Decreasing height of bootstrap 3.0 navbar

Question

I am trying to decrease bootstrap 3.0 navbar height which is used with fixed top behavior. Here i am using code.

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Answer 1

This is my experience

 .navbar { min-height:38px;   }
 .navbar .navbar-brand{ padding: 0 12px;font-size: 16px;line-height: 38px;height: 38px; }
 .navbar .navbar-nav > li > a {  padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 38px; }
 .navbar .navbar-toggle {  margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 8px 9px; }
 .navbar .navbar-form { margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px }
 .navbar .navbar-collapse {border-color: #A40303;}