How to remove additional padding from a WPF TextBlock?

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By default a WPF TextBlock seems to have additional top and bottom padding applied. I wish this wasn't so.

I've tried setting negative padding, but got an exception:

0,-10,0,0' is not a valid value for property 'Padding'.
I've tried setting the LineHeight property, to no apparent effect.

This is how the TextBlock looks in Blend. I've marked the problematic portion with maroon red.

the red area should be removed

If you have an answer you should post it as such, answers do *not* belong into the question, also make sure to accept it once you are allowed to. — H.B., Sep 25 '11 at 09:04

score 52 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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Some research and H.B. guided me to the right answer, which is setting the following properties:

<TextBlock LineStackingStrategy="BlockLineHeight"
           LineHeight="20"/> <!-- Or some other value you fancy. -->

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Sep 27 '11 at 11:16

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what if want to remove from the bottom too? – Khawaja Asim Mar 14 '19 at 12:51

H.B. · Answer 2 · 2011-09-25T05:56:00.573

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This is probably part of the font which is Segoe UI by default, try Segoe instead for example. (You cannot assign negative padding but you could assign negative Margins, e.g.: Margin="0,-3,0,0")

edited Sep 25 '11 at 05:56

answered Sep 25 '11 at 05:50

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Mark · Answer 3 · 2018-03-02T20:36:54.833

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This space is not padding, but part of the font, reserved for accents above and below characters.

The accepted answer makes the line height smaller than the font height.

edited Mar 02 '18 at 20:36

answered Jul 08 '15 at 20:55

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This might be better as a comment – Josh Noe Dec 12 '17 at 17:59

How to remove additional padding from a WPF TextBlock?

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