diff --git a/Scripts/entry/entry.lua b/Scripts/entry/entry.lua
index d45b2d4..7acfe21 100644
--- a/Scripts/entry/entry.lua
+++ b/Scripts/entry/entry.lua
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ function Entry.new()
         -- (`scratchpad/r15ae/z_1player_en.png`).  Deliberate deviation, documented here: the
         -- fill colour is unchanged, so the label still reads exactly as the cabinet's black
         -- text, and it is legible in every language this skin ships.
-        text.create_text("entry_credit_1p",    {   0,   0,   0, 255 }, {   0,   0,   0, 255 }, false, 0, 0),
-        text.create_text("entry_credit_2p",    {   0,   0,   0, 255 }, {   0,   0,   0, 255 }, false, 0, 0),
+        -- black ink with the cabinet's WHITE outline (same 7 stage-px border as the message)
+        text.create_text("entry_credit_1p",    {   0,   0,   0, 255 }, { 255, 255, 255, 255 }, false, 7.0 / tex.get_screen_scale(), 0),
+        text.create_text("entry_credit_2p",    {   0,   0,   0, 255 }, { 255, 255, 255, 255 }, false, 7.0 / tex.get_screen_scale(), 0),
     }
     -- the message is ONE string drawn in two colourways: the arcade stacks a black-tinted
     -- outline copy (ET3 via cmul (0,0,0)) under a white fill copy (ET5), and its blink
@@ -230,7 +231,8 @@ local ROW_CY      = { 432 + 72, 432 + 248 }      -- 504 / 680
 -- CENTRE is box.top + box.h/2 + border -- independent of which font raster is used:
 local LABEL_INK_X = CREDIT_CX - 443              -- box.left(-450) + border(7), left-aligned
 local MSG_INK_X   = CREDIT_CX + 190              -- box.left(-137) + border(7) + box.w/2(320)
-local TEXT_INK_DY = -9.5                         -- box.top(-64.5) + box.h/2(48) + border(7)
+local TEXT_INK_DY = 0.5                          -- box.top(-64.5) + box.h/2(48) + border(7), +10: measured
+                                                 -- against the cabinet the ink sat ~10 px above the pill centre
 local PAD5        = 9                            -- OutlinedText pad for thickness 5: (int)(5*1.5)+2
 -- ROUND 15: the two player labels are now built with thickness 0 (see `text_credit_p` above),
 -- so their texture pad is (int)(0*1.5)+2 = 2, not 9.  Using PAD5 here would shift the ink 7 px