diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/CustomStyleSpan.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/CustomStyleSpan.java
index 9dd823dfdf6fb2..4edaa69ec8ed66 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/CustomStyleSpan.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/CustomStyleSpan.java
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ private static void apply(
     // other use cases will be added in separate PRs
     // the span with the highest lineHeight sets the height for all rows
     if (textAlignVertical == "top-child" && highestLineHeight != 0) {
-      tp.baselineShift -= highestLineHeight / 2 - tp.getTextSize() / 2;
+      // tp.baselineShift -= highestLineHeight / 2 - tp.getTextSize() / 2;
     }
     if (textAlignVertical == "bottom-child" && highestLineHeight != 0) {
-      tp.baselineShift += highestLineHeight / 2 - tp.getTextSize() / 2;
+      // tp.baselineShift += highestLineHeight / 2 - tp.getTextSize() / 2;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan.java
index 073a57c21139a0..210ec9e9d79046 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan.java
@@ -7,13 +7,51 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.views.text;
 
+import android.graphics.Rect;
+import android.text.TextPaint;
 import android.text.style.AbsoluteSizeSpan;
+import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 
 /*
  * Wraps {@link AbsoluteSizeSpan} as a {@link ReactSpan}.
  */
 public class ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan extends AbsoluteSizeSpan implements ReactSpan {
-  public ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan(int size) {
+  private static final String TAG = "ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan";
+  private final String mText;
+  private String mTextAlignVertical = "center-child";
+
+  public ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan(
+      int size, @Nullable String textAlignVertical, @Nullable String text) {
     super(size);
+    mTextAlignVertical = textAlignVertical;
+    mText = text;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void updateMeasureState(TextPaint tp) {
+    updateDrawState(tp);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void updateDrawState(TextPaint ds) {
+    super.updateDrawState(ds);
+    // if lineHeight is not set, align the text using the font metrics
+    // works only with single line
+    // https://stackoverflow.com/a/27631737/7295772
+    // top      -------------  -26
+    // ascent   -------------  -30
+    // baseline __my Text____   0
+    // descent  _____________   8
+    // bottom   _____________   1
+    if (mText != null) {
+      Rect bounds = new Rect();
+      ds.getTextBounds(mText, 0, mText.length(), bounds);
+      if (mTextAlignVertical == "top-child") {
+        ds.baselineShift += ds.getFontMetrics().top - ds.ascent() - ds.descent();
+      }
+      if (mTextAlignVertical == "bottom-child") {
+        ds.baselineShift += ds.getFontMetrics().bottom - ds.descent();
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode.java
index b07b5979b348d9..aa056613304cc3 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode.java
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ private static void buildSpannedFromShadowNode(
       // `Float.NaN`.
       parentTextAttributes == null
           || parentTextAttributes.getEffectiveFontSize() != effectiveFontSize) {
-        ops.add(new SetSpanOperation(start, end, new ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan(effectiveFontSize)));
+        ops.add(new SetSpanOperation(start, end, new ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan(effectiveFontSize, null, null)));
       }
       if (textShadowNode.mFontStyle != UNSET
           || textShadowNode.mFontWeight != UNSET
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java
index 4e67070aca4bd0..f44c676d770834 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public long measure(
               for (ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan span : sizeSpans) {
                 text.setSpan(
                     new ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan(
-                        (int) Math.max((span.getSize() * ratio), minimumFontSize)),
+                        (int) Math.max((span.getSize() * ratio), minimumFontSize), null, null),
                     text.getSpanStart(span),
                     text.getSpanEnd(span),
                     text.getSpanFlags(span));
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java
index c5193fccbbc7a7..e06e84b38d6225 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ private static void buildSpannableFromFragment(
                   start, end, new CustomLetterSpacingSpan(textAttributes.getLetterSpacing())));
         }
         ops.add(
-            new SetSpanOperation(start, end, new ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan(textAttributes.mFontSize)));
+            new SetSpanOperation(start, end, new ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan(textAttributes.mFontSize, null, null)));
         if (textAttributes.mFontStyle != UNSET
             || textAttributes.mFontWeight != UNSET
             || textAttributes.mFontFamily != null) {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerMapBuffer.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerMapBuffer.java
index 57159e785f8914..2808018540354a 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerMapBuffer.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerMapBuffer.java
@@ -158,8 +158,13 @@ private static void buildSpannableFromFragment(
               new SetSpanOperation(
                   start, end, new CustomLetterSpacingSpan(textAttributes.getLetterSpacing())));
         }
+        String currentText = String.valueOf(sb.subSequence(start, end));
         ops.add(
-            new SetSpanOperation(start, end, new ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan(textAttributes.mFontSize)));
+            new SetSpanOperation(
+                start,
+                end,
+                new ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan(
+                    textAttributes.mFontSize, textAttributes.mTextAlignVertical, currentText)));
         if (textAttributes.mFontStyle != UNSET
             || textAttributes.mFontWeight != UNSET
             || textAttributes.mFontFamily != null
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
index 33cebf1e2cec1e..659df9c032837b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ private void addSpansForMeasurement(Spannable spannable) {
     }
     ops.add(
         new TextLayoutManager.SetSpanOperation(
-            start, end, new ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan((int) mTextAttributes.getEffectiveFontSize())));
+            start, end, new ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan((int) mTextAttributes.getEffectiveFontSize(), null, null)));
     if (mFontStyle != UNSET || mFontWeight != UNSET || mFontFamily != null) {
       ops.add(
           new TextLayoutManager.SetSpanOperation(