CSS Line Height - bottom only - html

Question

Ok, I am quite new to frontend development so please be nice if this is a dumb question :)
I understand that this may not be possible but when applying line-height to an element say an h1, the line-height applies extra space to both the top and bottom of that element.
This kind of makes sense, but i only want line-height to be applied to the bottom of the element so the tops of my h1, h2 etc can be alined perfectly with other elements.
This jsfiddle shows the problem: http://jsfiddle.net/zja4c/1/
This jsfiddle shows what i want to achieve but am forced to use negative margins: http://jsfiddle.net/25UTA/
The h1 with background colour of red aligns correctly to the top of the left div, but the text doesnt.
My question is therefore, is there a way to:
Apply line-height to only the bottom of an element or,
Align an element to the top of the space created by applying line-height somehow

Answer 1

Using line-height is your only option if you wish to maintain proper spacing across line-breaks. Padding will occur on the bottom of the block-level H1 element, as you pointed out. I think negative margins are your best bet, but you'll have to fine-tune it line up perfectly with a 50px line-height:
http://jsfiddle.net/25UTA/1/
If negative margins can't be used for some reason, you can use relative positioning and a negative top value to achieve a similar effect.
http://jsfiddle.net/25UTA/2/
Using em's or percentage font-sizes and line-heights might make this eaiser.

Answer 2

None of these answers reference elements with their display set to inline.
Line-height is a setting that refers to inline elements. Every answer so far has referred to using padding and margin, which don't work with inline styled text.
You can modify the positioning of text within its line with vertical-align. Here's a link to an article that goes into copious detail about the property and how it works:
http://christopheraue.net/2014/03/05/vertical-align/

Answer 3

A simple solution is to make the line-height 70% and add a little bit of bottom padding.
p, h2 {
line-height:70%;
padding-bottom: 3px;
}

Answer 4

In my knowledge its not possible to apply line-height only for bottom using css.
So you can try with padding as user1538100 said.

Answer 5

You could forget line height completely and use padding-bottom:
fiddle