diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ed549a6e..eb2c1a1ce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Add support for `FORCE_COLOR` env var https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/2449
 - Allow a `max_depth` argument to be passed to the `install()` hook https://github.com/Textualize/rich/issues/2486
 - Document using `None` as name in `__rich_repr__` for tuple positional args https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/2379
+- Add `font_aspect_ratio` parameter in SVG export https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/2539/files
 
 ### Fixed
 
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fix pretty printer handling of cyclic references https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/2524
 - Fix missing `mode` property on file wrapper breaking uploads via `requests` https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/2495
 - Fix mismatching default value of parameter `ensure_ascii` https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/2538
+- Remove unused height parameter in `Layout` class https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/2540
+
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/rich/console.py b/rich/console.py
index cce90becf..90034913d 100644
--- a/rich/console.py
+++ b/rich/console.py
@@ -2261,18 +2261,22 @@ def export_svg(
         theme: Optional[TerminalTheme] = None,
         clear: bool = True,
         code_format: str = CONSOLE_SVG_FORMAT,
+        font_aspect_ratio: float = 0.61,
     ) -> str:
         """
         Generate an SVG from the console contents (requires record=True in Console constructor).
 
         Args:
             path (str): The path to write the SVG to.
-            title (str): The title of the tab in the output image
+            title (str, optional): The title of the tab in the output image
             theme (TerminalTheme, optional): The ``TerminalTheme`` object to use to style the terminal
             clear (bool, optional): Clear record buffer after exporting. Defaults to ``True``
-            code_format (str): Format string used to generate the SVG. Rich will inject a number of variables
+            code_format (str, optional): Format string used to generate the SVG. Rich will inject a number of variables
                 into the string in order to form the final SVG output. The default template used and the variables
                 injected by Rich can be found by inspecting the ``console.CONSOLE_SVG_FORMAT`` variable.
+            font_aspect_ratio (float, optional): The width to height ratio of the font used in the ``code_format``
+                string. Defaults to 0.61, which is the width to height ratio of Fira Code (the default font).
+                If you aren't specifying a different font inside ``code_format``, you probably don't need this.
         """
 
         from rich.cells import cell_len
@@ -2316,7 +2320,7 @@ def get_svg_style(style: Style) -> str:
 
         width = self.width
         char_height = 20
-        char_width = char_height * 0.61
+        char_width = char_height * font_aspect_ratio
         line_height = char_height * 1.22
 
         margin_top = 1
@@ -2505,23 +2509,28 @@ def save_svg(
         theme: Optional[TerminalTheme] = None,
         clear: bool = True,
         code_format: str = CONSOLE_SVG_FORMAT,
+        font_aspect_ratio: float = 0.61,
     ) -> None:
         """Generate an SVG file from the console contents (requires record=True in Console constructor).
 
         Args:
             path (str): The path to write the SVG to.
-            title (str): The title of the tab in the output image
+            title (str, optional): The title of the tab in the output image
             theme (TerminalTheme, optional): The ``TerminalTheme`` object to use to style the terminal
             clear (bool, optional): Clear record buffer after exporting. Defaults to ``True``
-            code_format (str): Format string used to generate the SVG. Rich will inject a number of variables
+            code_format (str, optional): Format string used to generate the SVG. Rich will inject a number of variables
                 into the string in order to form the final SVG output. The default template used and the variables
                 injected by Rich can be found by inspecting the ``console.CONSOLE_SVG_FORMAT`` variable.
+            font_aspect_ratio (float, optional): The width to height ratio of the font used in the ``code_format``
+                string. Defaults to 0.61, which is the width to height ratio of Fira Code (the default font).
+                If you aren't specifying a different font inside ``code_format``, you probably don't need this.
         """
         svg = self.export_svg(
             title=title,
             theme=theme,
             clear=clear,
             code_format=code_format,
+            font_aspect_ratio=font_aspect_ratio,
         )
         with open(path, "wt", encoding="utf-8") as write_file:
             write_file.write(svg)
diff --git a/rich/layout.py b/rich/layout.py
index 2030c0401..50ebd1882 100644
--- a/rich/layout.py
+++ b/rich/layout.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 from .highlighter import ReprHighlighter
 from .panel import Panel
 from .pretty import Pretty
-from .repr import rich_repr, Result
 from .region import Region
+from .repr import Result, rich_repr
 from .segment import Segment
 from .style import StyleType
 
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ def __init__(
         minimum_size: int = 1,
         ratio: int = 1,
         visible: bool = True,
-        height: Optional[int] = None,
     ) -> None:
         self._renderable = renderable or _Placeholder(self)
         self.size = size
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@ def __init__(
         self.ratio = ratio
         self.name = name
         self.visible = visible
-        self.height = height
         self.splitter: Splitter = self.splitters["column"]()
         self._children: List[Layout] = []
         self._render_map: RenderMap = {}