diff --git a/src/Wellspring.c b/src/Wellspring.c
index 67e2649..5e38770 100644
--- a/src/Wellspring.c
+++ b/src/Wellspring.c
@@ -355,7 +355,6 @@ Wellspring_Font* Wellspring_CreateFont(
 	stbtt_InitFont(&font->fontInfo, font->fontBytes, 0);
 	int stbAscender, stbDescender, stbLineHeight;
 	stbtt_GetFontVMetrics(&font->fontInfo, &stbAscender, &stbDescender, &stbLineHeight);
-	font->scale = stbtt_ScaleForPixelHeight(&font->fontInfo, 1);
 
 	json_value_t *jsonRoot = json_parse(atlasJsonBytes, atlasJsonBytesLength);
 	json_object_t *jsonObject = jsonRoot->payload;
@@ -400,6 +399,7 @@ Wellspring_Font* Wellspring_CreateFont(
 	font->lineHeight = json_object_get_double(metricsObject, "lineHeight");
 
 	font->geometryScale = font->ascender / stbAscender;
+	font->scale = 1 / (font->ascender - font->descender);
 
 	/* Pack unicode ranges */