diff --git a/AppKit/CPTextView/CPLayoutManager.j b/AppKit/CPTextView/CPLayoutManager.j
index b1d22ea80..4bd345dc4 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPTextView/CPLayoutManager.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPTextView/CPLayoutManager.j
@@ -965,16 +965,11 @@ _oncontextmenuhandler = function () { return false; };
                         if (frame)
                         {
                             var correctedRect = CGRectCreateCopy(frame);
-                            correctedRect.size.height -= frame._descent;
-                            correctedRect.origin.y -= frame._descent;
 
                             if (!rect)
                                 rect = CGRectCreateCopy(correctedRect);
                             else
                                 rect = CGRectUnion(rect, correctedRect);
-
-                            if (_isNewlineCharacter([[_textStorage string] characterAtIndex:MAX(0, CPMaxRange(selectedCharRange) - 1)]))
-                                 rect.size.width = containerSize.width - rect.origin.x;
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -1348,7 +1343,10 @@ var _objectsInRange = function(aList, aRange)
     {
         _glyphsFrames[i] = CGRectMake(origin.x, origin.y, someAdvancements[i].width, height);
         _glyphsFrames[i]._descent = someAdvancements[i].descent;
-        _glyphsOffsets[i] = height - someAdvancements[i].height;
+        
+        // Align the run's baseline with the common line baseline (_location.y)
+        _glyphsOffsets[i] = _location.y - someAdvancements[i].height;
+        
         origin.x += someAdvancements[i].width;
     }
 }
diff --git a/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextView.j b/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextView.j
index 0398d8f46..b4260e217 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextView.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextView.j
@@ -2337,17 +2337,15 @@ Sets the selection to a range of characters in response to user action.
 
     var loc = (_selectionRange.location == numberOfGlyphs) ? _selectionRange.location - 1 : _selectionRange.location,
         caretOffset = [_layoutManager _characterOffsetAtLocation:loc],
-        oldYPosition = CGRectGetMaxY(caretRect),
-        caretDescend = [_layoutManager _descentAtLocation:loc];
+        font = [_textStorage attribute:CPFontAttributeName atIndex:loc effectiveRange:nil] || [self font];
 
     if (caretOffset > 0)
     {
         caretRect.origin.y += caretOffset;
-        caretRect.size.height = oldYPosition - caretRect.origin.y;
     }
 
-    if (caretDescend < 0)
-        caretRect.size.height -= caretDescend;
+    // Set the caret height to match the size of the active font
+    caretRect.size.height = [font size];
 
     if (_selectionRange.location == numberOfGlyphs)
         caretRect.origin.x += caretRect.size.width;
@@ -2356,7 +2354,7 @@ Sets the selection to a range of characters in response to user action.
     caretRect.origin.y += _textContainerOrigin.y;
 
     caretRect.size.width = MAX(1.0, caretRect.size.width);
-    caretRect.size.height = MAX(1.0, caretRect.size.height);
+    caretRect.size.height = MAX(1.0, caretRect.size.height) + 2;
 
     return caretRect;
 }