diff --git a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/CompactRepresentation.qml b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/CompactRepresentation.qml
--- a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/CompactRepresentation.qml
+++ b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/CompactRepresentation.qml
@@ -91,14 +91,29 @@
             }
         }
 
-        TightLabel {
+        /*TightLabel {
             id: countLabel
             anchors.centerIn: parent
             font.pointSize: -1
             // FIXME fontSizeMode is awful but FontMetrics also doesn't cut it
             font.pixelSize: Math.round(parent.height * (0.3 + 0.3 / text.length))
             // TODO add animation when it changes?
             text: compactRoot.unreadCount || ""
+        }*/
+
+        PlasmaComponents.Label {
+            id: countLabel
+            anchors.centerIn: parent
+            width: Math.round(Math.min(parent.width, parent.height) * 0.75)
+            height: width
+            fontSizeMode: Text.Fit
+            font.pointSize: 1024
+            font.pixelSize: -1
+            minimumPointSize: 5//theme.smallestFont.pointSize
+            horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+            verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
+            text: compactRoot.unreadCount || ""
+            renderType: Text.QtRendering
         }
 
         PlasmaComponents.BusyIndicator {