diff --git a/display/simgraph16.cc b/display/simgraph16.cc
index 1fc21dbb9..e55b77065 100644
--- a/display/simgraph16.cc
+++ b/display/simgraph16.cc
@@ -4436,7 +4436,7 @@ int display_text_proportional_len_clip_rgb(KOORD_VAL x, KOORD_VAL y, const char*
 
 		// get the data from the font
 		int glyph_width = fnt->get_glyph_width(c);
-		const uint8 glyph_yoffset = std::min(fnt->get_glyph_yoffset(c), (uint8)y_offset);
+		const uint8 glyph_yoffset = std::max(fnt->get_glyph_yoffset(c), (uint8)y_offset);
 
 		// currently max character width 16 bit supported by font.h/font.cc
 		for(  int i=0;  i<2;  i++  ) {
diff --git a/gui/banner.cc b/gui/banner.cc
index 25b8c1879..05f0be68e 100644
--- a/gui/banner.cc
+++ b/gui/banner.cc
@@ -207,9 +207,9 @@ void banner_text_t::draw(scr_coord offset)
 
 	PUSH_CLIP_FIT( left, cursor.y, width, height );
 
-	display_fillbox_wh_clip_rgb(left, cursor.y, width, height, color_idx_to_rgb(COL_GREY1), true);
-	display_fillbox_wh_clip_rgb(left, cursor.y - 1, width, 1, color_idx_to_rgb(COL_GREY3), false);
-	display_fillbox_wh_clip_rgb(left, cursor.y + height, width, 1, color_idx_to_rgb(COL_GREY6), false);
+	display_fillbox_wh_clip_rgb(left, cursor.y,          width, height, color_idx_to_rgb(COL_GREY1), true);
+	display_fillbox_wh_clip_rgb(left, cursor.y - 1,      width, 1,      color_idx_to_rgb(COL_GREY3), false);
+	display_fillbox_wh_clip_rgb(left, cursor.y + height, width, 1,      color_idx_to_rgb(COL_GREY6), false);
 
 	cursor.y++;