diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 86d2470..ee7e135 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 static int topbar = 1;                      /* -b  option; if 0, dmenu appears at bottom     */
 /* -fn option overrides fonts[0]; default X11 font or font set */
 static const char *fonts[] = {
-	"monospace:size=10",
-	"NotoColor:pixelsize=8:antialias=true:autohint=true"
+    "JetBrainsMonoMedium Nerd Font:size=9",
 };
 static const unsigned int bgalpha = 0xe0;
 static const unsigned int fgalpha = OPAQUE;
@@ -25,6 +24,9 @@ static const unsigned int alphas[SchemeLast][2] = {
 
 /* -l option; if nonzero, dmenu uses vertical list with given number of lines */
 static unsigned int lines      = 0;
+/* -h option; minimum height of a menu line */
+static unsigned int lineheight = 23;
+static unsigned int min_lineheight = 8;
 
 /*
  * Characters not considered part of a word while deleting words
diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1
index 4c87074..3bc1c29 100644
--- a/dmenu.1
+++ b/dmenu.1
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .RB [ \-bfirvP ]
 .RB [ \-l
 .IR lines ]
+.RB [ \-h
+.IR height ]
 .RB [ \-m
 .IR monitor ]
 .RB [ \-p
@@ -56,6 +58,9 @@ dmenu will reject any input which would result in no matching option left.
 .BI \-l " lines"
 dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
 .TP
+.BI \-h " height"
+dmenu uses a menu line of at least 'height' pixels tall, but no less than 8.
+.TP
 .BI \-m " monitor"
 dmenu is displayed on the monitor number supplied. Monitor numbers are starting
 from 0.
diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index 527dee4..a1acce6 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ drawmenu(void)
 {
 	unsigned int curpos;
 	struct item *item;
-	int x = 0, y = 0, w;
+	int x = 0, y = 0, fh = drw->fonts->h, w;
  char *censort;
 
 	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ drawmenu(void)
 	curpos = TEXTW(text) - TEXTW(&text[cursor]);
 	if ((curpos += lrpad / 2 - 1) < w) {
 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-		drw_rect(drw, x + curpos, 2, 2, bh - 4, 1, 0);
+		drw_rect(drw, x + curpos, 2 + (bh - fh) / 2, 2, fh - 4, 1, 0);
 	}
 
 	if (lines > 0) {
@@ -809,6 +809,7 @@ setup(void)
 
 	/* calculate menu geometry */
 	bh = drw->fonts->h + 2;
+	bh = MAX(bh,lineheight);	/* make a menu line AT LEAST 'lineheight' tall */
 	lines = MAX(lines, 0);
 	mh = (lines + 1) * bh;
 #ifdef XINERAMA
@@ -892,7 +893,7 @@ setup(void)
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
-	fputs("usage: dmenu [-bfiPrv] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
+	fputs("usage: dmenu [-bfiPrv] [-l lines] [-h height] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
 	      "             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]\n", stderr);
 	exit(1);
 }
@@ -964,6 +965,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		/* these options take one argument */
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-l"))   /* number of lines in vertical list */
 			lines = atoi(argv[++i]);
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-h")) { /* minimum height of one menu line */
+			lineheight = atoi(argv[++i]);
+			lineheight = MAX(lineheight, min_lineheight);
+		}
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-m"))
 			mon = atoi(argv[++i]);
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-p"))   /* adds prompt to left of input field */