text = ("%.2f" % (ta * 360)).rstrip('0').rstrip('.')
                 color = colorsys.hsv_to_rgb(a, 1.0, 1.0)
                 self.draw_centered_text(v[0], v[1], text,
-                                        rotated_radial_orientation_angle, color)
+                                        rotated_radial_orientation_angle, color,
+                                        align_baseline=True)
 
     def draw_element(self, x, y, model, theta, color=[0, 0, 0]):
         if model.show_elements: