[Tex/LaTex] Different line spacing in textmode and mathmode

equationsline-spacingsetspace

At first I was using \linespread{2} but my research told me to use the package setspace. I did this and everything is fine however in align* environments, my equations get double spaced also which makes it visually unappealing. I tried two options

\usepackage{setspace}
\doublespacing
%\displayskipstretch %to avoid stretching math formula
\abovedisplayshortskip=0pt
\belowdisplayshortskip=0pt
\abovedisplayskip=0pt
\belowdisplayskip=0pt

which doesn't do anything.

I then tried writing \singlespace right before my align environment. This works however there's a very big gap between paragraph and align – see picture. (Note that this happens in the above case also). I would preferably like a single, 1.2, or 1.3 spacing in between equations and doublespace in "text mode"

picture

edit: after viewing the pdf again, I am okay with the double space (again I would prefer single). However the whitespace between the paragraph and the align is very visually unappealing

Best Answer

For anyone in future who comes looking, and as this didn't quite fit in a comment, the spacing between the paragraph and the align can be reduced by using a \vspace with negative spacing after the \singlespacing. Note that there must be a blank line between the preceding paragraph and the \singlespacing otherwise it will make that paragraph single spaced.

By using

text

\singlespacing
\vspace{-0.8cm}
\begin{align}
    y_1 &= ax_1 + b\\
    y_2 &= ax_2 + b
\end{align}

\doublespacing
text

I was able to get reasonable results.

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