diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 22df017f..09aa72a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 - Minor: Added hotkey Action for opening account selector. (#6192)
 - Minor: Add a setting to change the emote and badge thumbnail size. (#6126)
 - Minor: Add an import and export button to image uploader settings. (#6284)
+- Minor: Message character length label is now monospaced. (#6366)
 - Minor: Add a setting under Moderation -> Logs to customize the timestamp used for chat logs. (#6338)
 - Minor: Add a setting under Moderation -> Logs to use server timestamp from the message instead of the local clock time for logging. (#6346)
 - Bugfix: Commands are no longer tab-completable in the middle of messages. (#6273)
diff --git a/src/widgets/splits/SplitInput.cpp b/src/widgets/splits/SplitInput.cpp
index 036cb1e1..5df7904e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/splits/SplitInput.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/splits/SplitInput.cpp
@@ -166,18 +166,18 @@ void SplitInput::initLayout()
     auto box = hboxLayout.emplace<QVBoxLayout>().withoutMargin();
     box->setSpacing(0);
     {
-        auto textEditLength =
-            box.emplace<QLabel>().assign(&this->ui_.textEditLength);
-        textEditLength->setAlignment(Qt::AlignRight);
+        this->ui_.textEditLength = new QLabel();
+        // Right-align the labels contents
+        this->ui_.textEditLength->setAlignment(Qt::AlignRight);
+        box->addWidget(this->ui_.textEditLength);
 
-        box->addStretch(1);
-        box.emplace<SvgButton>(
-               SvgButton::Src{
-                   .dark = ":/buttons/emote.svg",
-                   .light = ":/buttons/emoteDark.svg",
-               },
-               nullptr, QSize{6, 3})
-            .assign(&this->ui_.emoteButton);
+        this->ui_.emoteButton = new SvgButton(
+            {
+                .dark = ":/buttons/emote.svg",
+                .light = ":/buttons/emoteDark.svg",
+            },
+            nullptr, QSize{6, 3});
+        box->addWidget(this->ui_.emoteButton, 0, Qt::AlignRight);
     }
 
     // ---- misc
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ void SplitInput::scaleChangedEvent(float scale)
             this->ui_.vbox->setSpacing(this->marginForTheme());
         }
     }
+    // TODO: This font does _not_ get updated when you change your chat font
     this->ui_.textEdit->setFont(
         app->getFonts()->getFont(FontStyle::ChatMedium, scale));
 
@@ -252,8 +253,12 @@ void SplitInput::scaleChangedEvent(float scale)
 
     this->ui_.textEdit->setStyleSheet(this->theme->splits.input.styleSheet);
     this->ui_.textEdit->setPalette(placeholderPalette);
+    // TODO: This font does _not_ get updated when you change your chat font
+    // NOTE: We're using TimestampMedium here to get a font that uses the tnum font feature,
+    // meaning numbers get equal width & don't bounce around while the user is typing.
     this->ui_.textEditLength->setFont(
-        app->getFonts()->getFont(FontStyle::ChatMedium, scale));
+        app->getFonts()->getFont(FontStyle::TimestampMedium, scale));
+    // TODO: This font does _not_ get updated when you change your chat font
     this->ui_.replyLabel->setFont(
         app->getFonts()->getFont(FontStyle::ChatMediumBold, scale));
 }