How to remove additional padding from a WPF TextBlock?

Question

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 paddin

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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. --> 

Answer 3

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")