diff --git a/shell/plugins/bar/widgets/Clock.qml b/shell/plugins/bar/widgets/Clock.qml
index fdcb8793e8..5547343134 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/bar/widgets/Clock.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/bar/widgets/Clock.qml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ BarWidget {
   property date displayDate: clock.date
 
   readonly property string activeFormat: alt
-    ? setting("formatAlt", "d MMMM 'W'ww yyyy")
+    ? (bar && bar.vertical ? setting("verticalFormatAlt", "dd\nMMM\n'W'ww\nyyyy") : setting("formatAlt", "d MMMM 'W'ww yyyy"))
     : (bar && bar.vertical ? setting("verticalFormat", "HH\n—\nmm") : setting("format", "dddd HH:mm"))
   readonly property string displayText: formatted(displayDate)
   readonly property var verticalLines: displayText.split("\n")
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ BarWidget {
     Column {
       visible: root.vertical
       anchors.fill: parent
-
+ 
       Repeater {
         model: root.verticalLines
 
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ BarWidget {
           height: Style.bar.iconSlot
           text: modelData
           fontFamily: button.fontFamily
-          fontSize: button.fontSize
+          fontSize: modelData.length > 3
+      	    ? button.fontSize * 0.9
+            : button.fontSize
           color: button.foreground
         }
       }