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 dosnt do anything.

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

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

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"

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