diff --git a/lpdf.php b/lpdf.php
index 424b81a..4f41b71 100644
--- a/lpdf.php
+++ b/lpdf.php
@@ -557,18 +557,24 @@ class lpdf
 			{
 				$this->yloc-=$height['tabledata'];
 				$xpos=$xpos_of_table;
+				$extralinestomove=0;
 				for($c=0;$c<$table_cols;$c++)
 				{
 					$width=$table['widths'][$c];
-					$h=0;
-					for($h=1; $h<5;$h++) {
-						$notfit=pdf_show_boxed($this->pdf,$dataline[$c],$this->loc($xpos+$table_padding),$this->loc($this->yloc),$this->loc($width-2*$table_padding),$this->loc($height['tabledata'])*$h, $table['dataalign'][$c],null);
+					$textstr=$dataline[$c];
+					$h=1;
+					do
+					{
+						//get rid of any leading \n's they cause havok
+						if($textstr[0]=="\n") $textstr=substr($textstr,1);
+						$notfit=pdf_show_boxed($this->pdf,$textstr,$this->loc($xpos+$table_padding),$this->loc($this->yloc-($h-1)*$height['tabledata']),$this->loc($width-2*$table_padding),$this->loc($height['tabledata']),$table['dataalign'][$c],null);
+						$h++;
+						$textstr=substr($textstr,-$notfit);
+
 						if($allow_multiline == false) break; // default behaviour, don't try multi lines 
-						if($notfit == 0) {
-							break;
-						}
-						$this->yloc -= $height['tabledata'];
-					}
+					}while($notfit);
+
+					if($h-2>$extralinestomove) $extralinestomove=$h-2;
 
 					//put a little "..." at the end of the field
 					if($notfit)
@@ -580,6 +586,8 @@ class lpdf
 
 					$xpos+=$width;
 				}
+				$this->yloc -= $height['tabledata']*$extralinestomove;
+
 
 				//draw the line below the table data)
 				pdf_moveto($this->pdf,$this->loc($xpos_of_table),$this->loc($this->yloc));