diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba339100..c5584b45 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -98,11 +98,16 @@
   cursor. Only applies to block cursor using inversed fg/bg
   colors. ([#1205][1205]).
 * Crash when monitor’s physical size is "too small" ([#1209][1209]).
+* Line-height adjustment when incrementing/decrementing the font size
+  with a user-set line-height ([#1218][1218]).
+* Scaling factor not being correctly applied when converting pt-or-px
+  config values (e.g. letter offsets, line height etc).
 
 [1173]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1173
 [1190]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1190
 [1205]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1205
 [1209]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1209
+[1218]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1218
 
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/terminal.c b/terminal.c
index 6cb419be..1914a229 100644
--- a/terminal.c
+++ b/terminal.c
@@ -704,6 +704,37 @@ free_custom_glyphs(struct fcft_glyph ***glyphs, size_t count)
     *glyphs = NULL;
 }
 
+static void
+term_line_height_update(struct terminal *term)
+{
+    const struct config *conf = term->conf;
+
+    if (term->conf->line_height.px < 0) {
+        term->font_line_height.pt = 0;
+        term->font_line_height.px = -1;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const float dpi = term->font_is_sized_by_dpi ? term->font_dpi : 96.;
+
+    const float font_original_pt_size =
+        conf->fonts[0].arr[0].px_size > 0
+        ? conf->fonts[0].arr[0].px_size * 72. / dpi
+        : conf->fonts[0].arr[0].pt_size;
+    const float font_current_pt_size =
+        term->font_sizes[0][0].px_size > 0
+        ? term->font_sizes[0][0].px_size * 72. / dpi
+        : term->font_sizes[0][0].pt_size;
+
+    const float change = font_current_pt_size / font_original_pt_size;
+    const float line_original_pt_size = conf->line_height.px > 0
+            ? conf->line_height.px * 72. / dpi
+            : conf->line_height.pt;
+
+    term->font_line_height.px = 0;
+    term->font_line_height.pt = fmaxf(line_original_pt_size * change, 0.);
+}
+
 static bool
 term_set_fonts(struct terminal *term, struct fcft_font *fonts[static 4])
 {
@@ -730,6 +761,8 @@ term_set_fonts(struct terminal *term, struct fcft_font *fonts[static 4])
         fonts[0], U'M', term->font_subpixel);
     int advance = M != NULL ? M->advance.x : term->fonts[0]->max_advance.x;
 
+    term_line_height_update(term);
+
     term->cell_width = advance +
         term_pt_or_px_as_pixels(term, &conf->letter_spacing);
 
@@ -913,7 +946,7 @@ term_pt_or_px_as_pixels(const struct terminal *term,
 
     return pt_or_px->px == 0
         ? round(pt_or_px->pt * scale * dpi / 72)
-        : pt_or_px->px;
+        : pt_or_px->px * scale;
 }
 
 struct font_load_data {
@@ -1078,7 +1111,6 @@ load_fonts_from_conf(struct terminal *term)
         }
     }
 
-    term->font_line_height = term->conf->line_height;
     return reload_fonts(term);
 }
 
@@ -1298,7 +1330,6 @@ term_init(const struct config *conf, struct fdm *fdm, struct reaper *reaper,
                 .pt_size = font->pt_size, .px_size = font->px_size};
         }
     }
-    term->font_line_height = conf->line_height;
 
     add_utmp_record(conf, reaper, ptmx);
 
@@ -2030,15 +2061,6 @@ term_font_size_adjust(struct terminal *term, double amount)
         }
     }
 
-    if (term->font_line_height.px >= 0) {
-        float old_pt_size = term->font_line_height.px > 0
-            ? term->font_line_height.px * 72. / dpi
-            : term->font_line_height.pt;
-
-        term->font_line_height.px = 0;
-        term->font_line_height.pt = fmaxf(old_pt_size + amount, 0.);
-    }
-
     return reload_fonts(term);
 }