Spacing Between Horizontal Line And Text

Use a browser tool like Firebug to look at the CSS that’s creating that space and change that CSS using custom CSS or a Child theme.

See info on using CSS here:

Here are some very helpful posts that will help you customize your site with CSS:

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/css-selectors/

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/css-intro/

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/css-matched-rule-pane/

https://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/how-to-find-your-themes-css/

And a site about CSS that I helped put together with some resources at the end for learning more about how to use CSS:

https://cssworkshop.wordpress.com/

OK Thank you for your tips and suggestions.

I found a tutorial over at: https://bloggerhelptips.blogspot.com/2015/04/how-to-reduce-spacing-between.html