
      name comes down to meet it. */
   translate: 0 0.04em;
+  /* The blackletter sets its letters low in its line: an ascender stops a
+     fifth of an em under the line's top and a descender ends on its bottom.
+     This much under the line leaves as much paper below the letters as above,
+     which is what puts the name level with the buttons beside it. */
+  padding-bottom: 0.22em;
 }
 
 [data-style="nyt"] .app-header {
@@ -412,7 +417,7 @@
     grid-area: 1 / 2;
     justify-self: center;
     font-size: 1.5rem;
-    padding-block: 1.1rem 0.9rem;
+    padding-block: 0.7rem;
   }
   [data-style="nyt"] .app-header-brand-name {
     font-size: 2.9rem;