I use this code on my title page:
{\large {Some College \\ Some Place \\ Some City}} \par}
The first two lines get normal spacing, but the third line gets little more bigger spacing. How can I have equal space between all the three lines?
[Tex/LaTex] Title page line spacing in Latex
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Simply end the paragraph before closing the group associated to \Large so the corresponding \baselineskip will be applied; you can do this by adding \par:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\Large\textbf{The Great Thesis About Some Very Great Things Indeed With
a Pretty Long Title That Will Probably Be Split Between at Least Two Lines
Or So}
\end{center}
\begin{center}
\Large\textbf{The Great Thesis About Some Very Great Things Indeed With
a Pretty Long Title That Will Probably Be Split Between at Least Two Lines
Or So}\par
\end{center}
\end{document}
Here's a comparison of both results:
I removed the outer braces since they are not necessary, as the center environment already forms a group.
If you want to have more control over the spacing, you could use the second argument of \fontsize (the first argument gives the font size); a little example:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\fontsize{15pt}{15pt}\selectfont\bfseries The Great Thesis About Some Very Great Things Indeed With a Pretty Long Title That Will Probably Be Split Between at Least Two Lines
Or So
\end{center}
\begin{center}
\fontsize{15pt}{18pt}\selectfont\bfseries The Great Thesis About Some Very Great Things Indeed With a Pretty Long Title That Will Probably Be Split Between at Least Two Lines
Or So
\end{center}
\begin{center}
\fontsize{15pt}{30pt}\selectfont\bfseries The Great Thesis About Some Very Great Things Indeed With a Pretty Long Title That Will Probably Be Split Between at Least Two Lines
Or So
\end{center}
\end{document}
producing now:
Another option, not requiring you to explicitly know the font size, is to change the factor in the mandatory argument of \linespread:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\linespread{1}\Large\bfseries The Great Thesis About Some Very Great Things Indeed With a Pretty Long Title That Will Probably Be Split Between at Least Two Lines
Or So
\end{center}
\begin{center}
\linespread{0.8}\Large\bfseries The Great Thesis About Some Very Great Things Indeed With a Pretty Long Title That Will Probably Be Split Between at Least Two Lines
Or So
\end{center}
\begin{center}
\linespread{2}\Large\bfseries The Great Thesis About Some Very Great Things Indeed With a Pretty Long Title That Will Probably Be Split Between at Least Two Lines
Or So
\end{center}
\end{document}
Yet another option is a redefinition of \baselinestretch; the following code will produce the same result illustrated just above:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\renewcommand\baselinestretch{1}\Large\bfseries The Great Thesis About Some Very Great Things Indeed With a Pretty Long Title That Will Probably Be Split Between at Least Two Lines
Or So
\end{center}
\begin{center}
\renewcommand\baselinestretch{0.8}\Large\bfseries The Great Thesis About Some Very Great Things Indeed With a Pretty Long Title That Will Probably Be Split Between at Least Two Lines
Or So
\end{center}
\begin{center}
\renewcommand\baselinestretch{2}\Large\bfseries The Great Thesis About Some Very Great Things Indeed With a Pretty Long Title That Will Probably Be Split Between at Least Two Lines
Or So
\end{center}
\end{document}
Finally, there's the setspace package which offers you a series of commands and environments to change "in a sensible way" the value of \baselineskip.
You mentioned spacing in your question and I'm not sure to understand you right, but let's try.
For me it seems your problem is that the algorithm of Word for layouting the text is orientated on lines (line for line) while LaTeX looks on the complete paragraph. That must result in different layouting a page in Word or LaTeX (LaTeX has much better results than Word, ever!).
So supposed you use exactly the same font (not possible as you already mentioned) the layout of a page remains different because the layout algorithmns are so different.
I remember there is a German site with two files in Word and LaTeX showing the same text with nearly same layout (I have to search for it and will do it if you want to see this side).
Conclusion:
Word and LaTeX are different programs and results in different page layouts. LaTeX has the better algorithm for layouting and has a good build in typography. With Word you must do the typography by your own.
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