Reduce line height / spacing in product description

Store Design

Topic summary

The original poster wants to reduce line spacing in product descriptions using the Minimal theme. A CSS solution is provided targeting .product-description.rte with line-height: 1.4, to be added in the theme’s timber.scss.liquid file.

Another user asks how to apply this to the Debut theme, which doesn’t have a Timber file—this question remains unanswered.

An alternative HTML-based approach is shared for manually removing line breaks: instead of using separate <p> tags for each line, keep content within a single <p> tag and use <br> tags between lines. This method works by editing the HTML directly in the description editor.

Key distinction: The CSS method adjusts overall line spacing globally, while the HTML method removes specific line breaks between individual text elements.

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I would like to reduce the space between lines of all the text in the product description. i am using the Minimal theme: https://www.outbox.sarl/products/date-or-anniversary

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Hello Bernard9,
Add this css at the bottom of
Online Store->Theme->Edit code->Assets->timber.scss.liquid

.product-description.rte {
    line-height: 1.4;
}
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I’m looking to do the same, but I don’t have a file named Timber. I’m using the free debut theme. Any assistance is appreciated.

4

To anyone who still has a problem with removing line breaks - I found an easier solution.

I have a text in the description box:

Paperback : 190 Pages

ISBN ‏ : ‎ 9781407139272

To remove the line break, click on html button, and you should see this:

Paperback : 190 Pages

ISBN ‏ : ‎ 9781407139272

To remove the line break, delete

after the first line (or after every line that has a line break you want to remove) and replace

at the beginning of the sentence with
(apart from the first sentence). You should have this as a result:

Paperback : 190 Pages
ISBN ‏ : ‎ 9781407139272

When you press the html button again, it will look like this:

Paperback : 190 Pages
ISBN ‏ : ‎ 9781407139272

Hope that helps anyone :slightly_smiling_face:

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To add to my above comment - I have found even easier solution - if you are continually typing, the rows will be nice and tight. But the problem I had was with spacing after I pressed enter.

Solution - hold down Shift when pressing enter and it will only be a one line gap. Old way but works like a charm