diff --git a/ui/src/game/Board.svelte b/ui/src/game/Board.svelte
index 7288220..3e94fa3 100644
--- a/ui/src/game/Board.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/game/Board.svelte
@@ -479,6 +479,11 @@
     position: absolute;
     top: 5%;
     left: 8%;
+    /* Chrome < 105 has no container-query units: a dropped `cqw` would inherit the .cell
+       `font-size: 0` and the glyph would vanish. Fall back to a viewport-relative size that tracks
+       the board (≈ the viewport-fitted query container) and the zoom (--z), so old Android System
+       WebViews still draw the tile glyphs. Chrome 105+ takes the exact `cqw` line below. */
+    font-size: calc(4.2vmin * var(--z, 1));
     font-size: 4.2cqw;
     font-weight: 700;
     line-height: 1;
@@ -487,12 +492,14 @@
     position: absolute;
     right: 5%;
     bottom: 3%;
+    font-size: calc(2.4vmin * var(--z, 1)); /* cqw fallback for Chrome < 105 — see .letter */
     font-size: 2.4cqw;
     font-weight: 600;
   }
   /* A placed Erudit blank ("звёздочка") shows its star where the (absent) point value sits,
      its ink centred on the same line as a neighbouring tile's value digit. */
   .blankmark {
+    font-size: calc(2.8vmin * var(--z, 1)); /* cqw fallback for Chrome < 105 — see .letter */
     font-size: 2.8cqw;
     bottom: 0;
   }
@@ -501,6 +508,7 @@
     inset: 0;
     display: grid;
     place-items: center;
+    font-size: calc(3.6vmin * var(--z, 1)); /* cqw fallback for Chrome < 105 — see .letter */
     font-size: 3.6cqw;
     opacity: 0.7;
   }
@@ -509,6 +517,7 @@
     inset: 0;
     display: grid;
     place-items: center;
+    font-size: calc(2.7vmin * var(--z, 1)); /* cqw fallback for Chrome < 105 — see .letter */
     font-size: 2.7cqw;
     font-weight: 600;
     opacity: 0.9;
@@ -526,10 +535,12 @@
     padding: 0 1px;
   }
   .bt {
+    font-size: calc(1.7vmin * var(--z, 1)); /* cqw fallback for Chrome < 105 — see .letter */
     font-size: 1.7cqw;
     font-weight: 600;
   }
   .bb {
+    font-size: calc(1.9vmin * var(--z, 1)); /* cqw fallback for Chrome < 105 — see .letter */
     font-size: 1.9cqw;
     font-weight: 700;
     white-space: nowrap;