get multiline right!

pycaption/subtitler_image_based.py

@@ -227,9 +227,22 @@ def write_images(
     def printLine(self, draw: ImageDraw, caption_list: Caption, fnt: ImageFont, position: str = 'bottom',
                   align: str = 'left'):
         ascender, descender = fnt.getmetrics()
-        line_spacing = (ascender + abs(descender)) * 0.75  # Basic line height without extra padding
+        line_spacing = (ascender + abs(descender)) * 0.80  # Basic line height without extra padding
+
+        # Split captions containing \n into separate single-line captions
+        flat_captions = []
+        for caption in caption_list:
+            text = caption.get_text()
+            if '\n' in text:
+                for line in text.split('\n'):
+                    flat_captions.append(Caption(caption.start, caption.end,
+                                                 [CaptionNode.create_text(line)],
+                                                 layout_info=caption.layout_info))
+            else:
+                flat_captions.append(caption)
+
         lines_written = 0
-        for caption in caption_list[::-1]:
+        for caption in flat_captions[::-1]:
             text = caption.get_text()
             l, t, r, b = draw.textbbox((0, 0), text, font=fnt, align=align)
 
@@ -266,7 +279,8 @@ def printLine(self, draw: ImageDraw, caption_list: Caption, fnt: ImageFont, posi
             if position != 'source':
                 x = self.video_width / 2 - r / 2
                 if position == 'bottom':
-                    # Place baseline at 5% from the bottom; descender runs below
+                    # Place baseline at 8% from the bottom; descender runs below
+                    # Additional lines grow upward from the same anchor
                     y = self.video_height * 0.92 - ascender - lines_written * line_spacing
                 elif position == 'top':
                     y = 10 + lines_written * line_spacing

tests/test_subtitler_image_based.py

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 
 import os
+from unittest import skip
 
 import pytest
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 
+from pycaption import SRTReader
 from pycaption.base import Caption, CaptionNode
 from pycaption.exceptions import CaptionRendererError
+from pycaption.filtergraph import FiltergraphWriter
 from pycaption.geometry import Layout, Point, Size, UnitEnum
 from pycaption.subtitler_image_based import SubtitleImageBasedWriter
 
@@ -112,12 +115,20 @@ class TestBaselineAlignment:
 
     NO_DESCENDER = "AHLEN"       # no descenders
     WITH_DESCENDER = "gypsy"     # descenders: g, y, p
+    WITH_DESCENDER_TOP = "gypsy\nAHLEN"     # descenders: g, y, p
+    WITH_DESCENDER_BOTTOM = "AHLEN\ngypsy"     # descenders: g, y, p
+
 
     COMBOS = [
         ("no_desc_x2", [NO_DESCENDER, NO_DESCENDER]),
         ("desc_x2", [WITH_DESCENDER, WITH_DESCENDER]),
         ("top_no_bottom_yes", [NO_DESCENDER, WITH_DESCENDER]),
         ("top_yes_bottom_no", [WITH_DESCENDER, NO_DESCENDER]),
+        ("one_line-no", [NO_DESCENDER]),
+        ("one_line-yes", [WITH_DESCENDER]),
+        ("one_line-yes", [WITH_DESCENDER]),
+        ("two-in-one-a", [WITH_DESCENDER_TOP]),
+        ("tow-in-one-b", [WITH_DESCENDER_BOTTOM]),
     ]
 
     @pytest.fixture(params=COMBOS, ids=[c[0] for c in COMBOS])
@@ -140,5 +151,7 @@ def test_baseline_visual(self, combo, tmp_path):
         guide.line([(0, baseline_y), (width, baseline_y)], fill=(255, 0, 0, 200), width=1)
 
         out = tmp_path / f"baseline_{name}.png"
+        out = f"tests/baseline_samples/baseline_{name}.png"
         img.save(str(out))
-        print(f"\nSaved: {out}")
+        print(f"\nSaved: {out}")
+