diff --git a/Models/ScoreboardLayout.cs b/Models/ScoreboardLayout.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace ytLive.Models;
+
+/// <summary>Which edge a full-width bar occupies.</summary>
+public enum BarEdge
+{
+    Top,
+    Bottom,
+}
+
+/// <summary>The scoreboard's placement and line-fitting arithmetic, kept pure so both are testable
+/// without a renderer.
+///
+/// <para>Two rules from the creator (2026-10-30):
+/// the strip and the social bar are a COUPLED pair that own opposite edges, resolved at render time
+/// from what is actually visible; and a strip that does not fit SHRINKS to a floor and then wraps to
+/// a second line — it never scrolls, because a creator reading the screen cannot wait for the fact
+/// to come round.</para></summary>
+public static class ScoreboardLayout
+{
+    public const double FloorFontSize = 14;
+    public const double MaxFontSize = 24;
+
+    /// <summary>Result of fitting the enabled tiles into one strip.</summary>
+    public readonly record struct Fit(double FontSize, int LineCount, bool Shrunk)
+    {
+        public bool Wrapped => LineCount > 1;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Resolves the edge pair. When both bars are visible they take opposite edges; the
+    /// social bar keeps its own choice and the scoreboard is pushed to the other one. When either is
+    /// hidden the survivor keeps its preferred edge — so hiding the scoreboard frees the social bar
+    /// to sit anywhere, exactly as the creator asked.</summary>
+    public static (BarEdge Social, BarEdge Scoreboard) ResolveEdges(
+        bool socialVisible, BarEdge socialPreferred,
+        bool scoreboardVisible, BarEdge scoreboardPreferred)
+    {
+        if (socialVisible && scoreboardVisible)
+            return (socialPreferred, Opposite(socialPreferred));
+
+        return (socialPreferred, scoreboardPreferred);
+    }
+
+    public static BarEdge Opposite(BarEdge edge) => edge == BarEdge.Top ? BarEdge.Bottom : BarEdge.Top;
+
+    /// <summary>Fits measured tile widths (at <paramref name="requestedSize"/>) into the available
+    /// width: full size if they fit, otherwise shrink, and only if the shrink would drop below the
+    /// legibility floor does it wrap. Widths are passed in because the renderer MEASURES them —
+    /// guessing a character width would make the fit lie for a wide glyph or a long handle.</summary>
+    public static Fit FitLine(IReadOnlyList<double> tileWidths, double separatorWidth,
+        double availableWidth, double requestedSize = MaxFontSize, double floorSize = FloorFontSize)
+    {
+        var count = tileWidths?.Count ?? 0;
+        if (count == 0 || availableWidth <= 0)
+            return new Fit(requestedSize, 1, false);
+
+        var total = tileWidths!.Sum() + separatorWidth * (count - 1);
+        if (total <= availableWidth)
+            return new Fit(requestedSize, 1, false);
+
+        var scaled = requestedSize * (availableWidth / total);
+        if (scaled >= floorSize)
+            return new Fit(scaled, 1, true);
+
+        // Below the floor: keep the floor and wrap. Greedy packing, measured widths scaled to the
+        // floor size so the line breaks match what is actually drawn.
+        var factor = floorSize / requestedSize;
+        var lines = 1;
+        var lineWidth = 0.0;
+        foreach (var width in tileWidths)
+        {
+            var w = width * factor;
+            var needed = lineWidth == 0 ? w : lineWidth + separatorWidth + w;
+            if (needed > availableWidth && lineWidth > 0)
+            {
+                lines++;
+                lineWidth = w;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                lineWidth = needed;
+            }
+        }
+        return new Fit(floorSize, lines, true);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ytLive.Tests/ScoreboardLayoutTests.cs b/ytLive.Tests/ScoreboardLayoutTests.cs
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+using Xunit;
+using ytLive.Models;
+
+namespace ytLive.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>Two creator rulings live here: the strip and the social bar own OPPOSITE edges (coupled,
+/// resolved from what is visible), and a strip that does not fit shrinks to a legibility floor and
+/// then wraps — it never scrolls.</summary>
+public class ScoreboardLayoutTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Bars_never_share_an_edge_and_an_overlong_strip_shrinks_then_wraps()
+    {
+        // Both visible: opposite edges, whatever the scoreboard asked for.
+        Assert.Equal((BarEdge.Top, BarEdge.Bottom),
+            ScoreboardLayout.ResolveEdges(true, BarEdge.Top, true, BarEdge.Top));
+        Assert.Equal((BarEdge.Bottom, BarEdge.Top),
+            ScoreboardLayout.ResolveEdges(true, BarEdge.Bottom, true, BarEdge.Bottom));
+
+        // Social bar hidden: the scoreboard keeps its own preference.
+        Assert.Equal((BarEdge.Top, BarEdge.Bottom),
+            ScoreboardLayout.ResolveEdges(false, BarEdge.Top, true, BarEdge.Bottom));
+
+        // Scoreboard hidden: the social bar is free.
+        Assert.Equal((BarEdge.Bottom, BarEdge.Top),
+            ScoreboardLayout.ResolveEdges(true, BarEdge.Bottom, false, BarEdge.Top));
+
+        // Fits at full size.
+        var fit = ScoreboardLayout.FitLine(new[] { 200.0, 200.0, 200.0 }, 40, 1920);
+        Assert.Equal(ScoreboardLayout.MaxFontSize, fit.FontSize);
+        Assert.Equal(1, fit.LineCount);
+        Assert.False(fit.Shrunk);
+
+        // Too wide for full size, but a shrink keeps it on one line.
+        fit = ScoreboardLayout.FitLine(new[] { 400.0, 400.0, 400.0 }, 40, 900);
+        Assert.True(fit.FontSize < ScoreboardLayout.MaxFontSize);
+        Assert.True(fit.FontSize >= ScoreboardLayout.FloorFontSize);
+        Assert.Equal(1, fit.LineCount);
+        Assert.True(fit.Shrunk);
+
+        // Far too wide even at the floor: two lines, never a scroll.
+        fit = ScoreboardLayout.FitLine(new[] { 600.0, 600.0, 600.0, 600.0 }, 40, 700);
+        Assert.Equal(ScoreboardLayout.FloorFontSize, fit.FontSize);
+        Assert.True(fit.LineCount > 1);
+        Assert.True(fit.Wrapped);
+
+        // Nothing enabled: no crash, no lines invented.
+        Assert.Equal(1, ScoreboardLayout.FitLine(System.Array.Empty<double>(), 40, 1920).LineCount);
+    }
+}