'Control the space the <br> tag gives html/css

I want to create a line break in HTML 5 but control how much spacing it puts.

This is how it looks with one <br /> tag:

This is how it looks with two <br /> tags:

I want to do something like a 1.5 line break. Could you please let me know if this is possible? If so, how?

Thank you.

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