diff --git a/src/font/nerd_font_attributes.zig b/src/font/nerd_font_attributes.zig
index dfb11c5a5..a82699b0e 100644
--- a/src/font/nerd_font_attributes.zig
+++ b/src/font/nerd_font_attributes.zig
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ pub fn getConstraint(cp: u21) Constraint {
             .align_vertical = .center,
             .pad_left = 0.1,
             .pad_right = 0.1,
-            .pad_top = 0.01,
-            .pad_bottom = 0.01,
+            .pad_top = 0.1,
+            .pad_bottom = 0.1,
         },
         0x276c...0x2771,
         => .{
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ pub fn getConstraint(cp: u21) Constraint {
             .size_vertical = .fit,
             .align_horizontal = .center,
             .align_vertical = .center,
+            .pad_top = 0.3,
+            .pad_bottom = 0.3,
         },
         0xe0b0,
         => .{
@@ -204,8 +206,8 @@ pub fn getConstraint(cp: u21) Constraint {
             .align_vertical = .center,
             .pad_left = 0.03,
             .pad_right = 0.03,
-            .pad_top = 0.01,
-            .pad_bottom = 0.01,
+            .pad_top = 0.03,
+            .pad_bottom = 0.03,
             .max_xy_ratio = 0.86,
         },
         0xe0c5,
@@ -216,8 +218,8 @@ pub fn getConstraint(cp: u21) Constraint {
             .align_vertical = .center,
             .pad_left = 0.03,
             .pad_right = 0.03,
-            .pad_top = 0.01,
-            .pad_bottom = 0.01,
+            .pad_top = 0.03,
+            .pad_bottom = 0.03,
             .max_xy_ratio = 0.86,
         },
         0xe0c6,
@@ -228,8 +230,8 @@ pub fn getConstraint(cp: u21) Constraint {
             .align_vertical = .center,
             .pad_left = 0.03,
             .pad_right = 0.03,
-            .pad_top = 0.01,
-            .pad_bottom = 0.01,
+            .pad_top = 0.03,
+            .pad_bottom = 0.03,
             .max_xy_ratio = 0.78,
         },
         0xe0c7,
@@ -240,8 +242,8 @@ pub fn getConstraint(cp: u21) Constraint {
             .align_vertical = .center,
             .pad_left = 0.03,
             .pad_right = 0.03,
-            .pad_top = 0.01,
-            .pad_bottom = 0.01,
+            .pad_top = 0.03,
+            .pad_bottom = 0.03,
             .max_xy_ratio = 0.78,
         },
         0xe0cc,
diff --git a/src/font/nerd_font_codegen.py b/src/font/nerd_font_codegen.py
index 99915c9f2..b62768cc5 100644
--- a/src/font/nerd_font_codegen.py
+++ b/src/font/nerd_font_codegen.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ attributes and scaling rules.
 
 This does include an `eval` call! This is spooky, but we trust the nerd fonts code to
 be safe and not malicious or anything.
+
+This script requires Python 3.12 or greater.
 """
 
 import ast
@@ -193,13 +195,20 @@ def emit_zig_entry_multikey(codepoints: list[int], attr: PatchSetAttributeEntry)
     if valign is not None:
         s += f"            .align_vertical = {valign},\n"
 
+    # `overlap` and `ypadding` are mutually exclusive,
+    # this is asserted in the nerd fonts patcher itself.
     if overlap:
         pad = -overlap
         s += f"            .pad_left = {pad},\n"
         s += f"            .pad_right = {pad},\n"
-        v_pad = y_padding - math.copysign(min(0.01, abs(overlap)), overlap)
+        # In the nerd fonts patcher, overlap values
+        # are capped at 0.01 in the vertical direction.
+        v_pad = -min(0.01, overlap)
         s += f"            .pad_top = {v_pad},\n"
         s += f"            .pad_bottom = {v_pad},\n"
+    elif y_padding:
+        s += f"            .pad_top = {y_padding},\n"
+        s += f"            .pad_bottom = {y_padding},\n"
 
     if xy_ratio > 0:
         s += f"            .max_xy_ratio = {xy_ratio},\n"