diff --git a/src/Font.cc b/src/Font.cc
index 74ef8d3..e46c486 100644
--- a/src/Font.cc
+++ b/src/Font.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "Font.h"
 #include "GLTexture.h"
-#include <iostream>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <ft2build.h>
 #include FT_FREETYPE_H
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ static VALUE Font_new(VALUE klass, VALUE fname, VALUE size)
     }
 
     int line_height = round_up_26_6(font->face->size->metrics.height);
-    int baseline_offset = (line_height - (max_top - min_bottom)) / 2;
+    int baseline_offset = (line_height - (max_top - min_bottom)) / 2 - min_bottom;
 
     VALUE rv = Data_Wrap_Struct(klass, NULL, Font_free, font);
     rb_iv_set(rv, "@advance", INT2FIX(get_glyph(font, 'x')->get_advance()));
@@ -131,6 +130,7 @@ void Font_Init()
     rb_define_singleton_method(ruby_class, "new", (VALUE(*)(...))Font_new, 2);
     rb_define_attr(ruby_class, "advance", 1, 0);
     rb_define_attr(ruby_class, "line_height", 1, 0);
+    rb_define_attr(ruby_class, "baseline_offset", 1, 0);
 }
 
 Glyph::Glyph()