Similar to my other problem with empty fields not being recognized as empty while using the email templates, I also noticed the extra space and linebreak only happens when the field is a textarea. If it's a textbox, it's fine.
My solution to the above problem: change all the textareas to textboxes in the edit form > fields tab. Even though they are textboxes on the actual form. Not very elegant but it worked. I'll take it as a win for now.
My solution to the above problem: change all the textareas to textboxes in the edit form > fields tab. Even though they are textboxes on the actual form. Not very elegant but it worked. I'll take it as a win for now.