diff --git a/src/pretix/base/pdf.py b/src/pretix/base/pdf.py
index cb7fdb3525..fc1025cb11 100644
--- a/src/pretix/base/pdf.py
+++ b/src/pretix/base/pdf.py
@@ -848,12 +848,17 @@ class Renderer:
             'center': TA_CENTER,
             'right': TA_RIGHT
         }
+        # lineheight display differs from browser canvas. This calc is just empirical values to get
+        # reportlab render similarly to browser canvas.
+        # for backwards compatability use „uncorrected“ lineheight of 1.0 instead of 1.15
+        lineheight = float(o['lineheight']) * 1.15 if 'lineheight' in o else 1.0
         style = ParagraphStyle(
             name=uuid.uuid4().hex,
             fontName=font,
             fontSize=float(o['fontsize']),
-            leading=float(o['fontsize']),
-            autoLeading="max",
+            leading=lineheight * float(o['fontsize']),
+            # for backwards compatability use autoLeading if no lineheight is given
+            autoLeading='off' if 'lineheight' in o else 'max',
             textColor=Color(o['color'][0] / 255, o['color'][1] / 255, o['color'][2] / 255),
             alignment=align_map[o['align']]
         )
@@ -882,8 +887,15 @@ class Renderer:
         if o.get('downward', False):
             canvas.translate(float(o['left']) * mm, float(o['bottom']) * mm)
             canvas.rotate(o.get('rotation', 0) * -1)
-            p.drawOn(canvas, 0, -h - ad[1] / 2)
+            p.drawOn(canvas, 0, -h - ad[1] / 2.5)
         else:
+            if lineheight != 1.0:
+                # lineheight adds to ascent/descent offsets, just empirical values again to get
+                # reportlab to render similarly to browser canvas
+                ad = (
+                    ad[0],
+                    ad[1] + (lineheight - 1.0) * float(o['fontsize']) * 1.05
+                )
             canvas.translate(float(o['left']) * mm, float(o['bottom']) * mm + h)
             canvas.rotate(o.get('rotation', 0) * -1)
             p.drawOn(canvas, 0, -h - ad[1])
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/pdf/index.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/pdf/index.html
index ead6a07ecb..e3fe3cec21 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/pdf/index.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/pdf/index.html
@@ -275,6 +275,18 @@
                             <input type="number" value="13" class="input-block-level form-control" step="0.1"
                                     id="toolbox-fontsize">
                         </div>
+                        <div class="col-sm-6">
+                            <label>{% trans "Line height" %}</label><br>
+                            <input type="number" value="1" class="input-block-level form-control" step="0.1"
+                                    id="toolbox-lineheight">
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="row control-group text">
+                        <div class="col-sm-6">
+                            <label>{% trans "Text color" %}</label><br>
+                            <input type="text" value="#000000" class="input-block-level form-control colorpickerfield"
+                                    id="toolbox-col">
+                        </div>
                         <div class="col-sm-6">
                             <label>&nbsp;</label><br>
                             <div class="btn-group btn-group-justified" role="group">
@@ -295,15 +307,6 @@
                                     </button>
                                 </div>
                             </div>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="row control-group text">
-                        <div class="col-sm-6">
-                            <label>{% trans "Text color" %}</label><br>
-                            <input type="text" value="#000000" class="input-block-level form-control colorpickerfield"
-                                    id="toolbox-col">
-                        </div>
-                        <div class="col-sm-6">
                             <label>&nbsp;</label><br>
                             <div class="btn-group btn-group-justified" id="toolbox-align">
                                 <div class="btn-group" role="group">
diff --git a/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/js/ui/editor.js b/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/js/ui/editor.js
index da4509eb8b..f8b60f2560 100644
--- a/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/js/ui/editor.js
+++ b/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/js/ui/editor.js
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ var editor = {
                     left: editor._px2mm(left).toFixed(2),
                     bottom: editor._px2mm(bottom).toFixed(2),
                     fontsize: editor._px2pt(o.getFontSize()).toFixed(1),
+                    lineheight: o.lineHeight,
                     color: col,
-                    //lineheight: o.lineHeight,
                     fontfamily: o.fontFamily,
                     bold: o.fontWeight === 'bold',
                     italic: o.fontStyle === 'italic',
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ var editor = {
             o = editor._add_text();
             o.setColor('rgb(' + d.color[0] + ',' + d.color[1] + ',' + d.color[2] + ')');
             o.setFontSize(editor._pt2px(d.fontsize));
-            //o.setLineHeight(d.lineheight);
+            o.setLineHeight(d.lineheight || 1);
             o.setFontFamily(d.fontfamily);
             o.setFontWeight(d.bold ? 'bold' : 'normal');
             o.setFontStyle(d.italic ? 'italic' : 'normal');
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ var editor = {
             var col = (new fabric.Color(o.getFill()))._source;
             $("#toolbox-col").val("#" + ((1 << 24) + (col[0] << 16) + (col[1] << 8) + col[2]).toString(16).slice(1));
             $("#toolbox-fontsize").val(editor._px2pt(o.fontSize).toFixed(1));
-            //$("#toolbox-lineheight").val(o.lineHeight);
+            $("#toolbox-lineheight").val(o.lineHeight || 1);
             $("#toolbox-fontfamily").val(o.fontFamily);
             $("#toolbox").find("button[data-action=bold]").toggleClass('active', o.fontWeight === 'bold');
             $("#toolbox").find("button[data-action=italic]").toggleClass('active', o.fontStyle === 'italic');
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ var editor = {
         } else if (o.type === "textarea" || o.type === "text") {
             o.setColor($("#toolbox-col").val());
             o.setFontSize(editor._pt2px($("#toolbox-fontsize").val()));
-            //o.setLineHeight($("#toolbox-lineheight").val());
+            o.setLineHeight($("#toolbox-lineheight").val() || 1);
             o.setFontFamily($("#toolbox-fontfamily").val());
             o.setFontWeight($("#toolbox").find("button[data-action=bold]").is('.active') ? 'bold' : 'normal');
             o.setFontStyle($("#toolbox").find("button[data-action=italic]").is('.active') ? 'italic' : 'normal');
@@ -861,6 +861,7 @@ var editor = {
                 thing.setCoords();
                 editor._create_savepoint();
                 break;
+            case 8:  /* Backspace */
             case 46:  /* Delete */
                 editor._delete();
                 break;
diff --git a/src/pretix/static/schema/pdf-layout.schema.json b/src/pretix/static/schema/pdf-layout.schema.json
index d205881fc7..4079a3d1e4 100644
--- a/src/pretix/static/schema/pdf-layout.schema.json
+++ b/src/pretix/static/schema/pdf-layout.schema.json
@@ -240,7 +240,19 @@
             "pattern": "[a-zA-Z-]*"
           },
           "fontsize": {
-            "description": "Font size.",
+            "description": "Font size",
+            "oneOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "number"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "string",
+                "pattern": "^[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)?$"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "lineheight": {
+            "description": "Line height",
             "oneOf": [
               {
                 "type": "number"