diff --git a/src/fbprimitive.c b/src/fbprimitive.c
index a7f0ea0..189c62d 100644
--- a/src/fbprimitive.c
+++ b/src/fbprimitive.c
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ static void internal_textout(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 width, INT32 height, PBYTE
   lbuf = (PUINT16)alloca(width * sizeof(UINT16));
   for (i=0; i<height; i++)
   {
-    Log(LDEBUG, "composing row %d", i);
     for (j=0; j<width; j++)
     {
       b = *gsbits++;
@@ -140,7 +139,6 @@ static void internal_textout(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 width, INT32 height, PBYTE
       lbuf[j] |= ((UINT16)(b >> 3) & 0x1F);
     }
 
-    Log(LDEBUG, "rendering row %d", i);
     memcpy(dptr, lbuf, width * sizeof(UINT16));
     dptr += Fb_Info->width;
   }
diff --git a/src/fontengine.c b/src/fontengine.c
index 6ed7ec7..f392706 100644
--- a/src/fontengine.c
+++ b/src/fontengine.c
@@ -61,9 +61,11 @@ HRESULT FontEng_do_text_out(INT32 x, INT32 y, PCSTR pstr, TEXTOUTFUNC renderfunc
   FT_UInt glyph_index;
   FT_Error err;
 
+  y += (stdfont->size->metrics.ascender >> 6);
+
   while (*pstr)
   {
-    glyph_index = FT_Get_Char_Index(stdfont, *pstr++);
+    glyph_index = FT_Get_Char_Index(stdfont, *pstr);
     err = FT_Load_Glyph(stdfont, glyph_index, FT_LOAD_DEFAULT);
     if (err != 0)
     {
@@ -76,9 +78,11 @@ HRESULT FontEng_do_text_out(INT32 x, INT32 y, PCSTR pstr, TEXTOUTFUNC renderfunc
       hr = E_FAIL;
       break;
     }
-    (*renderfunc)(x, y, slot->bitmap.width, slot->bitmap.rows, slot->bitmap.buffer);
+    (*renderfunc)(x + slot->bitmap_left, y - slot->bitmap_top, slot->bitmap.width,
+		  slot->bitmap.rows, slot->bitmap.buffer);
     x += slot->advance.x >> 6;
     y += slot->advance.y >> 6;
+    pstr++;
   }
   return hr;
 }