How to Decrease Line Spacing in Text

[MetalTurtle18]

I am trying to make ASCII art in a compose window. I have it showing the text in a monospaced font, but it is stretched because there is a larger gap between the lines than between each letter:

I tried using lineHeight to change this, but it seems to work only for making the line spacing bigger, not smaller:

Text(
    text = display,
    fontSize = 6.sp,
    fontFamily = FontFamily.Monospace,
    lineHeight = 0.5.sp, // Doesn't appear to change anything
    color = imageColor.value,
)

Is there any way to make the lines closer together?

[malliaridis]

In typography you have the option to set the letterSpacing. I set it directly at the Theme, but you could also do it like below:

Text(
  text = "some text,
  style = MaterialTheme.typography.body1.copy(letterSpacing = 0.sp)
)

Does that solve your problem?

[MetalTurtle18]

Thanks for the response. I could use this to space the letters out to match the line spacing, but I was really looking for a way to shrink the letters together—I would prefer to have almost no gap.

[malliaridis]

I'm not aware of any other ways except of picking different fonts (there might be ways I don't know).
I can achieve the following results with different fonts. Maybe that is a sufficient solution?

[MetalTurtle18]

That's another good idea, thanks. Can I ask what fonts are in that screenshot?

[malliaridis]

First one is Space Mono, second is Major Mono Display. But you can find probably better fonts for your purpose. Just have a look at sites like https://fonts.google.com/ and try them out. :)