diff --git a/res/values/styles.xml b/res/values/styles.xml
index 07148631e6..11861b9884 100644
--- a/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@
     <style name="DropTargetButtonBase" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.DeviceDefault.Medium">
         <item name="android:drawablePadding">@dimen/drop_target_button_drawable_padding</item>
         <item name="android:padding">14dp</item>
+        <item name="android:includeFontPadding">false</item>
         <item name="android:textColor">@color/drop_target_text</item>
         <item name="android:textSize">@dimen/drop_target_text_size</item>
         <item name="android:singleLine">true</item>
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/ButtonDropTarget.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/ButtonDropTarget.java
index fc7f614265..1a8600980f 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/ButtonDropTarget.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/ButtonDropTarget.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import static android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
+import android.graphics.Paint;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.text.InputType;
@@ -58,8 +59,6 @@ public abstract class ButtonDropTarget extends TextView
     public static final int TOOLTIP_LEFT = 1;
     public static final int TOOLTIP_RIGHT = 2;
 
-    private final Rect mTempRect = new Rect();
-
     protected final ActivityContext mActivityContext;
     protected final DropTargetHandler mDropTargetHandler;
     protected DropTargetBar mDropTargetBar;
@@ -417,15 +416,11 @@ public abstract class ButtonDropTarget extends TextView
      */
     @VisibleForTesting
     protected boolean isTextClippedVertically(int availableHeight) {
-        availableHeight -= getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom();
-        if (availableHeight <= 0) {
-            return true;
-        }
+        Paint.FontMetricsInt fontMetricsInt = getPaint().getFontMetricsInt();
+        int lineCount = (getLineCount() <= 0) ? 1 : getLineCount();
+        int textHeight = lineCount * (fontMetricsInt.bottom - fontMetricsInt.top);
 
-        getPaint().getTextBounds(mText.toString(), 0, mText.length(), mTempRect);
-        // Add bounds bottom to height, as text bounds height measures from the text baseline and
-        // above, which characters can descend below
-        return mTempRect.bottom + mTempRect.height() >= availableHeight;
+        return textHeight + getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom() >= availableHeight;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/DropTargetBar.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/DropTargetBar.java
index bb6d8b09a2..addcac9f45 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/DropTargetBar.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/DropTargetBar.java
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ public class DropTargetBar extends FrameLayout
             firstButton.setTextVisible(true);
             firstButton.setIconVisible(true);
             firstButton.measure(widthSpec, heightSpec);
+            firstButton.resizeTextToFit();
         } else if (visibleCount == 2) {
             DeviceProfile dp = mLauncher.getDeviceProfile();
             int verticalPadding = dp.dropTargetVerticalPaddingPx;