diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
index 7890755f33..9471e5275e 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
@@ -199,11 +199,11 @@ export default class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
             <SensitiveButtonContainer />
             <SpoilerButtonContainer />
           </div>
+          <div className='character-counter__wrapper'><CharacterCounter max={500} text={text} /></div>
+        </div>
 
-          <div className='compose-form__publish'>
-            <div className='character-counter__wrapper'><CharacterCounter max={500} text={text} /></div>
-            <div className='compose-form__publish-button-wrapper'><Button text={publishText} onClick={this.handleSubmit} disabled={disabled || this.props.is_uploading || length(text) > 500 || (text.length !== 0 && text.trim().length === 0)} block /></div>
-          </div>
+        <div className='compose-form__publish'>
+          <div className='compose-form__publish-button-wrapper'><Button text={publishText} onClick={this.handleSubmit} disabled={disabled || this.props.is_uploading || length(text) > 500 || (text.length !== 0 && text.trim().length === 0)} block /></div>
         </div>
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
index def149e243..73aff3ad74 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
@@ -265,198 +265,286 @@
 
 .compose-form {
   padding: 10px;
-}
 
-.compose-form__warning {
-  color: darken($ui-secondary-color, 65%);
-  margin-bottom: 15px;
-  background: $ui-primary-color;
-  box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba($base-shadow-color, 0.3);
-  padding: 8px 10px;
-  border-radius: 4px;
-  font-size: 13px;
-  font-weight: 400;
-
-  strong {
+  .compose-form__warning {
     color: darken($ui-secondary-color, 65%);
-    font-weight: 500;
+    margin-bottom: 15px;
+    background: $ui-primary-color;
+    box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba($base-shadow-color, 0.3);
+    padding: 8px 10px;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    font-size: 13px;
+    font-weight: 400;
 
-    @each $lang in $cjk-langs {
-      &:lang(#{$lang}) {
-        font-weight: 700;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  a {
-    color: darken($ui-primary-color, 33%);
-    font-weight: 500;
-    text-decoration: underline;
-
-    &:hover,
-    &:active,
-    &:focus {
-      text-decoration: none;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-.compose-form__modifiers {
-  color: $ui-base-color;
-  font-family: inherit;
-  font-size: 14px;
-  background: $simple-background-color;
-  border-radius: 0 0 4px;
-}
-
-.compose-form__buttons-wrapper {
-  display: flex;
-  justify-content: space-between;
-}
-
-.compose-form__buttons {
-  padding: 10px;
-  background: darken($simple-background-color, 8%);
-  box-shadow: inset 0 5px 5px rgba($base-shadow-color, 0.05);
-  border-radius: 0 0 4px 4px;
-  display: flex;
-
-  .icon-button {
-    box-sizing: content-box;
-    padding: 0 3px;
-  }
-}
-
-.compose-form__upload-button-icon {
-  line-height: 27px;
-}
-
-.compose-form__sensitive-button {
-  display: none;
-
-  &.compose-form__sensitive-button--visible {
-    display: block;
-  }
-
-  .compose-form__sensitive-button__icon {
-    line-height: 27px;
-  }
-}
-
-.compose-form__upload-wrapper {
-  overflow: hidden;
-}
-
-.compose-form__uploads-wrapper {
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: row;
-  padding: 5px;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
-}
-
-.compose-form__upload {
-  flex: 1 1 0;
-  min-width: 40%;
-  margin: 5px;
-
-  &-description {
-    position: absolute;
-    z-index: 2;
-    bottom: 0;
-    left: 0;
-    right: 0;
-    box-sizing: border-box;
-    background: linear-gradient(0deg, rgba($base-shadow-color, 0.8) 0, rgba($base-shadow-color, 0.35) 80%, transparent);
-    padding: 10px;
-    opacity: 0;
-    transition: opacity .1s ease;
-
-    input {
-      background: transparent;
-      color: $ui-secondary-color;
-      border: 0;
-      padding: 0;
-      margin: 0;
-      width: 100%;
-      font-family: inherit;
-      font-size: 14px;
+    strong {
+      color: darken($ui-secondary-color, 65%);
       font-weight: 500;
 
+      @each $lang in $cjk-langs {
+        &:lang(#{$lang}) {
+          font-weight: 700;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    a {
+      color: darken($ui-primary-color, 33%);
+      font-weight: 500;
+      text-decoration: underline;
+
+      &:hover,
+      &:active,
       &:focus {
-        color: $white;
-      }
-
-      &::placeholder {
-        opacity: 0.54;
-        color: $ui-secondary-color;
+        text-decoration: none;
       }
     }
+  }
 
-    &.active {
-      opacity: 1;
+  .compose-form__autosuggest-wrapper {
+    position: relative;
+
+    .emoji-picker-dropdown {
+      position: absolute;
+      right: 5px;
+      top: 5px;
     }
   }
 
-  .icon-button {
-    mix-blend-mode: difference;
-  }
-}
-
-.compose-form__upload-thumbnail {
-  border-radius: 4px;
-  background-position: center;
-  background-size: cover;
-  background-repeat: no-repeat;
-  height: 100px;
-  width: 100%;
-}
-
-.compose-form__label {
-  display: block;
-  line-height: 24px;
-  vertical-align: middle;
-
-  &.with-border {
-    border-top: 1px solid $ui-base-color;
-    padding-top: 10px;
+  .autosuggest-textarea,
+  .spoiler-input {
+    position: relative;
   }
 
-  .compose-form__label__text {
-    display: inline-block;
-    vertical-align: middle;
-    margin-bottom: 14px;
-    margin-left: 8px;
-    color: $ui-primary-color;
+  .autosuggest-textarea__textarea,
+  .spoiler-input__input {
+    display: block;
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    width: 100%;
+    margin: 0;
+    color: $ui-base-color;
+    background: $simple-background-color;
+    padding: 10px;
+    font-family: inherit;
+    font-size: 14px;
+    resize: vertical;
+    border: 0;
+    outline: 0;
+
+    &:focus {
+      outline: 0;
+    }
+
+    @media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
+      font-size: 16px;
+    }
   }
-}
 
-.compose-form__textarea,
-.follow-form__input {
-  background: $simple-background-color;
-
-  &:disabled {
-    background: $ui-secondary-color;
+  .spoiler-input__input {
+    border-radius: 4px;
   }
-}
 
-.compose-form__autosuggest-wrapper {
-  position: relative;
+  .autosuggest-textarea__textarea {
+    min-height: 100px;
+    border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;
+    padding-bottom: 0;
+    padding-right: 10px + 22px;
+    resize: none;
 
-  .emoji-picker-dropdown {
+    @media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
+      height: 100px !important; // prevent auto-resize textarea
+      resize: vertical;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .autosuggest-textarea__suggestions {
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    display: none;
     position: absolute;
-    right: 5px;
-    top: 5px;
+    top: 100%;
+    width: 100%;
+    z-index: 99;
+    box-shadow: 4px 4px 6px rgba($base-shadow-color, 0.4);
+    background: $ui-secondary-color;
+    border-radius: 0 0 4px 4px;
+    color: $ui-base-color;
+    font-size: 14px;
+    padding: 6px;
+
+    &.autosuggest-textarea__suggestions--visible {
+      display: block;
+    }
   }
-}
 
-.compose-form__publish {
-  display: flex;
-  min-width: 0;
-}
+  .autosuggest-textarea__suggestions__item {
+    padding: 10px;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    border-radius: 4px;
 
-.compose-form__publish-button-wrapper {
-  overflow: hidden;
-  padding-top: 10px;
+    &:hover,
+    &:focus,
+    &:active,
+    &.selected {
+      background: darken($ui-secondary-color, 10%);
+    }
+  }
+
+  .autosuggest-account,
+  .autosuggest-emoji {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: flex-start;
+    line-height: 18px;
+    font-size: 14px;
+  }
+
+  .autosuggest-account-icon,
+  .autosuggest-emoji img {
+    display: block;
+    margin-right: 8px;
+    width: 16px;
+    height: 16px;
+  }
+
+  .autosuggest-account .display-name__account {
+    color: lighten($ui-base-color, 36%);
+  }
+
+  .compose-form__modifiers {
+    color: $ui-base-color;
+    font-family: inherit;
+    font-size: 14px;
+    background: $simple-background-color;
+
+    .compose-form__upload-wrapper {
+      overflow: hidden;
+    }
+
+    .compose-form__uploads-wrapper {
+      display: flex;
+      flex-direction: row;
+      padding: 5px;
+      flex-wrap: wrap;
+    }
+
+    .compose-form__upload {
+      flex: 1 1 0;
+      min-width: 40%;
+      margin: 5px;
+
+      &-description {
+        position: absolute;
+        z-index: 2;
+        bottom: 0;
+        left: 0;
+        right: 0;
+        box-sizing: border-box;
+        background: linear-gradient(0deg, rgba($base-shadow-color, 0.8) 0, rgba($base-shadow-color, 0.35) 80%, transparent);
+        padding: 10px;
+        opacity: 0;
+        transition: opacity .1s ease;
+
+        input {
+          background: transparent;
+          color: $ui-secondary-color;
+          border: 0;
+          padding: 0;
+          margin: 0;
+          width: 100%;
+          font-family: inherit;
+          font-size: 14px;
+          font-weight: 500;
+
+          &:focus {
+            color: $white;
+          }
+
+          &::placeholder {
+            opacity: 0.54;
+            color: $ui-secondary-color;
+          }
+        }
+
+        &.active {
+          opacity: 1;
+        }
+      }
+
+      .icon-button {
+        mix-blend-mode: difference;
+      }
+    }
+
+    .compose-form__upload-thumbnail {
+      border-radius: 4px;
+      background-position: center;
+      background-size: cover;
+      background-repeat: no-repeat;
+      height: 100px;
+      width: 100%;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .compose-form__buttons-wrapper {
+    padding: 10px;
+    background: darken($simple-background-color, 8%);
+    border-radius: 0 0 4px 4px;
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+
+    .compose-form__buttons {
+      display: flex;
+
+      .compose-form__upload-button-icon {
+        line-height: 27px;
+      }
+
+      .compose-form__sensitive-button {
+        display: none;
+
+        &.compose-form__sensitive-button--visible {
+          display: block;
+        }
+
+        .compose-form__sensitive-button__icon {
+          line-height: 27px;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    .icon-button {
+      box-sizing: content-box;
+      padding: 0 3px;
+    }
+
+    .character-counter__wrapper {
+      align-self: center;
+      margin-right: 4px;
+
+      .character-counter {
+        cursor: default;
+        font-family: 'mastodon-font-sans-serif', sans-serif;
+        font-size: 14px;
+        font-weight: 600;
+        color: lighten($ui-base-color, 12%);
+
+        &.character-counter--over {
+          color: $warning-red;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  .compose-form__publish {
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: flex-end;
+    min-width: 0;
+
+    .compose-form__publish-button-wrapper {
+      overflow: hidden;
+      padding-top: 10px;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 .emojione {
@@ -1973,121 +2061,6 @@
   cursor: default;
 }
 
-.autosuggest-textarea,
-.spoiler-input {
-  position: relative;
-}
-
-.autosuggest-textarea__textarea,
-.spoiler-input__input {
-  display: block;
-  box-sizing: border-box;
-  width: 100%;
-  margin: 0;
-  color: $ui-base-color;
-  background: $simple-background-color;
-  padding: 10px;
-  font-family: inherit;
-  font-size: 14px;
-  resize: vertical;
-  border: 0;
-  outline: 0;
-
-  &:focus {
-    outline: 0;
-  }
-
-  @media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
-    font-size: 16px;
-  }
-}
-
-.spoiler-input__input {
-  border-radius: 4px;
-}
-
-.autosuggest-textarea__textarea {
-  min-height: 100px;
-  border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;
-  padding-bottom: 0;
-  padding-right: 10px + 22px;
-  resize: none;
-
-  @media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
-    height: 100px !important; // prevent auto-resize textarea
-    resize: vertical;
-  }
-}
-
-.autosuggest-textarea__suggestions {
-  box-sizing: border-box;
-  display: none;
-  position: absolute;
-  top: 100%;
-  width: 100%;
-  z-index: 99;
-  box-shadow: 4px 4px 6px rgba($base-shadow-color, 0.4);
-  background: $ui-secondary-color;
-  border-radius: 0 0 4px 4px;
-  color: $ui-base-color;
-  font-size: 14px;
-  padding: 6px;
-
-  &.autosuggest-textarea__suggestions--visible {
-    display: block;
-  }
-}
-
-.autosuggest-textarea__suggestions__item {
-  padding: 10px;
-  cursor: pointer;
-  border-radius: 4px;
-
-  &:hover,
-  &:focus,
-  &:active,
-  &.selected {
-    background: darken($ui-secondary-color, 10%);
-  }
-}
-
-.autosuggest-account,
-.autosuggest-emoji {
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: row;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: flex-start;
-  line-height: 18px;
-  font-size: 14px;
-}
-
-.autosuggest-account-icon,
-.autosuggest-emoji img {
-  display: block;
-  margin-right: 8px;
-  width: 16px;
-  height: 16px;
-}
-
-.autosuggest-account .display-name__account {
-  color: lighten($ui-base-color, 36%);
-}
-
-.character-counter__wrapper {
-  line-height: 36px;
-  margin: 0 16px 0 8px;
-  padding-top: 10px;
-}
-
-.character-counter {
-  cursor: default;
-  font-size: 16px;
-}
-
-.character-counter--over {
-  color: $warning-red;
-}
-
 .getting-started__wrapper {
   position: relative;
   overflow-y: auto;