diff --git a/renderer/src/remotion/WheelComposition.jsx b/renderer/src/remotion/WheelComposition.jsx
index 5e7050a..f7ef090 100644
--- a/renderer/src/remotion/WheelComposition.jsx
+++ b/renderer/src/remotion/WheelComposition.jsx
@@ -127,25 +127,28 @@ export const WheelComposition = (props) => {
                     color: getContrastingTextColor(color),
                     display: 'flex',
                     fontSize: label.fontSize,
-                    fontWeight: 400,
-                    height: label.fontSize * 1.35,
+                    flexDirection: 'column',
+                    fontWeight: 700,
+                    height: label.height,
                     justifyContent: 'center',
                     left: label.x,
                     letterSpacing: 0,
                     lineHeight: 1,
                     overflow: 'hidden',
-                    padding: `0 ${Math.max(4, radius * 0.02)}px`,
+                    padding: `0 ${label.horizontalPadding}px`,
                     position: 'absolute',
                     textAlign: 'center',
-                    textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
                     top: label.y,
                     transform: `translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(${label.rotation}deg)`,
                     transformOrigin: '50% 50%',
-                    whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
                     width: label.width,
                   }}
                 >
-                  {option}
+                  {label.lines.map((line, lineIndex) => (
+                    <div key={`${line}-${lineIndex}`} style={{flex: '0 0 auto', whiteSpace: 'nowrap'}}>
+                      {line}
+                    </div>
+                  ))}
                 </div>
               </React.Fragment>
             );
diff --git a/renderer/src/remotion/wheel-label-layout.js b/renderer/src/remotion/wheel-label-layout.js
index 710e1f4..fec4603 100644
--- a/renderer/src/remotion/wheel-label-layout.js
+++ b/renderer/src/remotion/wheel-label-layout.js
@@ -11,11 +11,16 @@
  * @property {number} x
  * @property {number} y
  * @property {number} width
+ * @property {number} contentWidth
+ * @property {number} height
+ * @property {number} horizontalPadding
  * @property {number} rotation
  * @property {number} fontSize
+ * @property {string[]} lines
  */
 
 const minLabelWidth = 24;
+const minLabelFontSize = 8;
 
 /**
  * @param {string} text
@@ -38,6 +43,90 @@ export const estimateTextWidth = (text, fontSize) => {
   return (widthUnits + 2) * fontSize;
 };
 
+/**
+ * @param {string[]} units
+ * @param {number} lineCount
+ * @param {(units: string[]) => string} joinUnits
+ * @returns {string[][]}
+ */
+const getLineCandidates = (units, lineCount, joinUnits) => {
+  /** @type {string[][]} */
+  const candidates = [];
+
+  /**
+   * @param {number} start
+   * @param {string[]} lines
+   */
+  const visit = (start, lines) => {
+    const remainingLines = lineCount - lines.length;
+    if (remainingLines === 1) {
+      candidates.push([...lines, joinUnits(units.slice(start))]);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const lastEnd = units.length - remainingLines + 1;
+    for (let end = start + 1; end <= lastEnd; end += 1) {
+      visit(end, [...lines, joinUnits(units.slice(start, end))]);
+    }
+  };
+
+  visit(0, []);
+  return candidates;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @param {string[][]} candidates
+ * @param {number} fontSize
+ * @returns {string[]}
+ */
+const getMostBalancedLines = (candidates, fontSize) => {
+  const scored = candidates.map((lines, index) => {
+    const widths = lines.map((line) => estimateTextWidth(line, fontSize));
+    const longest = Math.max(...widths);
+    const shortest = Math.min(...widths);
+
+    return {index, lines, longest, spread: longest - shortest};
+  });
+
+  scored.sort((left, right) => left.longest - right.longest || left.spread - right.spread || left.index - right.index);
+  return scored[0]?.lines ?? [''];
+};
+
+/**
+ * Selects deterministic line breaks without depending on browser text wrapping.
+ *
+ * @param {string} text
+ * @param {number} fontSize
+ * @param {number} trackWidth
+ * @param {number} [maxLines]
+ * @returns {string[]}
+ */
+export const getLabelLines = (text, fontSize, trackWidth, maxLines = 3) => {
+  const normalized = text.trim().replace(/\s+/gu, ' ');
+  if (!normalized || estimateTextWidth(normalized, fontSize) <= trackWidth) {
+    return [normalized];
+  }
+
+  const words = normalized.split(' ');
+  const boundedMaxLines = Math.max(1, Math.min(Math.floor(maxLines), words.length > 1 ? words.length : Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY));
+  const segmenter = new Intl.Segmenter('en', {granularity: 'grapheme'});
+  const units = words.length > 1 ? words : Array.from(segmenter.segment(normalized), ({segment}) => segment);
+  /** @type {(parts: string[]) => string} */
+  const joinUnits = words.length > 1 ? (parts) => parts.join(' ') : (parts) => parts.join('');
+  const lineLimit = Math.max(1, Math.min(boundedMaxLines, units.length));
+  let bestLines = [normalized];
+
+  for (let lineCount = 2; lineCount <= lineLimit; lineCount += 1) {
+    const candidates = getLineCandidates(units, lineCount, joinUnits);
+    bestLines = getMostBalancedLines(candidates, fontSize);
+    if (Math.max(...bestLines.map((line) => estimateTextWidth(line, fontSize))) <= trackWidth) {
+      return bestLines;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return bestLines;
+};
+
 /**
  * @param {number} radius
  * @param {number} hubRadius
@@ -75,7 +164,7 @@ export const getLabelFontSize = (radius, optionCount, text = '', trackWidth = Nu
     return baseSize;
   }
 
-  return Math.max(8, Math.floor(baseSize * (trackWidth / estimatedWidth)));
+  return Math.max(minLabelFontSize, Math.floor(baseSize * (trackWidth / estimatedWidth)));
 };
 
 /**
@@ -91,13 +180,34 @@ export const getLabelFontSize = (radius, optionCount, text = '', trackWidth = Nu
 export const getRadialLabelLayout = ({center, radius, hubRadius, centerDegrees, optionCount, text}) => {
   const track = getLabelTrack(radius, hubRadius);
   const radians = (centerDegrees * Math.PI) / 180;
+  const baseFontSize = getLabelFontSize(radius, optionCount);
+  const availableHeight = (2 * Math.PI * track.midRadius) / optionCount;
+  const maxLines = Math.max(1, Math.min(3, Math.floor(availableHeight / baseFontSize)));
+  const horizontalPadding = Math.max(4, radius * 0.02);
+  const contentWidth = Math.max(1, track.width - horizontalPadding * 2);
+  const singleLine = getLabelLines(text, baseFontSize, contentWidth, 1);
+  const singleLineFontSize = getLabelFontSize(radius, optionCount, singleLine[0], contentWidth);
+  const shouldWrap = maxLines > 1 && singleLineFontSize === minLabelFontSize;
+  const lines = shouldWrap ? getLabelLines(text, baseFontSize, contentWidth, maxLines) : singleLine;
+  const longestLine = lines.reduce(
+    (longest, line) =>
+      estimateTextWidth(line, baseFontSize) > estimateTextWidth(longest, baseFontSize) ? line : longest,
+    '',
+  );
+  const fontSize = shouldWrap
+    ? getLabelFontSize(radius, optionCount, longestLine, contentWidth)
+    : singleLineFontSize;
 
   return {
     x: center + Math.cos(radians) * track.midRadius,
     y: center + Math.sin(radians) * track.midRadius,
     width: track.width,
+    contentWidth,
+    height: Math.min(availableHeight, fontSize * lines.length),
+    horizontalPadding,
     rotation: centerDegrees,
-    fontSize: getLabelFontSize(radius, optionCount, text, track.width),
+    fontSize,
+    lines,
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/renderer/test/wheel-label-layout.test.js b/renderer/test/wheel-label-layout.test.js
index d13939c..6973525 100644
--- a/renderer/test/wheel-label-layout.test.js
+++ b/renderer/test/wheel-label-layout.test.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   estimateTextWidth,
   getContrastingTextColor,
   getLabelFontSize,
+  getLabelLines,
   getLabelTrack,
   getRadialLabelLayout,
 } from '../src/remotion/wheel-label-layout.js';
@@ -43,12 +44,130 @@ describe('wheel label layout', () => {
     expect(layout.rotation).toBe(180);
   });
 
-  test('shrinks long labels to fit the radial track', () => {
-    const shortSize = getLabelFontSize(210, 8, 'alice', 140);
-    const longSize = getLabelFontSize(210, 8, 'a much longer wheel entry label', 140);
+  test('keeps short labels on one line at the base size', () => {
+    const layout = getRadialLabelLayout({
+      center: 256,
+      radius: 210,
+      hubRadius: 46,
+      centerDegrees: 0,
+      optionCount: 8,
+      text: 'alice',
+    });
 
-    expect(longSize).toBeLessThan(shortSize);
-    expect(estimateTextWidth('alice', shortSize)).toBeLessThan(140);
+    expect(layout.lines).toEqual(['alice']);
+    expect(layout.fontSize).toBe(getLabelFontSize(210, 8));
+  });
+
+  test('fits smoke-fixture labels on one line at the minimum supported size', () => {
+    const size = 384;
+    const radius = size * 0.41;
+    const hubRadius = size * 0.09;
+    const expectedFontSizes = new Map([
+      ['alpha', 21],
+      ['beta', 22],
+      ['gamma', 20],
+      ['delta', 21],
+    ]);
+
+    for (const [text, expectedFontSize] of expectedFontSizes) {
+      const layout = getRadialLabelLayout({
+        center: size / 2,
+        radius,
+        hubRadius,
+        centerDegrees: 0,
+        optionCount: 4,
+        text,
+      });
+
+      expect(layout.lines).toEqual([text]);
+      expect(layout.fontSize).toBe(expectedFontSize);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('wraps long phrases into balanced word-boundary lines', () => {
+    const lines = getLabelLines('a much longer wheel entry label', 24, 140, 3);
+    const widths = lines.map((line) => estimateTextWidth(line, 24));
+
+    expect(lines).toHaveLength(3);
+    expect(lines.join(' ')).toBe('a much longer wheel entry label');
+    expect(Math.max(...widths) - Math.min(...widths)).toBeLessThan(80);
+  });
+
+  test('sizes wrapped labels from their longest rendered line', () => {
+    const layout = getRadialLabelLayout({
+      center: 256,
+      radius: 210,
+      hubRadius: 46,
+      centerDegrees: 0,
+      optionCount: 8,
+      text: 'a much longer wheel entry label',
+    });
+    const longestLine = layout.lines.reduce((longest, line) =>
+      estimateTextWidth(line, 24) > estimateTextWidth(longest, 24) ? line : longest,
+    '');
+
+    expect(layout.lines.length).toBeGreaterThan(1);
+    expect(layout.fontSize).toBe(getLabelFontSize(210, 8, longestLine, layout.contentWidth));
+    expect(layout.fontSize).toBeGreaterThan(
+      getLabelFontSize(210, 8, 'a much longer wheel entry label', layout.contentWidth),
+    );
+    expect(layout.height).toBeLessThanOrEqual((2 * Math.PI * getLabelTrack(210, 46).midRadius) / 8);
+  });
+
+  test('keeps supported dense layouts to one bounded line', () => {
+    const size = 384;
+    const radius = size * 0.41;
+    const hubRadius = size * 0.09;
+    const optionCount = 32;
+    const layout = getRadialLabelLayout({
+      center: size / 2,
+      radius,
+      hubRadius,
+      centerDegrees: 0,
+      optionCount,
+      text: 'a label that reaches the configured limit',
+    });
+    const availableHeight = (2 * Math.PI * getLabelTrack(radius, hubRadius).midRadius) / optionCount;
+
+    expect(layout.lines).toEqual(['a label that reaches the configured limit']);
+    expect(layout.fontSize).toBe(8);
+    expect(layout.height).toBeLessThanOrEqual(availableHeight);
+  });
+
+  test('keeps the border box on the radial track and fits text to its padded content width', () => {
+    const radius = 384 * 0.41;
+    const hubRadius = 384 * 0.09;
+    const layout = getRadialLabelLayout({
+      center: 192,
+      radius,
+      hubRadius,
+      centerDegrees: 0,
+      optionCount: 4,
+      text: 'alpha',
+    });
+
+    const track = getLabelTrack(radius, hubRadius);
+
+    expect(layout.width).toBe(track.width);
+    expect(layout.horizontalPadding).toBe(Math.max(4, radius * 0.02));
+    expect(layout.contentWidth).toBe(layout.width - layout.horizontalPadding * 2);
+    expect(estimateTextWidth(layout.lines[0] ?? '', layout.fontSize)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(layout.contentWidth);
+  });
+
+  test('normalizes whitespace and splits unbroken text without breaking graphemes', () => {
+    expect(getLabelLines('  alpha   beta\n gamma  ', 24, 90, 3).join(' ')).toBe('alpha beta gamma');
+
+    const token = 'winner🏆winner🏆winner';
+    const lines = getLabelLines(token, 24, 90, 3);
+
+    expect(lines.length).toBeGreaterThan(1);
+    expect(lines.join('')).toBe(token);
+    expect(lines.every((line) => {
+      const firstCodeUnit = line.charCodeAt(0);
+      const lastCodeUnit = line.charCodeAt(line.length - 1);
+
+      return !(firstCodeUnit >= 0xdc00 && firstCodeUnit <= 0xdfff) && !(lastCodeUnit >= 0xd800 && lastCodeUnit <= 0xdbff);
+    })).toBe(true);
   });
 
   test('uses contrast text colors for light and dark slices', () => {