diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/composer.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/composer.scss
index 96ea096e1..3137b2dea 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/composer.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/composer.scss
@@ -206,7 +206,12 @@
 
     sub {
       font-size: smaller;
-      text-align: sub;
+      vertical-align: sub;
+    }
+
+    sup {
+      font-size: smaller;
+      vertical-align: super;
     }
 
     ul, ol {
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/status.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/status.scss
index 0d7dfd64d..1534ba913 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/status.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/status.scss
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 
     sub {
       font-size: smaller;
-      text-align: sub;
+      vertical-align: sub;
     }
 
     sup {