diff --git a/src/css/common.css b/src/css/common.css
index f1c26292e..4a4ef2633 100644
--- a/src/css/common.css
+++ b/src/css/common.css
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ button {
     fill: var(--button-ink);
     font-size: 14px;
     justify-content: center;
-    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
     min-height: 36px;
     padding: 0 var(--font-size);
     vertical-align: middle;
@@ -276,6 +275,7 @@ select {
 :root.hidpi button {
     font-family: Metropolis, sans-serif;
     font-weight: 600;
+    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
     }
 :root.hidpi .fieldset-header {
     font-family: Metropolis, sans-serif;
diff --git a/src/css/dashboard.css b/src/css/dashboard.css
index a3672077f..136a2035e 100644
--- a/src/css/dashboard.css
+++ b/src/css/dashboard.css
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ html, body {
     border-top: 3px solid transparent;
     color: var(--dashboard-tab-ink);
     fill: var(--dashboard-tab-ink);
-    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
     padding: 0.5em 1.4em calc(0.5em - 3px);
     text-decoration: none;
     user-select: none;
@@ -87,6 +86,7 @@ body:not(.canUpdateShortcuts) .tabButton[data-pane="shortcuts.html"] {
 :root.hidpi .tabButton {
     font-family: Metropolis, sans-serif;
     font-weight: 600;
+    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
     }
 
 /* hover-able devices */