1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/w32term.c b/src/w32term.c
index 4139ec8eabd..ed4255f2294 100644
--- a/src/w32term.c
+++ b/src/w32term.c
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ dumpglyphs (f, left, top, gp, n, hl, just_foreground, cmpcharp)
            3) Drawing a composite character.
            4) Font has non-zero _MULE_BASELINE_OFFSET property.
            5) Font is a bdf font.
+           6) Font is italic (italic fonts falsely report their height).
            After filling background, we draw glyphs by XDrawString16.  */
         int background_filled;
         /* Baseline position of a character, offset from TOP.  */
@@ -940,6 +941,7 @@ dumpglyphs (f, left, top, gp, n, hl, just_foreground, cmpcharp)
                  || FONT_HEIGHT (font) < line_height
                  || FONT_WIDTH (font) < glyph_width
                  || FONT_MAX_WIDTH (font) != FONT_WIDTH (font)
+                 || font->tm.tmItalic
                  || cmpcharp)
           {
             /* Fill in the background for the current run.  */