diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/res/values/styles.xml b/mastodon/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
index e07de0136..0f394de06 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@
 		<item name="android:fontFamily">sans-serif-medium</item>
 		<item name="android:textSize">12sp</item>
 		<item name="android:lineSpacingMultiplier">1.14</item>
+		<!-- see https://m3.material.io/styles/typography/type-scale-tokens#f5f4605d-8147-491d-8064-8f6514783f30 -->
+		<item name="android:letterSpacing">0.042</item>
 		<item name="android:lineHeight" tools:ignore="NewApi">16dp</item>
 	</style>