diff --git a/redo/container_windows.go b/redo/container_windows.go
index 68cb59f..41d7aad 100644
--- a/redo/container_windows.go
+++ b/redo/container_windows.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type sizing struct {
 	// for size calculations
 	baseX			C.int
 	baseY			C.int
-	internalLeading	C.LONG
+	internalLeading	C.LONG		// for Label; see Label.commitResize() for details
 
 	// for the actual resizing
 	// possibly the HDWP
diff --git a/redo/label_windows.go b/redo/label_windows.go
index 561247c..d87f02e 100644
--- a/redo/label_windows.go
+++ b/redo/label_windows.go
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ const (
 	// via http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dn742486.aspx#sizingandspacing
 	labelHeight = 8
 	labelYOffset = 3
-	// TODO the label is offset slightly by default...
 )
 
 func (l *label) preferredSize(d *sizing) (width, height int) {
@@ -80,9 +79,13 @@ func (l *label) commitResize(c *allocation, d *sizing) {
 		yoff := fromdlgunitsY(labelYOffset, d)
 		c.y += yoff
 		c.height -= yoff
+		// by default, labels are drawn offset by the internal leading (the space reserved for accents on uppercase letters)
+		// the above calculation assumes otherwise, so account for the difference
+		// there will be enough space left over for the internal leading anyway (at least on the standard fonts)
+		// don't do this to standalone labels, otherwise those accents get cut off!
+		c.y -= int(d.internalLeading)
+		c.height += int(d.internalLeading)
 	}
-	c.y -= int(d.internalLeading)
-	c.height += int(d.internalLeading)
 	basecommitResize(l, c, d)
 }