diff --git a/src/phone.tsx b/src/phone.tsx
index 0bcf342..0793aa4 100644
--- a/src/phone.tsx
+++ b/src/phone.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,29 @@ const sfx = {
 
 // ---- scene --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// Draw a key legend into a canvas and hand it back as a texture. The canvas aspect
+// matches the key face (w:h) so glyphs aren't stretched when mapped onto the plane;
+// the font shrinks to fit so words ("don't") sit as comfortably as single digits.
+function makeKeyLabel(text: string, w: number, h: number): THREE.Texture {
+  const H = 220
+  const W = Math.max(64, Math.round(H * (w / h)))
+  const canvas = document.createElement('canvas')
+  canvas.width = W; canvas.height = H
+  const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d')!
+  ctx.fillStyle = '#0e140a'
+  ctx.textAlign = 'center'
+  ctx.textBaseline = 'middle'
+  let size = Math.round(H * 0.66)
+  const setFont = () => { ctx.font = `700 ${size}px "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace` }
+  setFont()
+  while (ctx.measureText(text).width > W * 0.84 && size > 12) { size -= 4; setFont() }
+  ctx.fillText(text, W / 2, H / 2 + size * 0.04)
+  const texture = new THREE.CanvasTexture(canvas)
+  texture.colorSpace = THREE.SRGBColorSpace
+  texture.anisotropy = 4
+  return texture
+}
+
 type Built = { group: THREE.Group; hinge: THREE.Group; keys: THREE.Mesh[] }
 
 export function buildPhone(): Built {
@@ -81,21 +104,29 @@ export function buildPhone(): Built {
   lid.add(glass)
 
   // Chunky protruding keys (LOCAL to the keypad, whose body spans local y [-0.46,0.46]).
-  const key = (w: number, h: number, x: number, y: number, id: string) => {
+  // `label` is stamped as a thin, unlit legend plane just proud of the key's +z face,
+  // so it reads crisply and rides along with the key-press dip.
+  const key = (w: number, h: number, x: number, y: number, id: string, label?: string) => {
     const k = new THREE.Mesh(new THREE.BoxGeometry(w, h, 0.09), keyMat)
     k.position.set(x, y, 0.10)
     k.userData = { key: id, baseZ: 0.10 }
     k.castShadow = true
     keypad.add(k)
     keys.push(k)
+    if (label) {
+      const legend = new THREE.Mesh(new THREE.PlaneGeometry(w * 0.82, h * 0.82),
+        new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({ map: makeKeyLabel(label, w, h), transparent: true }))
+      legend.position.z = 0.047 // half-depth is 0.045; sit just above to avoid z-fighting
+      k.add(legend)
+    }
   }
-  key(0.16, 0.10, -0.20, 0.40, 'call') // left soft key
-  key(0.16, 0.10, 0.20, 0.40, 'end') // right soft key
-  key(0.20, 0.16, 0, 0.22, 'nav') // nav pad
+  key(0.16, 0.10, -0.20, 0.40, 'call', 'do') // left soft key
+  key(0.16, 0.10, 0.20, 0.40, 'end', "don't") // right soft key
+  key(0.20, 0.16, 0, 0.22, 'nav', '?') // nav pad
   const rows = [0.04, -0.10, -0.24, -0.38]
   const cols = [-0.20, 0, 0.20]
   const digits = [['1', '2', '3'], ['4', '5', '6'], ['7', '8', '9'], ['*', '0', '#']]
-  rows.forEach((y, r) => cols.forEach((x, c) => key(0.15, 0.10, x, y, digits[r][c])))
+  rows.forEach((y, r) => cols.forEach((x, c) => key(0.15, 0.10, x, y, digits[r][c], digits[r][c])))
 
   // Hinge barrel: parented to the hinge group at its local origin, so it sits
   // EXACTLY on the rotation axis (the pivot passes through the cylinder centre).
@@ -221,7 +252,7 @@ function PhoneDevice({ open, onKey }: { open: boolean; onKey: (k: string) => voi
       renderer.domElement.removeEventListener('pointerdown', onPointer)
       renderer.dispose()
       renderer.domElement.remove()
-      scene.traverse(obj => { if (obj instanceof THREE.Mesh) { obj.geometry.dispose(); (obj.material as THREE.Material).dispose() } })
+      scene.traverse(obj => { if (obj instanceof THREE.Mesh) { obj.geometry.dispose(); const material = obj.material as THREE.Material & { map?: THREE.Texture | null }; material.map?.dispose(); material.dispose() } })
     }
   }, [])