JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

https://jsfiddle.net/f6vhkLg7/#update

HTML

<p class="normalSelection">
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</p>
<p class="extendedSelection">
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</p>

CSS

body {
  padding: 10px;
  margin: 0;
}

p {
 margin-bottom: 10px 0 0 0;
 background: #ccc;
 font-family: sans-serif;
}

p.extendedSelection {
  line-height: 2em;
  word-spacing: 0.2em;
}