diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tag/_tag.scss b/packages/core/src/components/tag/_tag.scss
index f99d9f63..b45b3c88 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tag/_tag.scss
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tag/_tag.scss
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
     font-family: $ray-font-stack-mono;
     border: 1px solid $ray-color-gray-30;
     border-radius: $ray-border-radius;
-    display: inline;
-    padding: $ray-spacing-3xs $ray-spacing-xs;
+    display: inline-block;
+    padding: 0.125rem $ray-spacing-xs;
     text-transform: uppercase;
     font-weight: 400;
-    font-size: 0.875rem;
+    font-size: 0.75rem;
+    line-height: 1.5;
   }
 
   a.#{$ray-class-prefix}tag {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/global/_variables.scss b/packages/core/src/global/_variables.scss
index e45f4799..6eb31e27 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/global/_variables.scss
+++ b/packages/core/src/global/_variables.scss
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $ray-font-stack-sans-serif: 'Apercu', Avenir, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont,
 $ray-font-stack-mono: 'Apercu Mono', SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas,
   'Liberation Mono', 'Courier New', monospace;
 $ray-base-font-size: rem(16px);
-$ray-base-line-height: 1.75rem;
+$ray-base-line-height: 1.618;
 
 $ray-assign-typography-styles-natively: true !default;
 $ray-link-color: $ray-color-blue-50;