diff --git a/src/gfx.cpp b/src/gfx.cpp
--- a/src/gfx.cpp
+++ b/src/gfx.cpp
@@ -564,6 +564,8 @@ static int DrawLayoutLine(const Paragrap
 			NOT_REACHED();
 	}
 
+	const uint shadow_offset = ScaleGUITrad(1);
+
 	TextColour colour = TC_BLACK;
 	bool draw_shadow = false;
 	for (int run_index = 0; run_index < line.CountRuns(); run_index++) {
@@ -599,7 +601,7 @@ static int DrawLayoutLine(const Paragrap
 
 			if (draw_shadow && (glyph & SPRITE_GLYPH) == 0) {
 				SetColourRemap(TC_BLACK);
-				GfxMainBlitter(sprite, begin_x + 1, top + 1, BM_COLOUR_REMAP);
+				GfxMainBlitter(sprite, begin_x + shadow_offset, top + shadow_offset, BM_COLOUR_REMAP);
 				SetColourRemap(colour);
 			}
 			GfxMainBlitter(sprite, begin_x, top, BM_COLOUR_REMAP);
@@ -611,7 +613,7 @@ static int DrawLayoutLine(const Paragrap
 		for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++, x += dot_width) {
 			if (draw_shadow) {
 				SetColourRemap(TC_BLACK);
-				GfxMainBlitter(dot_sprite, x + 1, y + 1, BM_COLOUR_REMAP);
+				GfxMainBlitter(dot_sprite, x + shadow_offset, y + shadow_offset, BM_COLOUR_REMAP);
 				SetColourRemap(colour);
 			}
 			GfxMainBlitter(dot_sprite, x, y, BM_COLOUR_REMAP);