diff --git a/src/components/status.css b/src/components/status.css
index 424c0f87..1c77c1c2 100644
--- a/src/components/status.css
+++ b/src/components/status.css
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
 }
 .status.large .content {
   font-size: 150%;
-  font-size: calc(100% + 50% / var(--content-text-weight));
+  font-size: min(calc(100% + 50% / var(--content-text-weight)), 150%);
 }
 .status.large .poll,
 .status.large .actions {
diff --git a/src/components/status.jsx b/src/components/status.jsx
index 6b316be7..fca28e24 100644
--- a/src/components/status.jsx
+++ b/src/components/status.jsx
@@ -229,7 +229,10 @@ function Status({
   const unauthInteractionErrorMessage = `Sorry, your current logged-in instance can't interact with this status from another instance.`;
 
   const textWeight = () =>
-    Math.round((spoilerText.length + htmlContentLength(content)) / 140) || 1;
+    Math.max(
+      Math.round((spoilerText.length + htmlContentLength(content)) / 140) || 1,
+      1,
+    );
 
   const createdDateText = niceDateTime(createdAtDate);
   const editedDateText = editedAt && niceDateTime(editedAtDate);