diff --git a/src/Wellspring.c b/src/Wellspring.c
index 2cb1f92..445a94a 100644
--- a/src/Wellspring.c
+++ b/src/Wellspring.c
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ static uint8_t Wellspring_Internal_TextBounds(
 	float advance = 0;
 	float sizeFactor = pixelSize / font->pixelsPerEm;
 
-	y += Wellspring_INTERNAL_GetVerticalAlignOffset(font, verticalAlignment, sizeFactor * font->scale);
+	y -= Wellspring_INTERNAL_GetVerticalAlignOffset(font, verticalAlignment, sizeFactor * font->scale);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < strLengthInBytes; i += 1)
 	{
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ uint8_t Wellspring_AddToTextBatch(
 	float sizeFactor = pixelSize / font->pixelsPerEm;
 	float x = 0, y = 0;
 
-	y += Wellspring_INTERNAL_GetVerticalAlignOffset(font, verticalAlignment, sizeFactor * font->scale);
+	y -= Wellspring_INTERNAL_GetVerticalAlignOffset(font, verticalAlignment, sizeFactor * font->scale);
 
 	/* FIXME: If we horizontally align, we have to decode and process glyphs twice, very inefficient. */
 	if (horizontalAlignment == WELLSPRING_HORIZONTALALIGNMENT_RIGHT)