diff --git a/src/font_render_capi.cpp b/src/font_render_capi.cpp
index 4b2f3131..9423f5a9 100644
--- a/src/font_render_capi.cpp
+++ b/src/font_render_capi.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ int FontRendererDrawText(FontRenderer *fr_, RenColor *pixels, int width, int hei
     font_renderer_lcd *font_renderer = (font_renderer_lcd *) fr_;
     agg::rendering_buffer ren_buf((agg::int8u *) pixels, width, height, -pitch);
     const agg::rgba8 agg_color(color.r, color.g, color.b);
-    double new_x = font_renderer->render_text(ren_buf, (double) text_size, agg_color, (double) x, (double) y, text);
+    double new_x = font_renderer->render_text(ren_buf, (double) text_size, agg_color, (double) x, (double) (height - y), text);
     return int(new_x);
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer.c b/src/renderer.c
index 8c8cc7db..a2209f9f 100644
--- a/src/renderer.c
+++ b/src/renderer.c
@@ -335,9 +335,8 @@ void ren_draw_image(RenImage *image, RenRect *sub, int x, int y, RenColor color)
 
 int ren_draw_text(RenFont *font, const char *text, int x, int y, RenColor color) {
   SDL_Surface *surf = SDL_GetWindowSurface(window);
-  // FIXME: pixels are arranged in bgra order while AGG::fontrender use rgb
   RenColor *pixels = (RenColor*) surf->pixels;
-  return FontRendererDrawText(font->renderer, pixels, surf->w, surf->h, surf->pitch, text, font->height, x, y, color);
+  return FontRendererDrawText(font->renderer, pixels, surf->w, surf->h, surf->pitch, text, font->height * 0.8, x, y, color);
 #if 0
   RenRect rect;
   const char *p = text;