diff --git a/lib/src/css_box_widget.dart b/lib/src/css_box_widget.dart
index c6870a3929..77d545d022 100644
--- a/lib/src/css_box_widget.dart
+++ b/lib/src/css_box_widget.dart
@@ -616,13 +616,15 @@ class RenderCSSBox extends RenderBox
     RenderBox? markerBox = childParentData.nextSibling;
     if (markerBox != null) {
       final markerBoxParentData = markerBox.parentData! as CSSBoxParentData;
-      final distance = (child.getDistanceToBaseline(TextBaseline.alphabetic,
-                  onlyReal: true) ??
-              0) +
-          topOffset;
-      final offsetHeight = distance -
-          (markerBox.getDistanceToBaseline(TextBaseline.alphabetic) ??
-              markerBox.size.height);
+      // final distance = (child.getDistanceToBaseline(TextBaseline.alphabetic,
+      //             onlyReal: true) ??
+      //         0) +
+      //     topOffset;
+      // final offsetHeight = distance -
+      //     (markerBox.getDistanceToBaseline(TextBaseline.alphabetic) ??
+      //         markerBox.size.height);
+      // TODO handle block children better by modifying above approach
+      final offsetHeight = topOffset;
       switch (_textDirection) {
         case TextDirection.rtl:
           markerBoxParentData.offset = Offset(
diff --git a/lib/src/style.dart b/lib/src/style.dart
index 3d293de8b0..e605ee43fa 100644
--- a/lib/src/style.dart
+++ b/lib/src/style.dart
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class Style {
 
   TextStyle generateTextStyle() {
     return TextStyle(
-      backgroundColor: backgroundColor,
+      backgroundColor: (display?.isBlock ?? false) ? null : backgroundColor,
       color: color,
       decoration: textDecoration,
       decorationColor: textDecorationColor,