diff --git a/AppKit/CPCompatibility.j b/AppKit/CPCompatibility.j
index 1b05ed895..d2a8b0279 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPCompatibility.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPCompatibility.j
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ CPHTML5DragAndDropSourceYOffBy1         = 1 << 26;
 
 CPSOPDisabledFromFileURLs               = 1 << 27;
 
+// element.style.font can be set for an element not in the DOM.
+CPInputSetFontOutsideOfDOM              = 1 << 28;
+
+// Input elements have 1 px of extra padding on the left regardless of padding setting.
+CPInput1PxLeftPadding                   = 1 << 29;
+
 var USER_AGENT                          = "",
     PLATFORM_ENGINE                     = CPUnknownBrowserEngine,
     PLATFORM_FEATURES                   = 0;
@@ -74,6 +80,7 @@ var USER_AGENT                          = "",
 // default these features to true
 
 PLATFORM_FEATURES |= CPInputTypeCanBeChangedFeature;
+PLATFORM_FEATURES |= CPInputSetFontOutsideOfDOM;
 
 if (typeof window !== "undefined" && typeof window.navigator !== "undefined")
     USER_AGENT = window.navigator.userAgent;
@@ -99,6 +106,9 @@ else if (typeof window !== "undefined" && window.attachEvent) // Must follow Ope
     PLATFORM_FEATURES |= CPOpacityRequiresFilterFeature;
 
     PLATFORM_FEATURES &= ~CPInputTypeCanBeChangedFeature;
+
+    // Tested in Internet Explore 8 and 9.
+    PLATFORM_FEATURES &= ~CPInputSetFontOutsideOfDOM;
 }
 
 // WebKit
@@ -135,6 +145,10 @@ else if (USER_AGENT.indexOf("AppleWebKit/") != -1)
     if (majorVersion < 532 || (majorVersion === 532 && minorVersion < 6))
         PLATFORM_FEATURES |= CPHTML5DragAndDropSourceYOffBy1;
 
+    // This is supposedly fixed in webkit r123603. Seems to work in Chrome 21 but not Safari 6.0.
+    if (majorVersion < 537)
+        PLATFORM_FEATURES |= CPInput1PxLeftPadding;
+
     if (USER_AGENT.indexOf("Chrome") === CPNotFound)
         PLATFORM_FEATURES |= CPSOPDisabledFromFileURLs;
 }
@@ -160,6 +174,9 @@ else if (USER_AGENT.indexOf("Gecko") !== -1) // Must follow KHTML check.
 
     if (version < 3.0)
         PLATFORM_FEATURES |= CPJavaScriptMouseWheelValues_8_15;
+
+    // Some day this might be fixed and should be version prefixed. No known fixed version yet.
+    PLATFORM_FEATURES |= CPInput1PxLeftPadding;
 }
 
 // Feature Specific Checks
diff --git a/AppKit/CPTextField.j b/AppKit/CPTextField.j
index 8fb8cab56..8c0360197 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPTextField.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPTextField.j
@@ -509,7 +509,8 @@ CPTextFieldStatePlaceholder = CPThemeState("placeholder");
 
     element.value = _stringValue;
     element.style.color = [[self currentValueForThemeAttribute:@"text-color"] cssString];
-    element.style.font = [font cssString];
+    if (CPFeatureIsCompatible(CPInputSetFontOutsideOfDOM))
+        element.style.font = [font cssString];
     element.style.zIndex = 1000;
 
     switch ([self alignment])
@@ -544,12 +545,22 @@ CPTextFieldStatePlaceholder = CPThemeState("placeholder");
     }
 
     element.style.top = topPoint;
-    element.style.left = (_CGRectGetMinX(contentRect) - 1) + "px";  // -1 because input element seems to have 1px left inset
+    var left = _CGRectGetMinX(contentRect);
+    // If the browser has a built in left padding, compensate for it. We need the input text to be exactly on top of the original text.
+    if (CPFeatureIsCompatible(CPInput1PxLeftPadding))
+        left -= 1;
+    element.style.left = left + "px";
     element.style.width = _CGRectGetWidth(contentRect) + "px";
-    element.style.height = lineHeight + "px";
+    element.style.height = ROUND(lineHeight) + "px";
+    element.style.lineHeight = ROUND(lineHeight) + "px";
+    element.style.verticalAlign = @"top";
 
     _DOMElement.appendChild(element);
 
+    // The font change above doesn't work for some browsers if the element isn't already .appendChild'ed.
+    if (!CPFeatureIsCompatible(CPInputSetFontOutsideOfDOM))
+        element.style.font = [font cssString];
+
     window.setTimeout(function()
     {
         element.focus();
diff --git a/AppKit/Platform/DOM/CPPlatformString.j b/AppKit/Platform/DOM/CPPlatformString.j
index 34929ad7b..0f6e7731d 100644
--- a/AppKit/Platform/DOM/CPPlatformString.j
+++ b/AppKit/Platform/DOM/CPPlatformString.j
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ var DOMFixedWidthSpanElement    = nil,
     style.border = "none";
     style.verticalAlign = "baseline";
 
-    bodyElement.appendChild(DOMMetricsTextSpanElement);
-    bodyElement.appendChild(DOMMetricsImgElement);
+    DOMMetricsDivElement.appendChild(DOMMetricsTextSpanElement);
+    DOMMetricsDivElement.appendChild(DOMMetricsImgElement);
 }
 
 + (CGSize)sizeOfString:(CPString)aString withFont:(CPFont)aFont forWidth:(float)aWidth
diff --git a/AppKit/_CPImageAndTextView.j b/AppKit/_CPImageAndTextView.j
index 4a33f2201..c12661d1e 100644
--- a/AppKit/_CPImageAndTextView.j
+++ b/AppKit/_CPImageAndTextView.j
@@ -432,13 +432,15 @@ var _CPimageAndTextViewFrameSizeChangedFlag         = 1 << 0,
         {
             _DOMTextShadowElement = document.createElement("div");
 
-            var shadowStyle = _DOMTextShadowElement.style;
+            var shadowStyle = _DOMTextShadowElement.style,
+                font = (_font || [CPFont systemFontOfSize:CPFontCurrentSystemSize]);
 
-            shadowStyle.font = [(_font || [CPFont systemFontOfSize:CPFontCurrentSystemSize]) cssString];
+            shadowStyle.font = [font cssString];
             shadowStyle.position = "absolute";
             shadowStyle.whiteSpace = textStyle.whiteSpace;
             shadowStyle.wordWrap = textStyle.wordWrap;
             shadowStyle.color = [_textShadowColor cssString];
+            shadowStyle.lineHeight = [font defaultLineHeightForFont] + "px";
 
             shadowStyle.zIndex = 150;
             shadowStyle.textOverflow = textStyle.textOverflow;
@@ -484,11 +486,16 @@ var _CPimageAndTextViewFrameSizeChangedFlag         = 1 << 0,
 
         if (_flags & _CPImageAndTextViewFontChangedFlag)
         {
-            var fontStyle = [(_font || [CPFont systemFontOfSize:CPFontCurrentSystemSize]) cssString];
+            var font = (_font || [CPFont systemFontOfSize:CPFontCurrentSystemSize]),
+                fontStyle = [font cssString];
             textStyle.font = fontStyle;
+            textStyle.lineHeight = [font defaultLineHeightForFont] + "px";
 
             if (shadowStyle)
+            {
                 shadowStyle.font = fontStyle;
+                shadowStyle.lineHeight = [font defaultLineHeightForFont] + "px";
+            }
         }
 
         // Update the line break mode if necessary.
@@ -713,6 +720,7 @@ var _CPimageAndTextViewFrameSizeChangedFlag         = 1 << 0,
         textStyle.left = ROUND(textRectX) + "px";
         textStyle.width = MAX(CEIL(textRectWidth), 0) + "px";
         textStyle.height = MAX(CEIL(textRectHeight), 0) + "px";
+        textStyle.verticalAlign = @"top";
 
         if (shadowStyle)
         {
diff --git a/Tests/Manual/CPTextField/AppController.j b/Tests/Manual/CPTextField/AppController.j
index ccef231bd..11911d466 100644
--- a/Tests/Manual/CPTextField/AppController.j
+++ b/Tests/Manual/CPTextField/AppController.j
@@ -52,6 +52,28 @@
     [contentView addSubview:shadowLabel];
     [contentView addSubview:championOfLightLabel];
 
+    var jumpLabel = [CPTextField labelWithTitle:@"The text of these text fields should not move when a field becomes the first responder."];
+
+    [jumpLabel sizeToFit];
+    [jumpLabel setFrameOrigin:CGPointMake(15, 150)];
+    [contentView addSubview:jumpLabel];
+
+    var y = CGRectGetMaxY([jumpLabel frame]) + 10;
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++)
+    {
+        var size = 10 + 3 * i,
+            textField = [CPTextField textFieldWithStringValue:@"Size " + size placeholder:@"Size " + size width:200];
+
+        [textField setFont:[CPFont systemFontOfSize:size]];
+        [textField sizeToFit];
+        [textField setFrameOrigin:CGPointMake(15, y)];
+
+        y = CGRectGetMaxY([textField frame]) + 6;
+
+        [contentView addSubview:textField];
+    }
+
     [theWindow orderFront:self];
 
     aWindow = [[CPWindow alloc] initWithContentRect:CGRectMake(150, 300, 400, 150) styleMask:CPTitledWindowMask | CPClosableWindowMask | CPDocModalWindowMask];