diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6e086a30a0..b9a41c3cb4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-04-19  Ivan, Wong Yat Cheung  <email@ivanwong.info>
+
+	* gdk/win32/gdkfont-win32.c (gdk_font_load_internal): Match
+	character height instead of cell height. Fix #301228.
+
 2005-04-18  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@ximian.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtkfilechooserdefault.c (remove_selected_bookmarks): Remove
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
index 6e086a30a0..b9a41c3cb4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-04-19  Ivan, Wong Yat Cheung  <email@ivanwong.info>
+
+	* gdk/win32/gdkfont-win32.c (gdk_font_load_internal): Match
+	character height instead of cell height. Fix #301228.
+
 2005-04-18  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@ximian.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtkfilechooserdefault.c (remove_selected_bookmarks): Remove
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
index 6e086a30a0..b9a41c3cb4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-04-19  Ivan, Wong Yat Cheung  <email@ivanwong.info>
+
+	* gdk/win32/gdkfont-win32.c (gdk_font_load_internal): Match
+	character height instead of cell height. Fix #301228.
+
 2005-04-18  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@ximian.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtkfilechooserdefault.c (remove_selected_bookmarks): Remove
diff --git a/gdk/win32/gdkfont-win32.c b/gdk/win32/gdkfont-win32.c
index 2086fe7c8e..62c4d1021e 100644
--- a/gdk/win32/gdkfont-win32.c
+++ b/gdk/win32/gdkfont-win32.c
@@ -1018,9 +1018,9 @@ gdk_font_load_internal (const gchar *font_name)
 	if (strcmp (point_size, "*") == 0)
 	  logfont.lfHeight = 0;
 	else
-	  logfont.lfHeight = (int) (((double) atoi (point_size))/720.*logpixelsy);
+	  logfont.lfHeight = -(int) (((double) atoi (point_size))/720.*logpixelsy);
       else
-	logfont.lfHeight = atoi (pixel_size);
+	logfont.lfHeight = -atoi (pixel_size);
 
       logfont.lfWidth = 0;
       logfont.lfEscapement = 0;