diff --git a/core/src/gdx/diablo/codec/FontTBL.java b/core/src/gdx/diablo/codec/FontTBL.java
index 55302a9f..888a69c6 100644
--- a/core/src/gdx/diablo/codec/FontTBL.java
+++ b/core/src/gdx/diablo/codec/FontTBL.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class FontTBL {
 
         CharData cData = FontTBL.this.cData[c];
         glyph.width = cData.width;
-        glyph.height = charHeight - 1;
+        glyph.height = charHeight; // this was  {@code charHeight - 1} before, maybe because of no glyph padding in the backing texture
         glyph.yoffset = -(2 * glyph.height);
         glyph.xadvance = glyph.width;