Oh right, yes, some fonts have really large spacing between lines. What I often do in such cases is that I put each word in a separate layer. That way it's possible to move them closer to one another. Also then you can use different sizes of the same font, which can be an effect on its own.

But, I know you mentioned above that you really had trouble making these in the first place, so it's understandable if you weren't into experimenting a lot. Good job anyway :).