diff --git a/assets/mods/basegame/books/btex.xml b/assets/mods/basegame/books/btex.xml
index 73a3f3608..b0185bf7e 100644
--- a/assets/mods/basegame/books/btex.xml
+++ b/assets/mods/basegame/books/btex.xml
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@
     <p>The argument key <code>%1$s</code> will be replaced into a number, Roman numerals, etc.
         depending on the value of <code>type</code> attribute.</p>
 
-    <p>These macros can be used to localise the chapter headings for your language. For example,
-        in Korean text, the following idiomatic definition will be useful:</p>
+    <p>These macros can be used to localise the chapter headings into your language. For example,
+        in Korean text, the following idiomatic definition will be desirable:</p>
 
     <callout align="left" class="code">&lt;macrodef&gt;<br/><!--
 -->　　&lt;pair key="thepart" value="제%1$s부"/&gt;<br/><!--
diff --git a/src/net/torvald/btex/BTeXParser.kt b/src/net/torvald/btex/BTeXParser.kt
index 8389d25c7..33e7f98af 100644
--- a/src/net/torvald/btex/BTeXParser.kt
+++ b/src/net/torvald/btex/BTeXParser.kt
@@ -1577,35 +1577,37 @@ object BTeXParser {
                 // add ornamental column on the left
                 it.first.forEach {
                     it.extraDrawFun = { batch, x, y ->
+                        val yoff = -2
                         val oldCol = batch.color.cpy()
                         batch.color = DEFAULT_ORNAMENTS_COL.cpy().also { it.a *= bodyTextShadowAlpha }
                         Toolkit.fillArea(batch,
                             x - (indent - 2),
-                            y + doc.lineHeightInPx,
+                            y + doc.lineHeightInPx + yoff,
                             7f,
                             1 + (it.lineCount - 1).coerceAtLeast(1) * doc.lineHeightInPx.toFloat()
                         )
                         batch.color = DEFAULT_ORNAMENTS_COL
                         Toolkit.fillArea(batch,
                             x - (indent - 2),
-                            y + doc.lineHeightInPx,
+                            y + doc.lineHeightInPx + yoff,
                             6f,
                             (it.lineCount - 1).coerceAtLeast(1) * doc.lineHeightInPx.toFloat()
                         )
                         batch.color = oldCol
                     }
                     it.extraPixmapDrawFun = { pixmap, x, y ->
+                        val yoff = -2
                         pixmap.setColor(DEFAULT_ORNAMENTS_COL.cpy().also { it.a *= bodyTextShadowAlpha })
                         pixmap.fillRectangle(
                             x - (indent - 2),
-                            y + doc.lineHeightInPx,
+                            y + doc.lineHeightInPx + yoff,
                             7,
                             1 + (it.lineCount - 1).coerceAtLeast(1) * doc.lineHeightInPx
                         )
                         pixmap.setColor(DEFAULT_ORNAMENTS_COL)
                         pixmap.fillRectangle(
                             x - (indent - 2),
-                            y + doc.lineHeightInPx,
+                            y + doc.lineHeightInPx + yoff,
                             6,
                             (it.lineCount - 1).coerceAtLeast(1) * doc.lineHeightInPx
                         )