diff --git a/examples/text/text_codepoints_loading.c b/examples/text/text_codepoints_loading.c
index c69803c12178..95a81dfc36f7 100644
--- a/examples/text/text_codepoints_loading.c
+++ b/examples/text/text_codepoints_loading.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ int main(void)
     // Set bilinear scale filter for better font scaling
     SetTextureFilter(font.texture, TEXTURE_FILTER_BILINEAR);
 
-    SetTextLineSpacing(54);         // Set line spacing for multiline text (when line breaks are included '\n')
+    SetTextLineSpacing(20);         // Set line spacing for multiline text (when line breaks are included '\n')
 
     // Free codepoints, atlas has already been generated
     free(codepointsNoDups);
diff --git a/examples/text/text_font_loading.c b/examples/text/text_font_loading.c
index 2c8786c42478..6b98a4e8a835 100644
--- a/examples/text/text_font_loading.c
+++ b/examples/text/text_font_loading.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ int main(void)
     // NOTE: We define a font base size of 32 pixels tall and up-to 250 characters
     Font fontTtf = LoadFontEx("resources/pixantiqua.ttf", 32, 0, 250);
 
-    SetTextLineSpacing(48);         // Set line spacing for multiline text (when line breaks are included '\n')
+    SetTextLineSpacing(16);         // Set line spacing for multiline text (when line breaks are included '\n')
 
     bool useTtf = false;
 
diff --git a/src/rtext.c b/src/rtext.c
index 47f3e062af9f..3544ff8daf47 100644
--- a/src/rtext.c
+++ b/src/rtext.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static Font LoadBMFont(const char *fileName);   // Load a BMFont file (AngelCode
 #if defined(SUPPORT_FILEFORMAT_BDF)
 static GlyphInfo *LoadFontDataBDF(const unsigned char *fileData, int dataSize, int *codepoints, int codepointCount, int *outFontSize);
 #endif
-static int textLineSpacing = 15;                // Text vertical line spacing in pixels
+static int textLineSpacing = 2;                 // Text vertical line spacing in pixels (between lines)
 
 #if defined(SUPPORT_DEFAULT_FONT)
 extern void LoadFontDefault(void);
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ void DrawTextEx(Font font, const char *text, Vector2 position, float fontSize, f
         if (codepoint == '\n')
         {
             // NOTE: Line spacing is a global variable, use SetTextLineSpacing() to setup
-            textOffsetY += textLineSpacing;
+            textOffsetY += (fontSize + textLineSpacing);
             textOffsetX = 0.0f;
         }
         else
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ void DrawTextCodepoints(Font font, const int *codepoints, int codepointCount, Ve
         if (codepoints[i] == '\n')
         {
             // NOTE: Line spacing is a global variable, use SetTextLineSpacing() to setup
-            textOffsetY += textLineSpacing;
+            textOffsetY += (fontSize + textLineSpacing);
             textOffsetX = 0.0f;
         }
         else
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ Vector2 MeasureTextEx(Font font, const char *text, float fontSize, float spacing
             textWidth = 0;
 
             // NOTE: Line spacing is a global variable, use SetTextLineSpacing() to setup
-            textHeight += (float)textLineSpacing;
+            textHeight += (fontSize + textLineSpacing);
         }
 
         if (tempByteCounter < byteCounter) tempByteCounter = byteCounter;