From 4130c313b75e418c4b76e5a58531b1be9b1e9e88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael <m.pierre@live.ca>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 17:20:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix label vertical alignment on vertical scales (#5248)

---
 src/core/core.scale.js | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/core.scale.js b/src/core/core.scale.js
index 3a020eebc32..4be157a23b4 100644
--- a/src/core/core.scale.js
+++ b/src/core/core.scale.js
@@ -875,11 +875,15 @@ module.exports = function(Chart) {
 
 					var label = itemToDraw.label;
 					if (helpers.isArray(label)) {
-						for (var i = 0, y = 0; i < label.length; ++i) {
+						var lineCount = label.length;
+						var lineHeight = tickFont.size * 1.5;
+						var y = me.isHorizontal() ? 0 : -lineHeight * (lineCount - 1) / 2;
+
+						for (var i = 0; i < lineCount; ++i) {
 							// We just make sure the multiline element is a string here..
 							context.fillText('' + label[i], 0, y);
 							// apply same lineSpacing as calculated @ L#320
-							y += (tickFont.size * 1.5);
+							y += lineHeight;
 						}
 					} else {
 						context.fillText(label, 0, 0);