diff --git a/app/globals.css b/app/globals.css
index ca56ace..abffdab 100644
--- a/app/globals.css
+++ b/app/globals.css
@@ -164,6 +164,19 @@ body {
 	color: var(--lh-ink-italic);
 }
 
+/* lh-input (owner, typography round 2): lh-prose's 1.5 READING leading
+   makes typing carets tower over the glyphs — the caret fills the line
+   box (24.75px at 16.5px text, ~2.1× the glyph height). Inputs are not
+   paragraphs: a tighter 1.25 leading brings the caret to the font-metric
+   floor (~21px, as close to the glyphs as Chromium will draw it) while
+   wrapped lines in growing textareas still read fine. Rendered prose keeps
+   1.5 — the two share family and size, they differ only in leading. */
+.lh-input {
+	font-family: var(--font-prose);
+	font-size: var(--lh-prose-size);
+	line-height: 1.25;
+}
+
 /* Thin dark native scrollbar (app-wide): dark thumb, transparent track. */
 * {
 	scrollbar-width: thin;
diff --git a/components/composer.tsx b/components/composer.tsx
index f2e7420..ea1dffa 100644
--- a/components/composer.tsx
+++ b/components/composer.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export function Composer({
 				placeholder="Ask, answer, or steer the lesson…"
 				autoFocus={autoFocus}
 				rows={1}
-				className="field-sizing-content lh-prose max-h-48 min-h-10 flex-1 resize-none bg-transparent px-2.5 py-2 outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground"
+				className="field-sizing-content lh-input max-h-48 min-h-10 flex-1 resize-none bg-transparent px-2.5 py-2 outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground"
 			/>
 			{verdict && !busy ? (
 				// The plan verdict (docs/probe-teach-split.md §4): accept
diff --git a/components/home.tsx b/components/home.tsx
index 5e5885b..30a3053 100644
--- a/components/home.tsx
+++ b/components/home.tsx
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export function Home() {
 						placeholder="What do you want to learn?"
 						autoFocus
 						rows={1}
-						className="field-sizing-content lh-prose max-h-48 min-h-10 flex-1 resize-none bg-transparent px-2.5 py-2 outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground"
+						className="field-sizing-content lh-input max-h-48 min-h-10 flex-1 resize-none bg-transparent px-2.5 py-2 outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground"
 					/>
 					<button
 						type="submit"
diff --git a/components/model-picker.tsx b/components/model-picker.tsx
index 3665b00..da592e4 100644
--- a/components/model-picker.tsx
+++ b/components/model-picker.tsx
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ export function ModelControl({
 						value={query}
 						onChange={(e) => setQuery(e.target.value)}
 						placeholder="Search models…"
-						className="lh-prose mb-1.5 w-full rounded-lg border bg-background px-2 py-1.5 text-foreground outline-none focus:ring-1 focus:ring-ring"
+						className="lh-input mb-1.5 w-full rounded-lg border bg-background px-2 py-1.5 text-foreground outline-none focus:ring-1 focus:ring-ring"
 					/>
 					{error && <div className="mb-1.5 text-destructive">{error}</div>}
 					{!catalog && (
diff --git a/components/question-dock.tsx b/components/question-dock.tsx
index 1806b11..1e6ddad 100644
--- a/components/question-dock.tsx
+++ b/components/question-dock.tsx
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ function QuestionDockForm({
 										setSel((prev) => (prev.otherSelected ? prev : toggleOther(selectMode, prev)));
 									}}
 									placeholder="Type your own answer…"
-									className="lh-prose w-full min-w-0 flex-1 bg-transparent outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground"
+									className="lh-input w-full min-w-0 flex-1 bg-transparent outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground"
 									onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
 								/>
 							</div>
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ function QuestionDockForm({
 							}}
 							placeholder="Type your answer…"
 							rows={1}
-							className="field-sizing-content lh-prose max-h-48 min-h-10 w-full resize-none bg-transparent px-2.5 py-2 outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground"
+							className="field-sizing-content lh-input max-h-48 min-h-10 w-full resize-none bg-transparent px-2.5 py-2 outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground"
 						/>
 					) : (
 						<textarea
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ function QuestionDockForm({
 							placeholder="Why this answer? What are you unsure about? Say as much as you like — the teacher reads all of this."
 							rows={1}
 							className={cn(
-								"field-sizing-content lh-prose max-h-48 w-full resize-none bg-transparent px-2.5 py-2 outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground/70",
+								"field-sizing-content lh-input max-h-48 w-full resize-none bg-transparent px-2.5 py-2 outline-none placeholder:text-muted-foreground/70",
 								// Phase-scaled prominence: teaching invites depth,
 								// probing stays quick.
 								phase === "teach" ? "min-h-[4.5rem]" : "min-h-10",
diff --git a/components/sidebar.tsx b/components/sidebar.tsx
index b046ed2..a89c98b 100644
--- a/components/sidebar.tsx
+++ b/components/sidebar.tsx
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export function SessionRow({
 				    the meta line below stays JetBrains Mono (machine data). One
 				    rule, finally applied to the picker too (owner, typography
 				    round): mono = chrome, Source Sans = human words. */}
-				<span className="block truncate font-prose">{chat.title}</span>
+				<span className="block truncate font-prose text-base">{chat.title}</span>
 				<span className="block text-xs text-muted-foreground">{sessionMeta(chat)}</span>
 			</span>
 		</button>