CSS Icons: Cannot remove top and bottom padding (font awesome)

Question

Here is my fiddle:

http://jsfiddle.net/schmudde/VeA6B/

I cannot remove the top and bottom padding on either side of a font awesome icon:

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Answer 1

The line-height on the span won't help you much as the icon is added to the pseudo class :before on the tag. This pseudo class will create a somewhat hidden element, if you can call it that.

So if you want to override the css:

.icon-check:before { font-size: 2rem; }

Removing the padding of the icon can be tricky. Maybe if you set the span to display: inline-block you can use height, width in combination with overflow: hidden.

span {
    border: 1px solid #FF0000;
    display: inline-block;
    height: 38px;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
    width: 45px;
}
i.icon-check:before {
    left: 0;
    position: absolute;
    top: -4px;
}

DEMO