diff --git a/src/textual/widgets/_led_display.py b/src/textual/widgets/_led_display.py
index c7e1164de58..d708c1fb766 100644
--- a/src/textual/widgets/_led_display.py
+++ b/src/textual/widgets/_led_display.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+from textual.app import ComposeResult
 from textual.reactive import reactive
+from textual.widget import Widget
 from textual.widgets import Static
+from textual.containers import Horizontal, Vertical
 
 
 _character_map: dict[str, str] = {}
@@ -10,7 +13,7 @@
     "0"
 ] = """
 ┏━┓
-┃ ┃
+┃╱┃
 ┗━┛
 """
 
@@ -120,13 +123,20 @@
 ┗━╸
 """
 
-_character_map["D"] = _character_map["0"]
+_character_map[
+    "D"
+] = """
+┏━╮
+┃ ┃
+┗━╯
+"""
+
 
 _character_map[
     "E"
 ] = """
 ┏━╸
-┣━╸
+┣━ 
 ┗━╸
 """
 
@@ -202,7 +212,13 @@
 ╹ ╹
 """
 
-_character_map["O"] = _character_map["0"]
+_character_map[
+    "O"
+] = """
+╭━╮
+┃ ┃
+╰━╯
+"""
 
 _character_map[
     "P"
@@ -372,28 +388,171 @@
 __
 """
 
+_character_map[
+    ":"
+] = """
+_
+╹
+╹
+"""
+
+_character_map[
+    ";"
+] = """
+_
+╹
+╸
+"""
+
+_character_map[
+    "("
+] = """
+__╸
+_┃_
+__╸
+"""
+
+_character_map[
+    ")"
+] = """
+_╺_
+__┃
+_╺_
+"""
+
+_character_map[
+    "["
+] = """
+_┏╸
+_┃_
+_┗╸
+"""
+
+_character_map[
+    "]"
+] = """
+╺┓
+_┃
+╺┛
+"""
+
+_character_map[
+    "{"
+] = """
+_┏╸
+_┫_
+_┗╸
+"""
+
+_character_map[
+    "}"
+] = """
+╺┓
+_┣
+╺┛
+"""
+
+_character_map[
+    "<"
+] = """
+__╸
+_╸_
+__╸
+"""
+
+_character_map[
+    ">"
+] = """
+╺__
+_╺_
+╺__
+"""
+
+_character_map[
+    "@"
+] = """
+╭━╮
+╹╹┛
+╰━_
+"""
+
+_character_map[
+    "#"
+] = """
+╋╋
+╋╋
+___
+"""
+
+
 # here we strip spaces and replace underscores with spaces
 _character_map = {k: v.strip() for k, v in _character_map.items()}
 
 
-def render_digits(digits: str) -> str:
-    """Render a string of digits as 7-segment LED-like characters."""
-    lines = [""] * 3
-    for digit in digits:
-        for i, line in enumerate(_character_map[digit].splitlines()):
-            lines[i] += line.replace("_", " ")
-    return "\n".join(lines)
+def render_single_digit(digit: str):
+    return _character_map[digit].replace("_", " ")
+
+
+class SingleDigitDisplay(Static):
+    digit = reactive(" ", layout=True)
+
+    DEFAULT_CSS = """
+        SingleDigitDisplay {
+          height: 3;
+          max-width: 3;
+        }
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, initial_value=" ", **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.digit = initial_value
+
+    def watch_digit(self, digit: str) -> None:
+        """Called when the digit attribute changes."""
+        if len(digit) > 1:
+            raise ValueError(f"Expected a single character, got {len(digit)}")
+        self.update(render_single_digit(digit.upper()))
 
 
-class LedDisplay(Static):
+class LedDisplay(Widget):
     """A widget to display characters using 7-segment LED-like format."""
 
     digits = reactive("", layout=True)
 
+    DEFAULT_CSS = """
+    LedDisplay {
+        layout: horizontal;
+        height: 5;
+    }
+    """
+
     def __init__(self, initial_value="", **kwargs):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self._displays = [SingleDigitDisplay(d) for d in initial_value]
         self.digits = initial_value
+        self.previous_digits = initial_value
+
+    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
+        for led_display in self._displays:
+            yield led_display
 
     def watch_digits(self, digits: str) -> None:
-        """Called when the time attribute changes."""
-        self.update(render_digits(digits.upper()))
+        """
+        Called when the digits attribute changes.
+        Here we update the display widgets to match the number of digits.
+        """
+        diff_digits_len = len(digits) - len(self._displays)
+        if diff_digits_len > 0:
+            # add new displays
+            start = len(self._displays)
+            for i in range(diff_digits_len):
+                new_widget = SingleDigitDisplay(digits[start + i])
+                self._displays.append(new_widget)
+                self.mount(new_widget)
+        elif diff_digits_len < 0:
+            # remove displays
+            for display in self._displays[diff_digits_len:]:
+                display.remove()
+                self._displays.remove(display)
+        for i, d in enumerate(self.digits):
+            self._displays[i].digit = d