diff --git a/Tests/test_font_leaks.py b/Tests/test_font_leaks.py
index 015210b4d4c..0f5729c2369 100644
--- a/Tests/test_font_leaks.py
+++ b/Tests/test_font_leaks.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 class TestTTypeFontLeak(PillowLeakTestCase):
     # fails at iteration 3 in master
-    iterations = 10
+    iterations = 40
     mem_limit = 4096  # k
 
     def _test_font(self, font):
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def _test_font(self, font):
         draw = ImageDraw.ImageDraw(im)
         self._test_leak(
             lambda: draw.text(
-                (0, 0), "some text " * 1024, font=font, fill="black"  # ~10k
+                (0, 0), "some text " * 256, font=font, fill="black"  # ~2.5k
             )
         )
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def test_leak(self):
 
 class TestDefaultFontLeak(TestTTypeFontLeak):
     # fails at iteration 37 in master
-    iterations = 100
+    iterations = 400
     mem_limit = 1024  # k
 
     def test_leak(self):
diff --git a/Tests/test_imagedraw.py b/Tests/test_imagedraw.py
index cc8bd24383c..58a4f1c9693 100644
--- a/Tests/test_imagedraw.py
+++ b/Tests/test_imagedraw.py
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ def test_stroke_descender():
     draw.text((10, 0), "y", "#f00", font, stroke_width=2, stroke_fill="#0f0")
 
     # Assert
-    assert_image_similar_tofile(im, "Tests/images/imagedraw_stroke_descender.png", 6.76)
+    assert_image_similar_tofile(im, "Tests/images/imagedraw_stroke_descender.png", 6.78)
 
 
 @skip_unless_feature("freetype2")
diff --git a/Tests/test_imagefont.py b/Tests/test_imagefont.py
index aa7ec6fa633..064b2fa6edd 100644
--- a/Tests/test_imagefont.py
+++ b/Tests/test_imagefont.py
@@ -471,7 +471,8 @@ def test_unicode_extended(self):
         d = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
         d.text((10, 10), text, font=ttf)
 
-        assert_image_similar_tofile(img, target, self.metrics["multiline"])
+        # fails with 14.7
+        assert_image_similar_tofile(img, target, 6.2)
 
     def _test_fake_loading_font(self, monkeypatch, path_to_fake, fontname):
         # Make a copy of FreeTypeFont so we can patch the original
@@ -703,10 +704,10 @@ def test_variation_set_by_name(self):
             font.set_variation_by_name("Bold")
 
         font = ImageFont.truetype("Tests/fonts/AdobeVFPrototype.ttf", 36)
-        self._check_text(font, "Tests/images/variation_adobe.png", 11)
+        self._check_text(font, "Tests/images/variation_adobe.png", 11.2)
         for name in ["Bold", b"Bold"]:
             font.set_variation_by_name(name)
-        self._check_text(font, "Tests/images/variation_adobe_name.png", 11)
+        self._check_text(font, "Tests/images/variation_adobe_name.png", 11.3)
 
         font = ImageFont.truetype("Tests/fonts/TINY5x3GX.ttf", 36)
         self._check_text(font, "Tests/images/variation_tiny.png", 40)
@@ -728,7 +729,7 @@ def test_variation_set_by_axes(self):
 
         font = ImageFont.truetype("Tests/fonts/AdobeVFPrototype.ttf", 36)
         font.set_variation_by_axes([500, 50])
-        self._check_text(font, "Tests/images/variation_adobe_axes.png", 5.1)
+        self._check_text(font, "Tests/images/variation_adobe_axes.png", 5.8)
 
         font = ImageFont.truetype("Tests/fonts/TINY5x3GX.ttf", 36)
         font.set_variation_by_axes([100])
diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
index 9a1ede80cde..25320d43d84 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
@@ -259,9 +259,10 @@ def getsize(
 
         :return: (width, height)
         """
+        # vertical offset is added for historical reasons, see discussion in #4789
         size, offset = self.font.getsize(text, False, direction, features, language)
         return (
-            size[0] + stroke_width * 2 + offset[0],
+            size[0] + stroke_width * 2,
             size[1] + stroke_width * 2 + offset[1],
         )