diff --git a/ui.go b/ui.go
index 341b016..38fb4c3 100644
--- a/ui.go
+++ b/ui.go
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ type display struct {
 	rowH    int
 	cellH   int
 	cellR   int
-	axisY   int
 	labelX  int
 	nowX    int
 	nowW    int
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ func (d *display) layout(w, h int) error {
 	// Rows stretch to spend the whole band between the column headers and the
 	// footer, cells riding along at their design proportion of the row.
 	rowsTop := d.headerH + colHdrH
-	d.rowH = (d.resetBtn.y - uiMargin - d.small.lineH - 8 - rowsTop) / len(panelRows)
+	d.rowH = (d.resetBtn.y - uiMargin - rowsTop) / len(panelRows)
 	if d.rowH < rowHMin {
 		return fmt.Errorf("rows would be %dpx tall, under the %dpx minimum", d.rowH, rowHMin)
 	}
@@ -199,7 +198,6 @@ func (d *display) layout(w, h int) error {
 		d.rowYs[i] = y
 		y += d.rowH
 	}
-	d.axisY = y + 8
 	d.versionSpot = rect{w - versionSpotSide, 0, versionSpotSide, versionSpotSide}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -424,11 +422,6 @@ func (d *display) drawColHeaders() {
 	d.hairline(d.rowYs[0] - 1)
 }
 
-func (d *display) drawAxis() {
-	d.small.draw(d.fb, d.cellsX, d.axisY-d.small.capTop, "90s ago", uiMuted)
-	d.textRightAt(d.small, d.cellsX+d.cellsW, d.axisY, "now", uiMuted)
-}
-
 // One row of history cells: na for a slot with nothing believable (never
 // sampled, or spent inside a measure), otherwise judged by the row.
 func (d *display) heatRow(rowY int, hv histView, judge func(histSlot) rgb) {
@@ -538,14 +531,24 @@ func snrInk(m float64) rgb {
 	return uiInk
 }
 
+// The magnitude letter belongs to the unit, not the figure — split G from B
+// and "GB" reads as two things — so it takes the unit's colour.
+func (d *display) qty(v uint64, unit string) []seg {
+	val, mag, ok := strings.Cut(scaleCount(v), " ")
+	if ok {
+		unit = " " + mag + unit
+	}
+	return []seg{{d.small, val, uiInk2}, {d.small, unit, uiMuted}}
+}
+
 // One fact per line, stacked beside the reset button: short lines can never
 // crowd it, whatever the values grow to.
 func (d *display) drawFooter(v view, elapsed time.Duration) {
 	const gap = 6
 	lines := [][]seg{
 		{{d.small, scaleTime(elapsed), uiInk2}},
-		{{d.small, scaleCount(v.rxFrames), uiInk2}, {d.small, " pkts", uiMuted}},
-		{{d.small, scaleCount(v.rxBytes), uiInk2}, {d.small, "B", uiMuted}},
+		d.qty(v.rxFrames, " pkts"),
+		d.qty(v.rxBytes, "B"),
 	}
 	total := len(lines)*d.small.lineH + (len(lines)-1)*gap
 	y := d.resetBtn.y + (btnH-total)/2
@@ -564,7 +567,6 @@ func (d *display) render(v view, elapsed time.Duration, phy phyDisplay,
 	d.hairline(d.headerH - 1)
 	d.drawColHeaders()
 	d.drawRows(v, phy, measuring, hv, target)
-	d.drawAxis()
 	d.drawFooter(v, elapsed)
 	d.drawResetButton()
 	return fb.flush()
diff --git a/ui_test.go b/ui_test.go
index de5a22f..dd82e8e 100644
--- a/ui_test.go
+++ b/ui_test.go
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ func TestPanelFitsScreen(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("rows end at %d, past the footer at %d", last, d.resetBtn.y)
 	}
 	t.Logf("cells %dpx wide, rows end at %d, footer at %d",
-		d.cellW, d.axisY+d.small.lineH, d.resetBtn.y)
+		d.cellW, d.rowYs[len(d.rowYs)-1]+d.rowH, d.resetBtn.y)
 }