diff --git a/haxework/gui/TextView.hx b/haxework/gui/TextView.hx
index 9a7a48a..389b4ec 100755
--- a/haxework/gui/TextView.hx
+++ b/haxework/gui/TextView.hx
@@ -148,7 +148,11 @@ class TextView extends SpriteView implements ITextView<Sprite, TextField> {
     if (t != null) textField.text = t;
     textField.setTextFormat(textFormat);
     if (contentSize && !Std.is(skin, ISize)) {
-      #if html5 textField.height = textField.textHeight; #end
+      #if html5
+      var h = textField.textHeight;
+      if (h > textFormat.size * 1.5) h = h / 2;
+      textField.height = h;
+      #end
       width = textField.width + paddings * 2;
       height = textField.height + paddings * 2;
       textField.x = paddings;