diff --git a/src/components/Editable/useMultiline.ts b/src/components/Editable/useMultiline.ts
index 8c7f6720f8..5de8d3050c 100644
--- a/src/components/Editable/useMultiline.ts
+++ b/src/components/Editable/useMultiline.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ const useMultiline = (contentRef: React.RefObject<HTMLElement>, simplePath: Simp
     if (!contentRef.current) return
 
     const height = contentRef.current.getBoundingClientRect().height
-    // 1.72 must match line-height as defined in .thought-container
-    const singleLineHeight = fontSize * 1.72
+    // must match line-height as defined in .thought-container
+    const singleLineHeight = fontSize * 2
     // .editable.multiline gets 5px of padding-top to offset the collapsed line-height
     // we need to account for padding-top, otherwise it can cause a false positive
     const paddingTop = parseInt(window.getComputedStyle(contentRef.current).paddingTop)
diff --git a/src/components/LayoutTree.tsx b/src/components/LayoutTree.tsx
index 80974e8669..f9ddbef169 100644
--- a/src/components/LayoutTree.tsx
+++ b/src/components/LayoutTree.tsx
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ const crossContextualKey = (contextChain: Path[] | undefined, id: ThoughtId) =>
 const useSizeTracking = () => {
   // Track dynamic thought sizes from inner refs via VirtualThought. These are used to set the absolute y position which enables animation between any two states. isVisible is used to crop hidden thoughts.
   const [sizes, setSizes] = useState<Index<{ height: number; width?: number; isVisible: boolean }>>({})
+  const fontSize = useSelector(state => state.fontSize)
   const unmounted = useRef(false)
 
   // Track debounced height removals
@@ -146,17 +147,24 @@ const useSizeTracking = () => {
       key: string
     }) => {
       if (height !== null) {
+        // To create the correct selection behavior, thoughts must clipped on the top and bottom. This creates a gap between thoughts. To eliminate this gap, thoughts are rendered with a slight overlap.
+        // See: clipPath in the editable recipe
+        const lineHeightOverlap = fontSize / 8
+        const heightClipped = height - lineHeightOverlap
+
         // cancel thought removal timeout
         clearTimeout(sizeRemovalTimeouts.current.get(key))
         sizeRemovalTimeouts.current.delete(key)
 
         setSizes(sizesOld =>
-          height === sizesOld[key]?.height && width === sizesOld[key]?.width && isVisible === sizesOld[key]?.isVisible
+          heightClipped === sizesOld[key]?.height &&
+          width === sizesOld[key]?.width &&
+          isVisible === sizesOld[key]?.isVisible
             ? sizesOld
             : {
                 ...sizesOld,
                 [key]: {
-                  height,
+                  height: heightClipped,
                   width: width || undefined,
                   isVisible,
                 },
@@ -166,7 +174,7 @@ const useSizeTracking = () => {
         removeSize(key)
       }
     },
-    [removeSize],
+    [fontSize, removeSize],
   )
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/components/NoOtherContexts.tsx b/src/components/NoOtherContexts.tsx
index 23384ae64a..61b7182d3b 100644
--- a/src/components/NoOtherContexts.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NoOtherContexts.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const NoOtherContexts = ({ allowSingleContext }: { allowSingleContext?: boolean;
         textNote(),
         css({
           fontSize: 'sm',
-          lineHeight: 1.72,
+          lineHeight: '2',
           // use padding instead of margin to ensure it affects height for LayoutTree node y calculation
           paddingBottom: '0.75em',
         }),
diff --git a/src/components/Thought.tsx b/src/components/Thought.tsx
index 3c832ecead..1a857efcd0 100644
--- a/src/components/Thought.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Thought.tsx
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ const ThoughtContainer = ({
         className={css({
           /* Use line-height to vertically center the text and bullet. We cannot use padding since it messes up the selection. This needs to be overwritten on multiline elements. See ".child .editable" below. */
           /* must match value used in Editable useMultiline */
-          lineHeight: '1.72',
+          lineHeight: '2',
           // ensure that ThoughtAnnotation is positioned correctly
           position: 'relative',
           ...(hideBullet ? { marginLeft: -12 } : null),