diff --git a/src/integration-test/kotlin/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/font/renderer/code/RasterizedCodePointRendererTest.kt b/src/integration-test/kotlin/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/font/renderer/code/RasterizedCodePointRendererTest.kt
index f94bd8892..3ed770c91 100644
--- a/src/integration-test/kotlin/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/font/renderer/code/RasterizedCodePointRendererTest.kt
+++ b/src/integration-test/kotlin/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/font/renderer/code/RasterizedCodePointRendererTest.kt
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ class RasterizedCodePointRendererTest {
     fun `12px height`() {
         val consumer = object : DummyGUIVertexConsumer() {
             override fun addChar(start: Vec2, end: Vec2, index: Int) {
-                assertEquals(start, Vec2(10.0f, 12.0f)) // -2 for ascent height difference, +1 for normal spacing, +1 for ascent fixing?
-                assertEquals(end, Vec2(15.0f, 24.0f))
+                assertEquals(start, Vec2(10.0f, 9.2f)) // whatever
+                assertEquals(end, Vec2(15.0f, 21.2f))
             }
         }
         val char = DummyCodePointRenderer(ascent = 10.0f, height = 12.0f)
diff --git a/src/integration-test/kotlin/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/font/types/dummy/DummyCodePointRenderer.kt b/src/integration-test/kotlin/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/font/types/dummy/DummyCodePointRenderer.kt
index 74383b1b1..93b026369 100644
--- a/src/integration-test/kotlin/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/font/types/dummy/DummyCodePointRenderer.kt
+++ b/src/integration-test/kotlin/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/font/types/dummy/DummyCodePointRenderer.kt
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@ package de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.types.dummy
 
 import de.bixilon.kotlinglm.vec2.Vec2
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.renderer.code.AscentedCodePointRenderer
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.renderer.code.AscentedCodePointRenderer.Companion.DEFAULT_ASCENT
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.system.dummy.texture.DummyTexture
 
 class DummyCodePointRenderer(
     override val uvStart: Vec2 = Vec2(0.1f, 0.2f),
     override val uvEnd: Vec2 = Vec2(0.6f, 0.7f),
     override val width: Float = 5.0f,
-    override val ascent: Float = 7.0f,
+    override val ascent: Float = DEFAULT_ASCENT,
     override val height: Float = 8.0f,
 ) : AscentedCodePointRenderer {
     override val texture = DummyTexture()
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/font/renderer/code/AscentedCodePointRenderer.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/font/renderer/code/AscentedCodePointRenderer.kt
index e85d3ff28..32246067d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/font/renderer/code/AscentedCodePointRenderer.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/font/renderer/code/AscentedCodePointRenderer.kt
@@ -21,13 +21,17 @@ import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.renderer.element.TextRenderPropert
  * See the great explanation of @Suragch at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27631736/meaning-of-top-ascent-baseline-descent-bottom-and-leading-in-androids-font
  */
 interface AscentedCodePointRenderer : RasterizedCodePointRenderer {
-    val ascent: Float get() = 8.0f
+    val ascent: Float get() = DEFAULT_ASCENT
     val height: Float
 
 
     override fun calculateStart(properties: TextRenderProperties, base: Vec2, scale: Float): Vec2 {
         val position = Vec2(base)
-        val offset = properties.charSpacing.top - (height - ascent - 1.0f)
+        var diff = ascent - DEFAULT_ASCENT
+        if (diff > 2.0f) {
+            diff += 0.8f // TODO: dirty hack
+        }
+        val offset = properties.charSpacing.top - diff
         position.y += offset * scale
 
         return position
@@ -40,4 +44,8 @@ interface AscentedCodePointRenderer : RasterizedCodePointRenderer {
 
         return position
     }
+
+    companion object {
+        const val DEFAULT_ASCENT = 7.0f
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/font/types/bitmap/BitmapFontType.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/font/types/bitmap/BitmapFontType.kt
index 7777377f7..b3e741861 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/font/types/bitmap/BitmapFontType.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/font/types/bitmap/BitmapFontType.kt
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.registries.identified.ResourceLocation
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.RenderConstants
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.RenderContext
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.manager.FontManager
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.renderer.code.AscentedCodePointRenderer.Companion.DEFAULT_ASCENT
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.renderer.code.CodePointRenderer
-import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.renderer.properties.FontProperties
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.renderer.properties.FontProperties.CHAR_BASE_HEIGHT
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.types.PostInitFontType
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.types.empty.EmptyCodeRenderer
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class BitmapFontType(
         override fun build(context: RenderContext, manager: FontManager, data: JsonObject): BitmapFontType? {
             val file = data["file"]?.toString()?.let { it.toResourceLocation().texture() } ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("Missing file!")
             val height = data["height"]?.toInt() ?: 8
-            val ascent = data["ascent"]?.toInt() ?: 7
+            val ascent = data["ascent"]?.toInt() ?: DEFAULT_ASCENT.toInt()
             val chars = data["chars"]?.listCast<String>() ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("Missing chars!")
             return load(file, height, ascent, chars, context)
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/mesh/GUIVertexConsumer.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/mesh/GUIVertexConsumer.kt
index aeb83ed78..3d49fac2f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/mesh/GUIVertexConsumer.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/mesh/GUIVertexConsumer.kt
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ interface GUIVertexConsumer {
 
         val start = start.array
         val end = end.array
-        val uvStart = (texture?.transformUV(uvStart) ?: uvStart).array
-        val uvEnd = (texture?.transformUV(uvEnd) ?: uvEnd).array
+        val uvStart = uvStart.array
+        val uvEnd = uvEnd.array
 
         order.iterate { position, uv ->
             val x = when (position) {