Bootstrap navbar height changed on inserting brand image - html

Question

I am new to HTML and CSS and have started coding in the last 4 days. I found bootstrap very useful to get things moving quickly.
Here is my attempt at getting a Navbar with transparency and fixed to the top.
http://jsfiddle.net/revanur/mf5wc/4/
<!-- Top-Navigation-Bar -->
<div class="row-fluid">
<div class="navbar navbar-fixed-top">
<div class="navbar-inner" id="topbar">
<div class="container"> <img class = "brand" src="http://placehold.it/269x50" alt="SparkCharger" />
<button id="topbtn" type="button" class="btn btn-navbar" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".nav-collapse"> <span class="icon-bar"></span><span class="icon-bar"></span><span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
<div class="nav-collapse">
<ul class="nav pull-right">
<li class="active">
<form class="navbar-search brand">
<input type="text" class="search-query" placeholder="Search">
</form>
</li>
<li> <h5> Discover </h5>
</li>
<li> <h5> Blog </h5>
</li>
<li class="dropdown"> <a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#"><h5>Start <span class="caret"></span></h5></a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li> <h6> Login </h6>
</li>
<li> <h6> Signup </h6>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- /Top-Navigation-Bar -->
However, the height of the navbar seems to change based on brand image size. I have no problem with that but I notice significant spacing between the image and the navbar top and bottom. How do I change this. Also, is it possible to fix the navbar size so that the navbar does not have a mind of its own.

Answer 1

There are a few things affecting the height of the navbar:
div class="navbar-inner" (5px padding)
img class="brand" (10px padding)
the size of the image
You can remove the padding by:
img.brand {
padding: 0;
}
And/Or you can specify the height of the navbar:
div.navbar-inner {
height: 10px;
}

Answer 2

Use something like this:
.brand {height: 25px;}
Demo: Fiddle