diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/main.cpp b/examples/companion_radio/main.cpp
index 820f05a2..d0b8a474 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/main.cpp
@@ -6239,7 +6239,11 @@ void drawComposeScreen() {
   char dblStr[3] = {0, 0, 0};
   
   int px = 0;
-  int lineW = display.width();
+  // The e-ink driver draws everything 2 virtual units to the right of the
+  // cursor it is given (its x offset), so a line measured against the full
+  // width can run a few physical pixels past the panel edge. Leave that
+  // margin out of the usable width.
+  int lineW = display.width() - 2;
   bool atWordBoundary = true;
   
   for (int i = 0; i < composePos; i++) {
diff --git a/src/helpers/ui/GxEPD2_310_GDEQ031T10_FAST.cpp b/src/helpers/ui/GxEPD2_310_GDEQ031T10_FAST.cpp
index bceb8eb7..1f48554c 100644
--- a/src/helpers/ui/GxEPD2_310_GDEQ031T10_FAST.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/ui/GxEPD2_310_GDEQ031T10_FAST.cpp
@@ -398,22 +398,31 @@ void GxEPD2_310_GDEQ031T10_FAST::_Update_Full()
 // 42 bytes: VCOM (0x20), WW (0x21), BW (0x22), WB (0x23), BB (0x24). UC8253
 // group layout per Larry Bank's comment: group repeat, level+count 1,
 // level+count 1, level+count 2, level+count 2, repeat 1, repeat 2. Only the
-// first group is used; the other five are zero. 0x89 = 9 frames towards
-// white, 0x49 = 9 frames towards black, 0x09 = 9 frames at VCOM DC.
+// first group is used; the other five are zero. Each level+count byte is
+// the level in bits 7:6 (10 = towards white, 01 = towards black, 00 = VCOM
+// DC) and the frame count in bits 5:0. bb_epaper ships 9 frames (0x89 /
+// 0x49 / 0x09, measured 244 ms per partial on the Max); FAST_LUT_FRAMES
+// is the tuning knob: more frames, darker blacks, longer refresh.
+#ifndef FAST_LUT_FRAMES
+#define FAST_LUT_FRAMES 12
+#endif
+#define FAST_TO_WHITE  (uint8_t)(0x80 | FAST_LUT_FRAMES)
+#define FAST_TO_BLACK  (uint8_t)(0x40 | FAST_LUT_FRAMES)
+#define FAST_VCOM_DC   (uint8_t)(0x00 | FAST_LUT_FRAMES)
 static const uint8_t fast_lut_vcom[42] = {
-  0x01, 0x09, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
+  0x01, FAST_VCOM_DC, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
   0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0 };
 static const uint8_t fast_lut_ww[42] = {
-  0x01, 0x89, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
+  0x01, FAST_TO_WHITE, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
   0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0 };
 static const uint8_t fast_lut_bw[42] = {
-  0x01, 0x89, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
+  0x01, FAST_TO_WHITE, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
   0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0 };
 static const uint8_t fast_lut_wb[42] = {
-  0x01, 0x49, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
+  0x01, FAST_TO_BLACK, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
   0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0 };
 static const uint8_t fast_lut_bb[42] = {
-  0x01, 0x49, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
+  0x01, FAST_TO_BLACK, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
   0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0 };
 
 void GxEPD2_310_GDEQ031T10_FAST::_writeLut(uint8_t command, const uint8_t* lut)
@@ -461,4 +470,4 @@ void GxEPD2_310_GDEQ031T10_FAST::_Update_Part()
   _writeCommand(0x12); //display refresh
   _waitWhileBusy("_Update_Part", partial_refresh_time);
   _init_display_done = false; // needed, reason unknown
-}
+}
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diff --git a/src/helpers/ui/GxEPDDisplay.cpp b/src/helpers/ui/GxEPDDisplay.cpp
index ac33e5cd..20897ae3 100644
--- a/src/helpers/ui/GxEPDDisplay.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/ui/GxEPDDisplay.cpp
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ bool GxEPDDisplay::begin() {
   display.init(115200, true, 2, false);
   display.setRotation(DISPLAY_ROTATION);
   setTextSize(1);  // Default to size 1
+  // Adafruit GFX wraps text to the next line by itself when a glyph would
+  // cross the right edge. Every Meck screen positions and wraps its own
+  // text, so that behaviour only ever corrupts a layout: a glyph the
+  // screen's wrap thought fitted lands on the next line's left margin on
+  // top of the real text (seen with Larger Noto in compose). Off: an
+  // over-wide line clips at the edge instead.
+  display.setTextWrap(false);
 #ifdef EINK_FULL_REFRESH_ONLY
   display.setFullWindow();
   display.fillScreen(GxEPD_WHITE);