matplotlib
diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_backend_pdf/pdf_use14corefonts.pdf‎
-337 Bytes b/‎lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_backend_pdf/pdf_use14corefonts.pdf‎
-337 Bytes
diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pdf.py‎
Lines changed: 9 additions & 5 deletions b/‎lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pdf.py‎
Lines changed: 9 additions & 5 deletions
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 from matplotlib.testing._markers import needs_usetex
 
 
-@image_comparison(['pdf_use14corefonts.pdf'])
+# TODO: Reduce this tolerance when all backends load font metrics for line height.
+@image_comparison(['pdf_use14corefonts.pdf'], tol=9.939)
 def test_use14corefonts():
     rcParams['pdf.use14corefonts'] = True
     rcParams['font.family'] = 'sans-serif'
@@ -32,13 +33,16 @@ def test_use14corefonts():
 
     text = '''A three-line text positioned just above a blue line
 and containing some French characters and the euro symbol:
-"Merci pépé pour les 10 €"'''
+"Merci pépé pour les 10 €"'''.splitlines()
 
     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
     ax.set_title('Test PDF backend with option use14corefonts=True')
-    ax.text(0.5, 0.5, text, horizontalalignment='center',
-            verticalalignment='bottom',
-            fontsize=14)
+    for i, line in enumerate(reversed(text)):
+        # As Helvetica may or may not be installed, we place these lines manually, or
+        # else they will move vertically depending on which font we measure for its
+        # line height.
+        ax.text(0.5, 0.5 + i * 0.05, line, fontsize=14, linespacing=1.2,
+                horizontalalignment='center', verticalalignment='bottom')
     ax.axhline(0.5, linewidth=0.5)