Extra Spacing Inside My Text Widget In Flutter Application - flutter

Question

I have created a mobile application and I was using a font family called Baloo Paaji 2 from google and I have faced an issue of extra spacing created between my 2 text widgets. Below you can see the image of the view.
The text I am talking about is the Welcome! Lakshya Jain. The space between the 2 is way too much. There is no SizedBox or Padding added to the text widget. I tried using 2 different methods to see if the method was the problem. The 2 different methods are shown below.
Method 1
Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
children: [
Text(
"Welcome !",
style: TextStyle(
color: Colors.white,
fontFamily: "BalooPaaji",
fontSize: 18.0,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w600,
),
),
Text(
userData.fullName,
style: TextStyle(
color: Colors.white,
fontFamily: "BalooPaaji",
fontSize: 24.0,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w900,
),
),
],
),
Method 2
Text.rich(
TextSpan(
text: "Welcome !\n",
style: TextStyle(
color: Colors.white,
fontFamily: "BalooPaaji",
fontSize: 18.0,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w600,
),
children: [
TextSpan(
text: userData.fullName,
style: TextStyle(
color: Colors.white,
fontFamily: "BalooPaaji",
fontSize: 24.0,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w900,
),
),
],
),
),
Now I used another method which fixed this issue but created another one.
The Method 3 Screenshot is as follows.
Now the spacing issue is fixed but it created as the text has moved down a little. I want it to be center without the huge gap.
The code for this method is as followed.
Stack(
alignment: Alignment.topLeft,
clipBehavior: Clip.none,
children: [
Text(
"Welcome !",
style: TextStyle(
color: Colors.white,
fontFamily: "BalooPaaji",
fontSize: 18.0,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w600,
),
),
Positioned(
top: 20.0,
child: Text(
userData.fullName,
style: TextStyle(
color: Colors.white,
fontFamily: "BalooPaaji",
fontSize: 24.0,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w900,
),
),
),
],
),
The full code for the whole header is as followed
class HomeHeader extends StatelessWidget {
#override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
// Get User UID
final user = Provider.of<MyAppUser>(context);
return Stack(
clipBehavior: Clip.none,
children: [
Container(
padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 15.0),
width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width,
height: 230.0,
decoration: BoxDecoration(
gradient: LinearGradient(
begin: Alignment.topCenter,
end: Alignment.bottomCenter,
colors: [
Color.fromRGBO(255, 18, 54, 1.0),
Color.fromRGBO(255, 164, 29, 1.0),
],
),
borderRadius: BorderRadius.only(
bottomRight: Radius.circular(59.0),
),
),
child: Row(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween,
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.center,
children: [
StreamBuilder(
stream: DatabaseService(uid: user.uid).userData,
builder: (context, snapshot) {
UserDataCustomer userData = snapshot.data;
return Row(
children: [
ClipOval(
child: CachedNetworkImage(
height: 70,
width: 70,
imageUrl: userData.profilePicture,
),
),
SizedBox(
width: 10.0,
),
Stack(
alignment: Alignment.topLeft,
clipBehavior: Clip.none,
children: [
Text(
"Welcome !",
style: TextStyle(
color: Colors.white,
fontFamily: "BalooPaaji",
fontSize: 18.0,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w600,
),
),
Positioned(
top: 20.0,
child: Text(
userData.fullName,
style: TextStyle(
color: Colors.white,
fontFamily: "BalooPaaji",
fontSize: 24.0,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w900,
),
),
),
],
),
// Column(
// mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
// crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
// children: [
// Text(
// "Welcome !",
// style: TextStyle(
// color: Colors.white,
// fontFamily: "BalooPaaji",
// fontSize: 18.0,
// fontWeight: FontWeight.w600,
// ),
// ),
// Text(
// userData.fullName,
// style: TextStyle(
// color: Colors.white,
// fontFamily: "BalooPaaji",
// fontSize: 24.0,
// fontWeight: FontWeight.w900,
// ),
// ),
// ],
// ),
// Text.rich(
// TextSpan(
// text: "Welcome !\n",
// style: TextStyle(
// color: Colors.white,
// fontFamily: "BalooPaaji",
// fontSize: 18.0,
// fontWeight: FontWeight.w600,
// ),
// children: [
// TextSpan(
// text: userData.fullName,
// style: TextStyle(
// color: Colors.white,
// fontFamily: "BalooPaaji",
// fontSize: 24.0,
// fontWeight: FontWeight.w900,
// ),
// ),
// ],
// ),
// ),
],
);
},
),
StreamBuilder(
stream: FirebaseFirestore.instance
.collection("Users Database")
.doc(user.uid)
.collection("Cart")
.snapshots(),
builder: (context, snapshot) {
int totalItems = 0;
if (snapshot.connectionState == ConnectionState.active) {
List documents = snapshot.data.docs;
totalItems = documents.length;
}
return GestureDetector(
onTap: () {
Navigator.push(
context,
MaterialPageRoute(
builder: (context) => CartScreen(),
),
);
},
child: Container(
height: 40.0,
width: 40.0,
decoration: BoxDecoration(
color: Colors.white,
borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(
10.0,
),
),
child: Center(
child: Text(
"$totalItems" ?? "0",
style: TextStyle(
fontSize: 20.0,
fontFamily: "BalooPaaji",
fontWeight: FontWeight.w600,
color: Colors.black,
),
),
),
),
);
},
),
],
),
),
Positioned(
top: 200.0,
child: SearchBar(
width: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width * 0.83,
hintText: "Location",
),
),
],
);
}
}
Someone please help me and fix this issue as soon as possible.

Answer 1

I guess you are trying to reduce gap / padding between the 2 lines. If that is so, then the easiest way is to wrap them inside container and give it a fixed height. Check below.
Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
children: [
Container(
height: 20, // assign height as per your choice
child: Text(
"Welcome !",
style: TextStyle(
color: Colors.white,
fontFamily: "BalooPaaji",
fontSize: 18.0,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w600,
),
),
),
Container(
height: 26, // assign height as per your choice
child: Text(
userData.fullName,
style: TextStyle(
color: Colors.white,
fontFamily: "BalooPaaji",
fontSize: 24.0,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w900,
),
),
),
],
),
NOTE: you can also give height inside the Text widget
Text(
userData.fullName,
style: TextStyle(
color: Colors.white,
fontFamily: "BalooPaaji",
fontSize: 24.0,
fontWeight: FontWeight.w900,
height: 1.2, // assign height to fontSize ratio as per your choice
),
),

Answer 2

Try to change :
This : fontWeight: FontWeight.w600,
To : fontWeight: FontWeight.w500,