Hi! I was cruising the threads for an answer to the same question you have. Maybe you already came across it… if not, here it is: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/text-too-high/
At the end of the entry, JulianneSMoore posted a bit of code:
.entry table {border: 0 !important;}
.footnote_plugin_index {padding: 0px 0px; border: none !important;}
.footnote_plugin_link {padding: 0px 0px; border: none !important;}
.footnote_plugin_text {padding: 0px 0px;border: none !important;}
.entry tr td {padding: 6px 6px;}
.footnote_plugin_tooltip_text {
vertical-align: super !important;
font-size: 80%
}
I cut and pasted it into the “Add Custom CSS to the public page”, which you can get to via the “Customize” tab for the plug-in, and footnote text isn’t as high. If you need yours even closer, try modifying the size for the padding in “.entry tr td {padding: 6px 6px;}” to get the numbers even closer to the text. Good luck!