--- SDL_ttf.c_bug4361	2018-11-06 14:14:58.116885653 +0100
+++ SDL_ttf.c	2018-11-06 14:50:47.646939939 +0100
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@
     Uint8 *alpha_table = NULL;
     Uint8 *utf8_alloc = NULL;
 
-    int line, numLines, rowHeight;
+    int line, numLines, lineskip, rowHeight;
     char *str = NULL, **strLines = NULL, **newLines = NULL;
 
     TTF_CHECKPOINTER(font, NULL);
@@ -1780,10 +1780,11 @@
         } while (tok < end);
     }
 
-    rowHeight = SDL_max(height, TTF_FontLineSkip(font));
+    lineskip = TTF_FontLineSkip(font);
+    rowHeight = SDL_max(height, lineskip);
 
     width = (numLines > 1) ? wrapLength : width;
-    height = rowHeight * numLines;
+    height = rowHeight + lineskip * (numLines - 1);
 
     /* Create surface for rendering */
     if (render_mode == RENDER_SOLID) {
@@ -1807,7 +1808,7 @@
         TTF_Size_Internal(font, text, STR_UTF8, &line_width, NULL, &xstart, &ystart);
 
         /* Move to current line */
-        ystart += rowHeight * line;
+        ystart += lineskip * line;
 
         /* Render one text line to textbuf */
         if (Render_Line(font, textbuf, text, xstart, ystart, render_mode, color, alpha_table, line_width /* style line width */, 1 /* wrapped */) < 0) {