File line-spacing-fix.patch of Package rxvt-unicode
Description: use ascent, descent and height from XftFont *f instead of FT_Face face.
this somehow reproduces the behaviour of the line height as seen on xterm.
--- src/rxvtfont.C.orig
+++ src/rxvtfont.C
@@ -1239,9 +1239,9 @@ rxvt_font_xft::load (const rxvt_fontprop
FT_Face face = XftLockFace (f);
- ascent = (face->size->metrics.ascender + 63) >> 6;
- descent = (-face->size->metrics.descender + 63) >> 6;
- height = max (ascent + descent, (face->size->metrics.height + 63) >> 6);
+ ascent = f->ascent;
+ descent = f->descent;
+ height = max (ascent + descent, f->height);
width = 0;
bool scalable = face->face_flags & FT_FACE_FLAG_SCALABLE;