Title: Want Decrease the Spacing after a Specific Line of Type
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Want Decrease the Spacing after a Specific Line of Type

 *  [ijmacmurray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ijmacmurray/)
 * (@ijmacmurray)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/want-decrease-the-spacing-after-a-specific-line-of-type/)
 * Using the Child 2011 [http://www.mgpi.biz](http://www.mgpi.biz)
 *  Thanks for all your previous help.
    I want to decrease the space after a specific
   line of type – such as after the last bullet in a paragraph_ (see large space
   after the last bullet on the static front Welcome page)_. Also, I’d like to decrease
   the space after the first full sentence on the Solutions > Web Design page to
   make it even with the rest of the paragraph. I assume the fact that I enlarged
   the “W” automatically increased the line spacing after this particular line.

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 *  [lettergrade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lettergrade/)
 * (@lettergrade)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/want-decrease-the-spacing-after-a-specific-line-of-type/#post-4198368)
 * For the list on the Welcome page, it looks like you’ve accidentally placed a 
   list within a list. It’s going:
 *     ```
       <ul>
          <ul>
             <li></li> (and so on)
          </ul>
       </ul>
       ```
   
 * Try to remove the extra containing
    `<ul>` either in the visual editor or by 
   editing it out of the html.
 * The span value you placed on the big W on your Web Design page is definitely 
   causing you spacing problems. I’m not sure how to fix it as is. Why don’t you
   try styling a drop cap technique instead?
 * A few ideas:
    [http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/drop-caps/](http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/drop-caps/)
   [http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/04/03/drop-caps-historical-use-and-current-best-practices/](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/04/03/drop-caps-historical-use-and-current-best-practices/)
   [http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/html/article.php/3888236](http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/html/article.php/3888236)
 *  Thread Starter [ijmacmurray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ijmacmurray/)
 * (@ijmacmurray)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/want-decrease-the-spacing-after-a-specific-line-of-type/#post-4198376)
 * Thanks you for the assist. I did have it double indented, once for the bullet
   and then I used the indent feature for another indent. So I took out that command.
   However eliminating that didn’t change the large space after the last bullet.
   
   I had previously decreased my spacing after a hard returns by adding ” p { margin-
   bottom: 0.6em; } ” at the bottom of my CSS stylesheet and it did reduce everywhere
   but after the last bullets in a list. That is why I thought this could be handled
   on specific text edit format when needed. It’s not just on this bullet list but
   on all of them. Thanks for you help. Hope you have more good advice.
 *  [lettergrade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lettergrade/)
 * (@lettergrade)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/want-decrease-the-spacing-after-a-specific-line-of-type/#post-4198385)
 * Sure! That’s the margin on the `<ul>` tag. Here are the current values:
 *     ```
       ul, ol {
           margin: 0 0 1.625em 2.5em;
       }
       ```
   
 * If you want to reduce the margin at the bottom to match your `<p>`bottom margin,
   change the 1.625em to the value you want.
 *  Thread Starter [ijmacmurray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ijmacmurray/)
 * (@ijmacmurray)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/want-decrease-the-spacing-after-a-specific-line-of-type/#post-4198390)
 * WOW! It worked – thanks so much. After reading the info you provided on the other
   question where I have the big “W”, I don’t know if this is possible without it
   affecting every paragraph in an article / page. Appreciated the assistance. If
   you find out how to do this let me know.
 * Thanks again!!!!
 *  [lettergrade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lettergrade/)
 * (@lettergrade)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/want-decrease-the-spacing-after-a-specific-line-of-type/#post-4198393)
 * Oh great, glad it worked out for you.
 * I haven’t done it, but I believe that when creating a drop-cap class, you would
   want to make a special class (say ‘.drop-cap p’ instead of just p, or you’re 
   right, it will apply to all values) and then you could add the code to that first
   paragraph in your text editor as `<p class = "drop-cap">` or something similar
   depending on how you set up your styles.
 *  Thread Starter [ijmacmurray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ijmacmurray/)
 * (@ijmacmurray)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/want-decrease-the-spacing-after-a-specific-line-of-type/#post-4198394)
 * I have another question somewhat related to the above. If I need to start another
   forum I will. If you look at my “Services” page (Solutions > Services) I would
   like to reduce the margin after the headings Direct Mail • Variable Data • Web
   Design. Can this be done on line by line basis in the text edit when needed? 
   Can you control leading on a line by line basis?
 *  [lettergrade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lettergrade/)
 * (@lettergrade)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/want-decrease-the-spacing-after-a-specific-line-of-type/#post-4198398)
 * You can adjust most things on a line-by-line basis, but it creates a lot of work
   for you, which is why styles should generally be standardized.
 * In the case of those subheads, the code in action is this:
 * .entry-content h2 {
    color: #000000; font-weight: bold; margin: 0 0 0.8125em;}
 * You could change that if you wanted, or you could make a special class to add
   to your text editor one line at a time.

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