diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/CharacterStatController.cs b/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/CharacterStatController.cs
index a1816504..6be5fc4f 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/CharacterStatController.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/CharacterStatController.cs
@@ -655,7 +655,16 @@ public static class CharacterStatController
         // and its background sprite would cover the line-1/line-2 elements at local y=20/37.
         // The controller owns the footer visual; the dat sprite is superfluous here.
         var titleEl = ByPos(0f, 0f, FooterTitleId);
-        if (titleEl is not null) titleEl.BackgroundSprite = 0;
+        if (titleEl is not null)
+        {
+            titleEl.BackgroundSprite = 0;
+            // The dat title element is H=55 (the full footer box). Centering the title text in it
+            // lands dead-center (~y572), overlapping line-1/line-2 (y565/y582 — confirmed by a
+            // position dump). Constrain it to a thin line at the footer top, and drop its anchors
+            // so the per-frame stretch pass doesn't re-grow it back to 55.
+            titleEl.Height  = 18f;
+            titleEl.Anchors = AnchorEdges.None;
+        }
         LabelProvider(titleEl, datFont, Body, () =>
         {
             if (sel[0] < 0) return "Select an Attribute to Improve";