diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4ae5f985..0e0cc8c1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
   mode ([#1503][1503]).
 * Crash when a scrollback search match is in the last column.
 * Scrollback search: grapheme clusters not matching correctly.
+* Wrong baseline offset for some fonts ([#1511][1511]).
 
 [1436]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1436
 [1464]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1464
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@
 [1493]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/pulls/1493
 [1498]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1498
 [1503]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1503
+[1511]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1511
 
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/box-drawing.c b/box-drawing.c
index 07f415cb..cf351b31 100644
--- a/box-drawing.c
+++ b/box-drawing.c
@@ -3011,7 +3011,7 @@ box_drawing(const struct terminal *term, char32_t wc)
         .cols = 1,
         .pix = buf.pix,
         .x = -term->font_x_ofs,
-        .y = term_font_baseline(term),
+        .y = term->font_baseline,
         .width = width,
         .height = height,
         .advance = {
diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index 231d2b63..81e9a0a4 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ draw_beam_cursor(const struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix,
                  const struct fcft_font *font,
                  const pixman_color_t *color, int x, int y)
 {
-    int baseline = y + term_font_baseline(term) - term->fonts[0]->ascent;
+    int baseline = y + term->font_baseline - term->fonts[0]->ascent;
     pixman_image_fill_rectangles(
         PIXMAN_OP_SRC, pix, color,
         1, &(pixman_rectangle16_t){
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ draw_beam_cursor(const struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix,
 static int
 underline_offset(const struct terminal *term, const struct fcft_font *font)
 {
-    return term_font_baseline(term) -
+    return term->font_baseline -
         (term->conf->use_custom_underline_offset
          ? -term_pt_or_px_as_pixels(term, &term->conf->underline_offset)
          : font->underline.position);
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ draw_strikeout(const struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix,
     pixman_image_fill_rectangles(
         PIXMAN_OP_SRC, pix, color,
         1, &(pixman_rectangle16_t){
-            x, y + term_font_baseline(term) - font->strikeout.position,
+            x, y + term->font_baseline - font->strikeout.position,
             cols * term->cell_width, font->strikeout.thickness});
 }
 
@@ -776,13 +776,13 @@ render_cell(struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix, pixman_region32_t *damag
             if (!(cell->attrs.blink && term->blink.state == BLINK_OFF)) {
                 pixman_image_composite32(
                     PIXMAN_OP_OVER, glyph->pix, NULL, pix, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-                    pen_x + letter_x_ofs + g_x, y + term_font_baseline(term) - g_y,
+                    pen_x + letter_x_ofs + g_x, y + term->font_baseline - g_y,
                     glyph->width, glyph->height);
             }
         } else {
             pixman_image_composite32(
                 PIXMAN_OP_OVER, clr_pix, glyph->pix, pix, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-                pen_x + letter_x_ofs + g_x, y + term_font_baseline(term) - g_y,
+                pen_x + letter_x_ofs + g_x, y + term->font_baseline - g_y,
                 glyph->width, glyph->height);
 
             /* Combining characters */
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ render_cell(struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix, pixman_region32_t *damag
                         /* Some fonts use a negative offset, while others use a
                          * "normal" offset */
                         pen_x + x_ofs + g->x,
-                        y + term_font_baseline(term) - g->y,
+                        y + term->font_baseline - g->y,
                         g->width, g->height);
                 }
             }
@@ -3411,7 +3411,7 @@ render_search_box(struct terminal *term)
             /* Glyph surface is a pre-rendered image (typically a color emoji...) */
             pixman_image_composite32(
                 PIXMAN_OP_OVER, glyph->pix, NULL, buf->pix[0], 0, 0, 0, 0,
-                x + x_ofs + glyph->x, y + term_font_baseline(term) - glyph->y,
+                x + x_ofs + glyph->x, y + term->font_baseline - glyph->y,
                 glyph->width, glyph->height);
         } else {
             int combining_ofs = width == 0
@@ -3423,7 +3423,7 @@ render_search_box(struct terminal *term)
             pixman_image_composite32(
                 PIXMAN_OP_OVER, src, glyph->pix, buf->pix[0], 0, 0, 0, 0,
                 x + x_ofs + combining_ofs + glyph->x,
-                y + term_font_baseline(term) - glyph->y,
+                y + term->font_baseline - glyph->y,
             glyph->width, glyph->height);
             pixman_image_unref(src);
         }
diff --git a/terminal.c b/terminal.c
index 9a76488e..efbbded1 100644
--- a/terminal.c
+++ b/terminal.c
@@ -774,6 +774,8 @@ term_set_fonts(struct terminal *term, struct fcft_font *fonts[static 4],
     term->font_x_ofs = term_pt_or_px_as_pixels(term, &conf->horizontal_letter_offset);
     term->font_y_ofs = term_pt_or_px_as_pixels(term, &conf->vertical_letter_offset);
 
+    term->font_baseline = term_font_baseline(term);
+
     LOG_INFO("cell width=%d, height=%d", term->cell_width, term->cell_height);
 
     sixel_cell_size_changed(term);
@@ -2189,10 +2191,18 @@ term_font_baseline(const struct terminal *term)
 {
     const struct fcft_font *font = term->fonts[0];
     const int line_height = term->cell_height;
-    const int font_height = max(font->height, font->ascent + font->descent);
-    const int glyph_top_y = round((line_height - font_height) / 2.);
+    const int font_height = font->ascent + font->descent;
 
-    return term->font_y_ofs + glyph_top_y + font->ascent;
+    /*
+     * Center glyph on the line *if* using a custom line height,
+     * otherwise the baseline is simply 'descent' pixels above the
+     * bottom of the cell
+     */
+    const int glyph_top_y = term->font_line_height.px >= 0
+        ? round((line_height - font_height) / 2.)
+        : 0;
+
+    return term->font_y_ofs + line_height - glyph_top_y - font->descent;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/terminal.h b/terminal.h
index da873ae6..a8b65198 100644
--- a/terminal.h
+++ b/terminal.h
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ struct terminal {
     bool font_is_sized_by_dpi;
     int16_t font_x_ofs;
     int16_t font_y_ofs;
+    int16_t font_baseline;
     enum fcft_subpixel font_subpixel;
 
     struct {