Merge pull request #1669 from Airblader/feature-docs-2

[i3/i3] / libi3 / font.c

diff --git a/libi3/font.c b/libi3/font.c
index df478fb4fc87f69e6a7d659b4bec7ab8cee4a10d..0f30e74eb517a4cf2d2253671984fa57d952d9e6 100644 (file)
--- a/libi3/font.c
+++ b/libi3/font.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * vim:ts=4:sw=4:expandtab
  *
  * i3 - an improved dynamic tiling window manager
- * © 2009-2013 Michael Stapelberg and contributors (see also: LICENSE)
+ * © 2009 Michael Stapelberg and contributors (see also: LICENSE)
  *
  */
 #include <assert.h>
@@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ static void draw_text_pango(const char *text, size_t text_len,
     cairo_set_source_rgb(cr, pango_font_red, pango_font_green, pango_font_blue);
     pango_cairo_update_layout(cr, layout);
     pango_layout_get_pixel_size(layout, NULL, &height);
-    cairo_move_to(cr, x, y - 0.5 * (height - savedFont->height));
+    /* Center the piece of text vertically if its height is smaller than the
+     * cached font height, and just let "high" symbols fall out otherwise. */
+    int yoffset = (height < savedFont->height ? 0.5 : 1) * (height - savedFont->height);
+    cairo_move_to(cr, x, y - yoffset);
     pango_cairo_show_layout(cr, layout);
 
     /* Free resources */
@@ -455,7 +458,7 @@ static int xcb_query_text_width(const xcb_char2b_t *text, size_t text_len) {
                                                                          cookie, &error);
     if (reply == NULL) {
         /* We return a safe estimate because a rendering error is better than
-         * a crash. Plus, the user will see the error in his log. */
+         * a crash. Plus, the user will see the error in their log. */
         fprintf(stderr, "Could not get text extents (X error code %d)\n",
                 error->error_code);
         return savedFont->specific.xcb.info->max_bounds.character_width * text_len;