diff --git a/crates/terminal/README.md b/crates/terminal/README.md
index c1e64726b2..99ab583ebb 100644
--- a/crates/terminal/README.md
+++ b/crates/terminal/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 Design notes:
 
 This crate is split into two conceptual halves:
-- The terminal.rs file and the ./src/mappings/ folder, these contain the code for interacting with Alacritty and maintaining the pty event loop. Some behavior in this file is constrained by terminal protocols and standards. The Zed init function is also placed here.
+- The terminal.rs file and the src/mappings/ folder, these contain the code for interacting with Alacritty and maintaining the pty event loop. Some behavior in this file is constrained by terminal protocols and standards. The Zed init function is also placed here.
 - Everything else. These other files integrate the `Terminal` struct created in terminal.rs into the rest of GPUI. The main entry point for GPUI is the terminal_view.rs file and the modal.rs file. 
 
 Terminals are created externally, and so can fail in unexpected ways However, GPUI currently does not have an API for models than can fail to instantiate. `TerminalBuilder` solves this by using Rust's type system to split `Terminal` instantiation into a 2 step process: first attempt to create the file handles with `TerminalBuilder::new()`, check the result, then call `TerminalBuilder::subscribe(cx)` from within a model context.
-The TerminalView struct abstracts over failed and successful terminals, and provides other constructs a standardized way of instantiating an always-successful terminal view.
\ No newline at end of file
+The TerminalView struct abstracts over failed and successful terminals, and provides a standardized way of instantiating an always-successful view of a terminal.
+
diff --git a/crates/terminal/src/connected_el.rs b/crates/terminal/src/connected_el.rs
index 1a804b4154..b4369ab55e 100644
--- a/crates/terminal/src/connected_el.rs
+++ b/crates/terminal/src/connected_el.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ pub struct LayoutState {
     display_offset: usize,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
 struct IndexedCell {
     point: Point,
     cell: Cell,
@@ -108,7 +109,14 @@ impl LayoutCell {
         visible_bounds: RectF,
         cx: &mut PaintContext,
     ) {
-        let pos = point_to_absolute(origin, self.point, layout);
+        let pos = {
+            let point = self.point;
+            vec2f(
+                (origin.x() + point.column as f32 * layout.size.cell_width).floor(),
+                origin.y() + point.line as f32 * layout.size.line_height,
+            )
+        };
+
         self.text
             .paint(pos, visible_bounds, layout.size.line_height, cx);
     }
@@ -139,10 +147,15 @@ impl LayoutRect {
     }
 
     fn paint(&self, origin: Vector2F, layout: &LayoutState, cx: &mut PaintContext) {
-        let position = point_to_absolute(origin, self.point, layout);
-
+        let position = {
+            let point = self.point;
+            vec2f(
+                (origin.x() + point.column as f32 * layout.size.cell_width).floor(),
+                origin.y() + point.line as f32 * layout.size.line_height,
+            )
+        };
         let size = vec2f(
-            (layout.size.cell_width.ceil() * self.num_of_cells as f32).ceil(),
+            (layout.size.cell_width * self.num_of_cells as f32).ceil(),
             layout.size.line_height,
         );
 
@@ -155,13 +168,6 @@ impl LayoutRect {
     }
 }
 
-fn point_to_absolute(origin: Vector2F, point: Point<i32, i32>, layout: &LayoutState) -> Vector2F {
-    vec2f(
-        (origin.x() + point.column as f32 * layout.size.cell_width).floor(),
-        origin.y() + point.line as f32 * layout.size.line_height,
-    )
-}
-
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
 struct RelativeHighlightedRange {
     line_index: usize,
@@ -325,7 +331,6 @@ impl TerminalEl {
                 rects.push(cur_rect.take().unwrap());
             }
         }
-
         (cells, rects, highlight_ranges)
     }
 
@@ -343,12 +348,14 @@ impl TerminalEl {
                 text_fragment.width()
             };
 
+            //Cursor should always surround as much of the text as possible,
+            //hence when on pixel boundaries round the origin down and the width up
             Some((
                 vec2f(
-                    cursor_point.col() as f32 * size.cell_width(),
-                    cursor_point.line() as f32 * size.line_height(),
+                    (cursor_point.col() as f32 * size.cell_width()).floor(),
+                    (cursor_point.line() as f32 * size.line_height()).floor(),
                 ),
-                cursor_width,
+                cursor_width.ceil(),
             ))
         } else {
             None