diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerIntegrationTests/ReferenceImages/Examples-UIExplorer-js-UIExplorerApp.ios/testTextExample_1@2x.png b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerIntegrationTests/ReferenceImages/Examples-UIExplorer-js-UIExplorerApp.ios/testTextExample_1@2x.png
index 41970dbac17737..cc42c3edc7ab67 100644
Binary files a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerIntegrationTests/ReferenceImages/Examples-UIExplorer-js-UIExplorerApp.ios/testTextExample_1@2x.png and b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerIntegrationTests/ReferenceImages/Examples-UIExplorer-js-UIExplorerApp.ios/testTextExample_1@2x.png differ
diff --git a/Libraries/Text/RCTShadowText.m b/Libraries/Text/RCTShadowText.m
index 15f33ddef91430..00abb11fd01a7e 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/RCTShadowText.m
+++ b/Libraries/Text/RCTShadowText.m
@@ -339,7 +339,9 @@ - (NSAttributedString *)_attributedStringWithFontFamily:(NSString *)fontFamily
   [self _addAttribute:NSFontAttributeName withValue:font toAttributedString:attributedString];
   [self _addAttribute:NSKernAttributeName withValue:letterSpacing toAttributedString:attributedString];
   [self _addAttribute:RCTReactTagAttributeName withValue:self.reactTag toAttributedString:attributedString];
-  [self _setParagraphStyleOnAttributedString:attributedString heightOfTallestSubview:heightOfTallestSubview];
+  [self _setParagraphStyleOnAttributedString:attributedString
+                              fontLineHeight:font.lineHeight
+                      heightOfTallestSubview:heightOfTallestSubview];
 
   // create a non-mutable attributedString for use by the Text system which avoids copies down the line
   _cachedAttributedString = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithAttributedString:attributedString];
@@ -362,6 +364,7 @@ - (void)_addAttribute:(NSString *)attribute withValue:(id)attributeValue toAttri
  * varying lineHeights, we simply take the max.
  */
 - (void)_setParagraphStyleOnAttributedString:(NSMutableAttributedString *)attributedString
+                                    fontLineHeight:(CGFloat)fontLineHeight
                       heightOfTallestSubview:(CGFloat)heightOfTallestSubview
 {
   // check if we have lineHeight set on self
@@ -431,6 +434,12 @@ - (void)_setParagraphStyleOnAttributedString:(NSMutableAttributedString *)attrib
     [attributedString addAttribute:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName
                              value:paragraphStyle
                              range:(NSRange){0, attributedString.length}];
+
+    if (lineHeight > fontLineHeight) {
+      [attributedString addAttribute:NSBaselineOffsetAttributeName
+                               value:@(lineHeight / 2 - fontLineHeight / 2)
+                               range:(NSRange){0, attributedString.length}];
+    }
   }
 
   // Text decoration