Description of problem: Here: https://github.com/GNOME/vte/blob/master/src/vtedraw.cc#L391 within the howmany(), a ceil is happening. Changing that to round will probably get you what you want. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): vte3-0.36.5-2.fc24.x86_64 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Gnome terminal while using freetype-2.6.5-4 2. Line spacing changes. Actual results: Line spacing changes. Expected results: Should remain the same. Additional info: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1437999