diff --git a/src/gui/gui_scene.cpp b/src/gui/gui_scene.cpp
index 45fded7fb..4c8ea93b8 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui_scene.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/gui_scene.cpp
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ struct GUISceneImpl final : GUIScene
 
 				switch (rect.text->vertical_align) {
 					case TextVAlign::TOP: break;
-					case TextVAlign::MIDDLE: text_pos.y = (t + b + font_size) * 0.5f; break;
-					case TextVAlign::BOTTOM: text_pos.y = b; break;
+					case TextVAlign::MIDDLE: text_pos.y = (t + b + getAscender(*font) - getDescender(*font)) * 0.5f; break;
+					case TextVAlign::BOTTOM: text_pos.y = b + getDescender(*font); break;
 				}
 
 				switch (rect.text->horizontal_align) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/font.cpp b/src/renderer/font.cpp
index 4e8ea53aa..d9b9e520c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/font.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer/font.cpp
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ struct Font {
 	FontResource* resource;
 	HashMap<u32, Glyph> glyphs;
 	u32 font_size = 0;
+	float descender = 0;
+	float ascender = 0;
 	u32 ref = 0;
 };
 
-float getAdvanceY(const Font& font) {
-	return float(font.font_size);
-}
+float getAdvanceY(const Font& font) { return float(font.font_size); }
+float getDescender(const Font& font) { return font.descender; }
+float getAscender(const Font& font) { return font.ascender; }
 
 const Glyph* findGlyph(const Font& font, u32 codepoint) {
 	auto iter = font.glyphs.find(codepoint);
@@ -152,6 +154,8 @@ bool FontManager::build()
 			continue;
 		}
 		
+		font->descender = face->descender / 64.f;
+		font->ascender = face->ascender / 64.f;
 		for (Glyph& c : font->glyphs) {
 			c.u0 = c.v0 = 0;
 			c.u1 = c.v1 = 1;
diff --git a/src/renderer/font.h b/src/renderer/font.h
index 2bdd193fa..6fd336b2e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/font.h
+++ b/src/renderer/font.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ struct Glyph {
 LUMIX_RENDERER_API Vec2 measureTextA(const Font& font, const char* str, const char* str_end);
 LUMIX_RENDERER_API const Glyph* findGlyph(const Font& font, u32 codepoint);
 LUMIX_RENDERER_API float getAdvanceY(const Font& font);
+LUMIX_RENDERER_API float getDescender(const Font& font);
+LUMIX_RENDERER_API float getAscender(const Font& font);
 
 
 struct LUMIX_RENDERER_API FontResource final : Resource