[Tex/LaTex] space between paragraph and list

listsparagraphsspacing

In this code, I'm confused about why the space between First paragraph and Second paragraph is not equal to the space between Second paragraph and First bullet. How can I make them equal?

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\setlength{\parskip}{0.7ex}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\topmargin -0.5in
\textheight 9in
\oddsidemargin 0in
\evensidemargin 0 in
\textwidth 6.4in
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\linespread{0.9}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{enumerate}
\begin{document}
\large

{\Large\bfseries First paragraph\par}

{\large\bfseries Second paragraph\par}
\begin{itemize}

\item First bullet
\item Second bullet

\end{itemize}

\end{document}

Best Answer

You can customize lists and their spacing using the excellent enumitem package.

In your example, you might like to use

\begin{itemize}[topsep=\parskip]

for local customization, or else

\setlist[itemize]{topsep=\parskip}

for global customization in the preamble.

I'd also recommend using the geometry package to customize page dimensions, and you should almost always load the hyperref package last (unless it is a member of Which packages should be loaded after hyperref instead of before?)

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[top=1in,textheight=9in,textwidth=6.4in]{geometry}
\linespread{0.9}
\setlength{\parskip}{0.7ex}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}

\large

{\Large\bfseries First paragraph\par}

{\large\bfseries Second paragraph}
\begin{itemize}[topsep=\parskip]
\item First bullet
\item Second bullet
\end{itemize}

\end{document}
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