<input> has mysterious bottom padding

Question

I am trying to do some quite precise styling on some form elements, and this issue is causing me a lot of grief.

If I try to remove padding, margi

Answer 1

Are you sure they're using the exact same font (including size)?

Try adding box-sizing: border-box to the input.

I've never had this issue myself, but I've only used it as a test somewhere in IE9...