JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<p> Bla bla bla <i>webfont-icon</i>
<br/> Second Line Bla bla bla bla bla </p>

<bR/><BR/>

<p> Bla bla bla normal line-height
<br/> Second <i>Line</i> Bla bla bla bla bla </p>

CSS

i{
  font-size: 50px;
  position: relative;
  line-height: 0px;
}
p{
   margin-top:-10px;
}