diff --git a/docs/examples/widgets/digit_display_reacting.py b/docs/examples/widgets/digit_display_reacting.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46318a1e134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/examples/widgets/digit_display_reacting.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
+from textual.widgets import Input
+from textual.widgets import DigitDisplay
+
+
+class MyApp(App):
+    BINDINGS = []
+
+    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
+        yield Input(placeholder="Type something:")
+        yield DigitDisplay("")
+
+    def on_input_changed(self, event: Input.Changed) -> None:
+        display: DigitDisplay = self.query_one(DigitDisplay)
+        display.digits = "".join(d for d in event.value if d in DigitDisplay.supported_digits)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app = MyApp()
+    app.run()
diff --git a/docs/widget_gallery.md b/docs/widget_gallery.md
index 18d2fd00d3f..1451c5d3cae 100644
--- a/docs/widget_gallery.md
+++ b/docs/widget_gallery.md
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ A powerful data table, with configurable cursors.
 ```{.textual path="docs/examples/widgets/data_table.py"}
 ```
 
+## DigitDisplay
+
+A widget to display digits and basic arithmetic operators using Unicode blocks.
+
+[DigitDisplay reference](./widgets/digit_display.md){ .md-button .md-button--primary }
+
+```{.textual path="docs/examples/widgets/digit_display.py"}
+```
+
 ## DirectoryTree
 
 A tree view of files and folders.
diff --git a/docs/widgets/digit_display.md b/docs/widgets/digit_display.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e451aee1465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/widgets/digit_display.md
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# DigitDisplay
+
+A widget to display digits and basic arithmetic operators using Unicode blocks.
+
+- [ ] Focusable
+- [ ] Container
+
+## Examples
+
+=== "Static example"
+
+    ```{.textual path="docs/examples/widgets/digit_display.py"}
+    ```
+
+=== "digit_display.py"
+
+    ```python
+    --8<-- "docs/examples/widgets/digit_display.py"
+    ```
+
+=== "Reacting to an input"
+
+    ```{.textual path="docs/examples/widgets/digit_display_reacting.py"}
+    ```
+
+=== "digit_display_reacting.py"
+
+    ```python
+    --8<-- "docs/examples/widgets/digit_display_reacting.py"
+    ```
+
+## Reactive attributes
+
+| Name     | Type     | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                                      |
+| ------   | ------   | ------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
+| `digits` | `str`    | `""`    | Use this to update the digits to be displayed. |
+
+
+## Read-only attributes
+
+| Name                   | Type             | Description                                    |
+| ------                 | ------           | ----------------------------------------- |
+| `supported_digits`     | `frozenset[str]` | Contains the list of supported digits/characters.
+
+## Messages
+
+This widget sends no messages.
+
+
+## Bindings
+
+This widget defines no bindings.
+
+
+## Component classes
+
+This widget provides no component classes.
+
+
+---
+
+
+::: textual.widgets.DigitDisplay
+    options:
+      heading_level: 2
diff --git a/src/textual/widgets/_digit_display.py b/src/textual/widgets/_digit_display.py
index cb8aaa37473..fdbb8d9215d 100644
--- a/src/textual/widgets/_digit_display.py
+++ b/src/textual/widgets/_digit_display.py
@@ -197,11 +197,11 @@
 }
 
 
-class SingleDigitDisplay(Static):
+class _SingleDigitDisplay(Static):
     digit = reactive(" ", layout=True)
 
     DEFAULT_CSS = """
-        SingleDigitDisplay {
+        _SingleDigitDisplay {
           height: 3;
           min-width: 2;
           max-width: 3;
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ class DigitDisplay(Widget):
 
     digits = reactive("", layout=True)
 
+    supported_digits = frozenset(_character_map.keys())
+
     DEFAULT_CSS = """
     DigitDisplay {
         layout: horizontal;
@@ -233,7 +235,7 @@ class DigitDisplay(Widget):
 
     def __init__(self, initial_value="", **kwargs):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
-        self._displays = [SingleDigitDisplay(d) for d in initial_value]
+        self._displays = [_SingleDigitDisplay(d) for d in initial_value]
         self.digits = initial_value
 
     def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
@@ -241,7 +243,7 @@ def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
             yield widget
 
     def _add_digit_widget(self, digit: str) -> None:
-        new_widget = SingleDigitDisplay(digit)
+        new_widget = _SingleDigitDisplay(digit)
         self._displays.append(new_widget)
         self.mount(new_widget)