[Tex/LaTex] Spacing between paragraph of text and itemize list

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My code from TeXworks below outputs a paragraph of text followed by an itemize list followed by another paragraph of text. Each paragraph is double-spaced, and the spacing within the text of each item is double-spaced. However, the spacing between the last line of the first paragraph and the first line of the first item (and the first line of the second paragraph and the last line of the second item) is not equal to the spacing within each paragraph (i.e., double). How do I make the spacing between a paragraph and an itemize list the same as within each paragraph (in this case, double)?

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in, left=1.25in, right=1.25in]{geometry}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\rhead{Name \thepage}
\cfoot{}
\usepackage{setspace}
\doublespacing
\usepackage{geometry}

\begin{document}

\noindent This is My Name\\
This is Something\\
This is Something\\
This is the Date
\pagebreak[0]
\begin{center}
Title
\end{center}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla bibendum dignissim arcu, faucibus condimentum ex pulvinar a. Integer vehicula lacus quis molestie vestibulum. Quisque sed ligula in erat faucibus aliquet. Phasellus volutpat luctus nisl nec semper. 
\begin{itemize}
\item Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla bibendum dignissim arcu, faucibus condimentum ex pulvinar a. Integer vehicula lacus quis molestie vestibulum. Quisque sed ligula in erat faucibus aliquet. Phasellus volutpat luctus nisl nec semper. 
\item Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla bibendum dignissim arcu, faucibus condimentum ex pulvinar a. Integer vehicula lacus quis molestie vestibulum. Quisque sed ligula in erat faucibus aliquet. Phasellus volutpat luctus nisl nec semper. 
\end{itemize}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla bibendum dignissim arcu, faucibus condimentum ex pulvinar a. Integer vehicula lacus quis molestie vestibulum. Quisque sed ligula in erat faucibus aliquet. Phasellus volutpat luctus nisl nec semper. 

\end{document}

Best Answer

Load enumitem and use [nosep] as the option.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in, left=1.25in, right=1.25in]{geometry}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{setspace}
\doublespacing

\begin{document}

\noindent This is My Name\\
This is Something\\
This is Something\\
This is the Date
\pagebreak[0]
\begin{center}
Title
\end{center}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla bibendum dignissim arcu, faucibus condimentum ex pulvinar a. Integer vehicula lacus quis molestie vestibulum. Quisque sed ligula in erat faucibus aliquet. Phasellus volutpat luctus nisl nec semper.
\begin{itemize}[nosep]
\item Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla bibendum dignissim arcu, faucibus condimentum ex pulvinar a. Integer vehicula lacus quis molestie vestibulum. Quisque sed ligula in erat faucibus aliquet. Phasellus volutpat luctus nisl nec semper.
\item Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla bibendum dignissim arcu, faucibus condimentum ex pulvinar a. Integer vehicula lacus quis molestie vestibulum. Quisque sed ligula in erat faucibus aliquet. Phasellus volutpat luctus nisl nec semper.
\end{itemize}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla bibendum dignissim arcu, faucibus condimentum ex pulvinar a. Integer vehicula lacus quis molestie vestibulum. Quisque sed ligula in erat faucibus aliquet. Phasellus volutpat luctus nisl nec semper.

\end{document}

If you want this to have a global effect, then use

\setlist[itemize]{nosep}

so that all itemize environments will obey this rule.

As an aside, it is considered a bad practice to use forceful linebreaks \\ inside the document. To get the effect you are looking for, you may use a tabular as in the following code:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in, left=1.25in, right=1.25in]{geometry}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\setlist[itemize]{nosep}
\usepackage{setspace}
\doublespacing

\begin{document}

\noindent 
\begin{tabular}{@{}l@{}}
This is My Name\\
This is Something\\
This is Something\\
This is the Date
\end{tabular}
\pagebreak[0]
\begin{center}
Title
\end{center}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla bibendum dignissim arcu, faucibus condimentum ex pulvinar a. Integer vehicula lacus quis molestie vestibulum. Quisque sed ligula in erat faucibus aliquet. Phasellus volutpat luctus nisl nec semper.
\begin{itemize}
\item Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla bibendum dignissim arcu, faucibus condimentum ex pulvinar a. Integer vehicula lacus quis molestie vestibulum. Quisque sed ligula in erat faucibus aliquet. Phasellus volutpat luctus nisl nec semper.
\item Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla bibendum dignissim arcu, faucibus condimentum ex pulvinar a. Integer vehicula lacus quis molestie vestibulum. Quisque sed ligula in erat faucibus aliquet. Phasellus volutpat luctus nisl nec semper.
\end{itemize}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla bibendum dignissim arcu, faucibus condimentum ex pulvinar a. Integer vehicula lacus quis molestie vestibulum. Quisque sed ligula in erat faucibus aliquet. Phasellus volutpat luctus nisl nec semper.

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] space between paragraph and list

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}

[Tex/LaTex] Tikz itemize line spacing

Like this?

\documentclass[11pt, authoryear, 3p]{elsarticle}

\usepackage{tikz,enumitem,setspace,kantlipsum}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,positioning,arrows}

\begin{document}
\doublespacing
\kant[1]
\begin{figure}[htb]
\tikzset{dataset/.style = {rectangle, draw, text width = 2in, minimum height=1in}}
\begin{tikzpicture}[auto, font={\scriptsize}]
    % Place nodes
    \node [dataset] (tm) {Data 1 
                            \begin{itemize}[itemsep=0pt,partopsep=0pt,topsep=0pt]   %% this added.
                                \item{\# Adults } 
                                \item{\# Children} 
                                \item{Income}
                                \item{Ethnicity}
                            \end{itemize}\par};
    \node [dataset, right of=tm, node distance=3in] (dmv) {Data 2 
                            \begin{itemize}[itemsep=0pt,partopsep=0pt,topsep=0pt] 
                                \item{Data 2} 
                            \end{itemize}\par};
    % draw links
    \path [<->] (tm) edge node[above, sloped] {Address} (dmv);
\end{tikzpicture}
    \caption{Analysis dataset assembly.}
    \label{fig:dataset}
\end{figure}
\kant[2]

\end{document}

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