diff --git a/src/layout/index.js b/src/layout/index.js
index 7b9ca3c..38ec5c0 100644
--- a/src/layout/index.js
+++ b/src/layout/index.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ module.exports = function layoutFormattedText(text, options) {
 
  		if (options.trimVerticalWhitespace) {
  			startHeightCorrection = -(adjustedLineHeights[0] / 2) - (lines[0].minAscender / 2);
- 			endHeightCorrection = -(last(adjustedLineHeights) / 2) - (last(lines).minAscender / 2) + (last(lines).maxDescender);
+ 			endHeightCorrection = -(last(adjustedLineHeights) / 2) - (last(lines).minAscender / 2);
  		} else {
  			startHeightCorrection = 0;
 			endHeightCorrection = 0;
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ module.exports = function layoutFormattedText(text, options) {
 
 		return {
 			width: Math.ceil(max(lines.map(line => line.width))),
-			height: Math.ceil(sum(adjustedLineHeights) + startHeightCorrection + endHeightCorrection),
+			height: Math.ceil(sum(adjustedLineHeights) + startHeightCorrection + endHeightCorrection + (last(lines).maxDescender)),
 			items: positionedItems,
 			drawDebugLines: function drawDebugLines(context) {
 				debugLines.forEach((debugLine) => {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ module.exports = function layoutFormattedText(text, options) {
 
 		if (options.trimVerticalWhitespace) {
 			startHeightCorrection = -(adjustedLineHeights[0] / 2) - (lines[0].measurements.ascender / 2);
-			endHeightCorrection = -(last(adjustedLineHeights) / 2) - (last(lines).measurements.ascender / 2) + (last(lines).measurements.descender);
+			endHeightCorrection = -(last(adjustedLineHeights) / 2) - (last(lines).measurements.ascender / 2);
 		} else {
 			startHeightCorrection = 0;
 			endHeightCorrection = 0;
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ module.exports = function layoutFormattedText(text, options) {
 
 		return {
 			width: Math.ceil(max(lines.map(line => line.measurements.width))),
-			height: Math.ceil(sum(adjustedLineHeights) + startHeightCorrection + endHeightCorrection),
+			height: Math.ceil(sum(adjustedLineHeights) + startHeightCorrection + endHeightCorrection + (last(lines).measurements.descender)),
 			items: positionedItems,
 			drawDebugLines: function drawDebugLines(context) {
 				debugLines.forEach((debugLine) => {