From d12519a6b62ba938a67b896072c6f73d6bb222f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Open Source Contributor <contributor@example.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 16:21:01 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix multiline text line height calculation

The line spacing calculation was using only 'A' which doesn't account
for characters that extend below the baseline (like 'p', 'g', 'y').
Using string.ascii_letters ensures we measure the full font height.

Fixes #1646
---
 src/PIL/ImageText.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageText.py b/src/PIL/ImageText.py
index 008d20d38e1..3251958476a 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageText.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageText.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import math
 import re
+import string
 from typing import AnyStr, Generic, NamedTuple
 
 from . import ImageFont
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ def _split(
         fontmode = self._get_fontmode()
         line_spacing = (
             self.font.getbbox(
-                "A",
+                string.ascii_letters,
                 fontmode,
                 None,
                 self.features,