diff --git a/src/SharpClient.UI/wwwroot/app.css b/src/SharpClient.UI/wwwroot/app.css
index fe8ac03..ed7781f 100644
--- a/src/SharpClient.UI/wwwroot/app.css
+++ b/src/SharpClient.UI/wwwroot/app.css
@@ -74,12 +74,14 @@ body {
 /* ── OutputView component classes (.sc-output / .sc-line) ──────── */
 .sc-output {
     display: block;
-    /* Hold a floor of --sc-cols character columns (set by measureGrid alongside --out-fs). On a
-       screen too narrow to fit them at the minimum font, the output scrolls horizontally instead of
-       wrapping the server's NAWS-width lines — so what the player sees matches what the server wrapped
-       to. font-size must equal the line font so 1ch is the real column width. */
+    /* Hold a floor of --sc-cols character columns. The track width is published in pixels by
+       measureGrid as --sc-cols-width, measured from a real glyph run on the SAME basis the font was
+       fitted to — NOT the CSS `ch` unit, whose single-glyph rounding ran ~2px wider than the fit and
+       produced a spurious horizontal scrollbar even when the columns fit. In the fitting case the
+       track stays inside the box, so lines wrap at the column edge with no scroll; only on a screen
+       too narrow to fit the columns at the minimum font does it exceed the box and scroll. */
     font-size: var(--out-fs);
-    min-width: calc(var(--sc-cols, 0) * 1ch);
+    min-width: var(--sc-cols-width, 0px);
 }
 
 .sc-line {
diff --git a/src/SharpClient.UI/wwwroot/sc-interop.js b/src/SharpClient.UI/wwwroot/sc-interop.js
index 7d2ca49..d5519da 100644
--- a/src/SharpClient.UI/wwwroot/sc-interop.js
+++ b/src/SharpClient.UI/wwwroot/sc-interop.js
@@ -143,8 +143,17 @@ export function measureGrid(element, targetCols, minFont, maxFont) {
         cols = clampGrid(Math.floor(contentW / (advanceRatio * fontPx)));
     }
 
+    // Publish the column-track width in PIXELS, measured on the same basis the font was fitted to
+    // (a real run of `cols` glyphs). The CSS `ch` unit can't be used for the track: its single-glyph
+    // advance rounds a couple px wider than this averaged run, which pushed `cols * 1ch` past the
+    // content box and produced a spurious horizontal scrollbar even though the columns fit. Measured
+    // px keeps the track <= the box in the fitting case (no scroll, lines wrap at the column edge) and
+    // only exceeds it when the screen genuinely can't fit `cols` at the min font (then it scrolls).
+    const trackW = runWidth(fontPx, '0'.repeat(cols));
+
     element.style.setProperty('--out-fs', fontPx + 'px');
     element.style.setProperty('--sc-cols', String(cols));
+    element.style.setProperty('--sc-cols-width', trackW + 'px');
 
     return { cols, rows: clampGrid(Math.floor(contentH / (lineRatio * fontPx))) };
 }