diff --git a/src/text.h b/src/text.h
index 01108a1..6b90f63 100644
--- a/src/text.h
+++ b/src/text.h
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ bool kmscon_font_attr_match(const struct kmscon_font_attr *a1,
 struct kmscon_glyph {
 	unsigned int ascent;
 	unsigned int descent;
-	unsigned int xoff;
-	unsigned int yoff;
 	struct uterm_video_buffer buf;
 };
 
@@ -79,6 +77,7 @@ struct kmscon_font {
 	unsigned long ref;
 	const struct kmscon_font_ops *ops;
 	struct kmscon_font_attr attr;
+	unsigned int baseline;
 	void *data;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/text_font_8x16.c b/src/text_font_8x16.c
index 8cf0344..2bc37e1 100644
--- a/src/text_font_8x16.c
+++ b/src/text_font_8x16.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static int kmscon_font_8x16_init(struct kmscon_font *out,
 	out->attr.width = 8;
 	out->attr.height = 16;
 	kmscon_font_attr_normalize(&out->attr);
+	out->baseline = 4;
 
 	return 0;
 }