From 122e9f48ba0c2eb5b0b6b39e7bd72a502b5e76d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Weiss <benjamin.weiss@tu-ilmenau.de>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 19:31:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] new frame title struts

---
 source/beamerouterthememetropolis.dtx | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/beamerouterthememetropolis.dtx b/source/beamerouterthememetropolis.dtx
index 53954fa..9f0dcdb 100644
--- a/source/beamerouterthememetropolis.dtx
+++ b/source/beamerouterthememetropolis.dtx
@@ -154,16 +154,31 @@
 %    Templates for the frame title, which is optionally underlined with a
 %    progress bar.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\newcommand{\metropolis@frametitlestrut}{
-  \vphantom{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz()}%
+\newlength{\metropolis@frametitle@padding}
+\setlength{\metropolis@frametitle@padding}{1.5ex}
+\newcommand{\metropolis@frametitlestrut@start}{
+  \rule{0pt}{\metropolis@frametitle@padding +%
+    \totalheightof{%
+      \ifcsname metropolis@frametitleformat\endcsname%
+        \metropolis@frametitleformat X%
+      \else%
+        X%
+      \fi%
+    }%
+  }%
+}
+\newcommand{\metropolis@frametitlestrut@end}{
+  \rule[-\metropolis@frametitle@padding]{0pt}{\metropolis@frametitle@padding}
 }
 \defbeamertemplate{frametitle}{plain}{%
   \nointerlineskip%
   \begin{beamercolorbox}[%
       wd=\paperwidth,%
-      sep=1.5ex,%
+      sep=0pt,%
+      leftskip=\metropolis@frametitle@padding,%
+      rightskip=\metropolis@frametitle@padding,%
     ]{frametitle}%
-  \metropolis@frametitlestrut\insertframetitle\metropolis@frametitlestrut%
+  \metropolis@frametitlestrut@start\insertframetitle\metropolis@frametitlestrut@end%
   \end{beamercolorbox}%
 }
 %    \end{macrocode}

From 6c2f5dd4aedaf74d052b82b483fdf3e7688d8a04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Weiss <benjamin.weiss@tu-ilmenau.de>
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 12:16:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] use etoolbox for if statement

---
 source/beamerouterthememetropolis.dtx | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/beamerouterthememetropolis.dtx b/source/beamerouterthememetropolis.dtx
index 9f0dcdb..631bf81 100644
--- a/source/beamerouterthememetropolis.dtx
+++ b/source/beamerouterthememetropolis.dtx
@@ -159,11 +159,7 @@
 \newcommand{\metropolis@frametitlestrut@start}{
   \rule{0pt}{\metropolis@frametitle@padding +%
     \totalheightof{%
-      \ifcsname metropolis@frametitleformat\endcsname%
-        \metropolis@frametitleformat X%
-      \else%
-        X%
-      \fi%
+      \ifcsdef{metropolis@frametitleformat}{\metropolis@frametitleformat X}{X}%
     }%
   }%
 }