Fix Gmail Line-Height Shifts in iOS Mail (Apple) — ActiveCampaign Guide for Editorial & Content Newsletters
Editorial newsletters rely on content layout readability and structural text spacing. If fonts default to Times New Roman or layout borders break, subscriber engagement metrics suffer. Below is the targeted integration guide to fix Gmail Line-Height Shifts inside iOS Mail (Apple) templates when using ActiveCampaign.
Technical Breakdown
iOS Mail (Apple) uses the WebKit Mobile which lacks support for standard rendering rules. This causes Gmail Line-Height Shifts elements to break or collapse when rendering templates.
ActiveCampaign Behaviors
ActiveCampaign's editor parses HTML template imports and automatically cleans inline attributes, which can break VML tags. Always use absolute styles and avoid relying on classes. Keep your editorial body clean. Strip redundant CSS class definitions using Vaporize to ensure the newsletter stays under Gmail's 102KB clipping ceiling.
Remediation Code Block
Define line-height as a unitless ratio (e.g. line-height: 1.4) or in explicit percentages (e.g. line-height: 140%). Avoid mixing em and px units, and apply the styles directly to the containing td or span tags containing typography. In your ActiveCampaign campaign manager, make sure you configure your links to run via %UNSUBSCRIBELINK%.
<p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">Typography Paragraph</p>Live Code Sandbox Test
How to Deploy inside ActiveCampaign
Copy the fixed VML or table wrapper code block from the remediation box above.
Insert an 'HTML block' from the layout builder panels. Avoid standard text boxes, as the ActiveCampaign parser might strip conditional MSO comment strings on saving.