diff --git a/src/entities/mtext.rs b/src/entities/mtext.rs
index f80c751ff..76131b70f 100644
--- a/src/entities/mtext.rs
+++ b/src/entities/mtext.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ fn to_truck(t: &MText, document: &acadrust::CadDocument) -> TruckEntity {
     } else {
         1.0
     };
-    let line_h = t.height as f32 * ls_factor * font.line_spacing;
+    // AutoCAD DXF code 44 is a multiplier on the *default* baseline-to-baseline
+    // distance, which is 5/3 × text_height (≈ 1.667).  factor = 1.0 → single
+    // spacing, factor = 2.0 → double spacing, etc.
+    let line_h = t.height as f32 * ls_factor * (5.0 / 3.0) * font.line_spacing;
     let total_h = line_h * n_lines;
     let v_offset = match t.attachment_point {
         AttachmentPoint::TopLeft | AttachmentPoint::TopCenter | AttachmentPoint::TopRight => 0.0,
diff --git a/src/entities/text_support.rs b/src/entities/text_support.rs
index 067cf07e5..4f764baaa 100644
--- a/src/entities/text_support.rs
+++ b/src/entities/text_support.rs
@@ -206,10 +206,14 @@ pub fn strip_mtext_codes(s: &str) -> String {
 }
 
 pub fn split_mtext_lines(s: &str) -> Vec<String> {
-    s.split('\n')
+    let lines: Vec<String> = s.split('\n')
         .map(|l| l.trim().to_string())
-        .filter(|l| !l.is_empty())
-        .collect()
+        .collect();
+    // Drop leading and trailing blank lines, but preserve blank lines in the
+    // middle — they are intentional paragraph separators (\\P\\P in MTEXT).
+    let start = lines.iter().position(|l| !l.is_empty()).unwrap_or(0);
+    let end = lines.iter().rposition(|l| !l.is_empty()).map(|i| i + 1).unwrap_or(0);
+    lines[start..end].to_vec()
 }
 
 /// Measure the advance width of an MText line (after strip_mtext_codes), correctly