CSS: reducing line spacing of text?

Question

I am having difficulty reducing the spacing between lines of text with CSS line-height (or height - I\'ve tried both).

I have a small bit of text and the spacing is

Answer 1

Inline elements don't honour properties such as line-height; they take on the line height of the nearest block parent.

See Fiddle

Solution: remove the line-height from the body, or turn the span into a block (i.e. make it a div; don't give display:block to the span).