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 +91,19 @@
             }
         }
 
-        TightLabel {
+        PlasmaComponents.Label {
             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?
+            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 {
diff --git a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/TightLabel.qml b/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/TightLabel.qml
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/applets/notifications/package/contents/ui/TightLabel.qml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2019 Kai Uwe Broulik <kde@privat.broulik.de>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
- * the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version
- * accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved
- * by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy
- * defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
- */
-
-import QtQuick 2.8
-
-import org.kde.plasma.components 2.0 as PlasmaComponents
-
-Item {
-    id: labelContainer
-
-    property alias font: label.font
-    property alias color: label.color
-    property alias text: label.text
-
-    implicitWidth: metrics.tightBoundingRect.width
-    implicitHeight: metrics.tightBoundingRect.height
-
-    TextMetrics {
-        id: metrics
-        font: label.font
-        text: label.text
-        elide: Qt.ElideNone
-    }
-
-    PlasmaComponents.Label {
-        id: label
-        //x: -metrics.tightBoundingRect.x
-        // FIXME why is this completely off?!
-        //y: -metrics.tightBoundingRect.y
-        verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
-        horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
-
-        width: metrics.tightBoundingRect.width
-        height: metrics.tightBoundingRect.height
-    }
-}