diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/internal/span/CustomLineHeightSpan.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/internal/span/CustomLineHeightSpan.kt
index 5d30f853c3b..dac3a6f6f0d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/internal/span/CustomLineHeightSpan.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/internal/span/CustomLineHeightSpan.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import android.graphics.Paint.FontMetricsInt
 import android.text.style.LineHeightSpan
 import kotlin.math.ceil
 import kotlin.math.floor
+import kotlin.math.max
+import kotlin.math.min
 
 /**
  * Implements a [LineHeightSpan] which follows web-like behavior for line height, unlike
@@ -28,6 +30,9 @@ internal class CustomLineHeightSpan(height: Float) : LineHeightSpan, ReactSpan {
       v: Int,
       fm: FontMetricsInt,
   ) {
+    val originalTop = fm.top
+    val originalBottom = fm.bottom
+
     // https://www.w3.org/TR/css-inline-3/#inline-height
     // When its computed line-height is not normal, its layout bounds are derived solely from
     // metrics of its first available font (ignoring glyphs from other fonts), and leading is used
@@ -47,10 +52,10 @@ internal class CustomLineHeightSpan(height: Float) : LineHeightSpan, ReactSpan {
     // line boxes to overlap (to allow too large glyphs to be drawn outside them), so we do not
     // adjust the top/bottom of interior line-boxes.
     if (start == 0) {
-      fm.top = fm.ascent
+      fm.top = min(originalTop, fm.ascent)
     }
     if (end == text.length) {
-      fm.bottom = fm.descent
+      fm.bottom = max(originalBottom, fm.descent)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/internal/span/CustomLineHeightSpanTest.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/internal/span/CustomLineHeightSpanTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..20fbc9eba8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/internal/span/CustomLineHeightSpanTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.views.text.internal.span
+
+import android.graphics.Paint
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
+class CustomLineHeightSpanTest {
+
+  @Test
+  fun tightLineHeightDoesNotClipFirstOrLastLineFontBounds() {
+    val span = CustomLineHeightSpan(16f)
+    val fm =
+        Paint.FontMetricsInt().apply {
+          top = -18
+          ascent = -14
+          descent = 6
+          bottom = 8
+        }
+
+    span.chooseHeight("gjpqy", 0, 5, 0, 0, fm)
+
+    assertThat(fm.ascent).isEqualTo(-12)
+    assertThat(fm.descent).isEqualTo(4)
+    assertThat(fm.top).isEqualTo(-18)
+    assertThat(fm.bottom).isEqualTo(8)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun looseLineHeightStillExpandsFirstAndLastLineBounds() {
+    val span = CustomLineHeightSpan(24f)
+    val fm =
+        Paint.FontMetricsInt().apply {
+          top = -18
+          ascent = -14
+          descent = 6
+          bottom = 8
+        }
+
+    span.chooseHeight("gjpqy", 0, 5, 0, 0, fm)
+
+    assertThat(fm.ascent).isEqualTo(-16)
+    assertThat(fm.descent).isEqualTo(8)
+    assertThat(fm.top).isEqualTo(-18)
+    assertThat(fm.bottom).isEqualTo(8)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Text/TextExample.android.js b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Text/TextExample.android.js
index 090ced25e60..a88bef0bac7 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Text/TextExample.android.js
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Text/TextExample.android.js
@@ -1119,6 +1119,19 @@ function LineHeightExample(props: {}): React.Node {
         <RNTesterText style={{fontSize: 20}}>Continually</RNTesterText> expedite
         magnetic potentialities rather than client-focused interfaces.
       </RNTesterText>
+      <RNTesterText
+        style={[
+          {
+            fontSize: 24,
+            lineHeight: 24,
+            borderColor: 'black',
+            borderWidth: 1,
+          },
+          styles.wrappedText,
+        ]}
+        testID="line-height-matches-font-size-descenders">
+        gjpqy
+      </RNTesterText>
       <RNTesterText
         style={[
           {