diff --git a/src/driver/fontrenderer.h b/src/driver/fontrenderer.h
index c4068579a..097fbda8e 100644
--- a/src/driver/fontrenderer.h
+++ b/src/driver/fontrenderer.h
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ class Font
 	int getWidestWidth(void);
 	int getSize(){return font.width;}
 	int setSize(int isize);
+	int getAscender(){return ascender;}
+	int getDescender(){return descender * -1;}
 
 	Font(FBFontRenderClass *render, FTC_FaceID faceid, const int isize, const fontmodifier _stylemodifier);
 	~Font(){}
diff --git a/src/gui/channellist.cpp b/src/gui/channellist.cpp
index 7393cda59..cd9243d82 100644
--- a/src/gui/channellist.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/channellist.cpp
@@ -2216,7 +2216,7 @@ void CChannelList::paintItem(int pos, const bool firstpaint)
 			}
 
 			g_Font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_CHANNELLIST]->RenderString(x + OFFSET_INNER_MID + numwidth + OFFSET_INNER_MID + prg_offset + OFFSET_INNER_MID, ypos + fheight, ch_name_len, nameAndDescription, color);
-			int descr_offset = fheight/2 - g_Font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_CHANNELLIST_DESCR]->getHeight()/2;
+			int descr_offset = g_Font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_CHANNELLIST]->getDescender() - g_Font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_CHANNELLIST_DESCR]->getDescender();
 			if (g_settings.channellist_epgtext_align_right)
 			{
 				// align right