From 16911601f7da38191c5c1fe900d615f8b860ca52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Vazgenovich Shakaryan <dvshakaryan@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 23:07:11 -0800
Subject: use explicit y-positioning for each line

---
 main.lua |  6 +++---
 osd.lua  | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
index 89e3586..5912ce7 100644
--- a/main.lua
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ local function open_epg_programme(prog, img_url)
 	}
 
 	if prog.desc then
-		options[#options+1] = {name = ' '}
+		options[#options+1] = {name = ''}
 		for _, v in ipairs(util.wrap(prog.desc, 80)) do
 			options[#options+1] = {name = v}
 		end
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ end
 
 local function add_info_set(options, set)
 	if #set > 0 then
-		options[#options+1] = {name = ' '}
+		options[#options+1] = {name = ''}
 		for _, v in ipairs(set) do
 			options[#options+1] = v
 		end
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ local function open_option_title_info(title, info)
 	local desc = util.strip_ne(info.description) or
 		util.strip_ne(info.plot)
 	if desc then
-		options[#options+1] = {name = ' '}
+		options[#options+1] = {name = ''}
 		for _, v in ipairs(util.wrap(desc, 80)) do
 			options[#options+1] = {name = v}
 		end
diff --git a/osd.lua b/osd.lua
index d54362c..451f2a9 100644
--- a/osd.lua
+++ b/osd.lua
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ function mt:redraw(state)
 	for i = 1, state.depth do
 		out[#out+1] = self:menu_title(state.menus[i])
 	end
-	out[#out+1] = ' ' -- space character for correct line height
+	out[#out+1] = ''
 
 	local menu = state:menu()
 
@@ -404,14 +404,21 @@ function mt:redraw(state)
 		out_max[#out_max+1] = self:option_icons(opt, info) .. str
 	end
 
+	local buf = {}
+	-- each line uses a new ASS event with explicit positioning. otherwise,
+	-- lines with nonstandard height break things.
 	-- \q2 disables line wrapping
 	local pre = '{\\q2\\fs' .. config.font_size ..
-		'\\pos(' .. self.padding .. ',' .. self.padding .. ')}'
-	self.fg.data = pre .. table.concat(out, '\\N')
+		'\\pos(' .. self.padding .. ',%s)}'
+	for i, v in ipairs(out) do
+		local offset = self.padding + ((i - 1) * config.font_size)
+		buf[#buf+1] = pre:format(offset) .. v
+	end
 	if img then
-		self.fg.data = self.fg.data .. '\n{\\alpha&HFF&}' ..
-			pre .. table.concat(out_max, '\\N')
+		buf[#buf+1] = '{\\alpha&HFF&}' .. pre:format(0) ..
+			table.concat(out_max, '\\N')
 	end
+	self.fg.data = table.concat(buf, '\n')
 
 	self.bg.data =
 		'{\\pos(0,0)\\alpha&H' .. config.bg_alpha .. '&\\c&H&}' ..
-- 
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