Under the section heading "SUMMARY", there’s no visible space between the underline and the paragraph that follows.
Under the section heading "EXPERIENCE", however, there is a visible gap between the underline and the first subsection (CompanyX).
ll my \titlespacing* commands are set to 0pt for both before and after section, subsection, and subsubsection headings. I’d expect them to behave the same way, yet the SUMMARY section is immediately followed by text (no gap), while the EXPERIENCE section leaves a noticeable vertical space before the subsubsection. I can’t pinpoint what’s causing the extra space in one place but not the other.
Below is my complete MWE, which includes the relevant packages, section formatting, and sample content. Why would SUMMARY have no spacing after the underline, while EXPERIENCE has extra spacing before its subsubsections—even though both are configured with 0pt spacing?
I'm aware of the issues with consecutive section, subsection, subsubsection headers with the largestsep package.
Is there a way to patch \titlespacing or otherwise modify titlesec so that I can keep consecutive headings from adding inconsistent spacing—while also preserving my underline placement and preventing overlaps? Any tips or examples would be greatly appreciated!
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\documentclass[letterpaper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{marvosym}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage[empty]{fullpage}
\usepackage[letterpaper, left=1in, right=1in, top=.5in, bottom=.5in, noheadfoot, nomarginpar, verbose]{geometry}
\usepackage{layout}
\usepackage{printlen}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{parskip}
\usepackage{changepage}
\usepackage[largestsep]{titlesec}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{kpfonts}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{color}
% \usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage{fontawesome5}
\usepackage{moresize}
\usepackage{xparse}
\usepackage{expl3}
\usepackage{pgffor}
\input{glyphtounicode}
\pdfgentounicode=1
\usepackage[hidelinks, bookmarks=false]{hyperref}
%===================================================
% Custom Sectioning Commands for Hyperref
%===================================================
\newcommand{\subsubsectionRole}[1]{\subsubsection*{#1}}
\newcommand{\subsubsectionDegree}[1]{\subsubsection*{#1}}
\pdfstringdefDisableCommands{
\def\subsubsectionRole#1{#1}
\def\subsubsectionDegree#1{#1}
}
%===================================================
% Page Setup
%===================================================
\urlstyle{same}
\raggedright
% \setlength{\parskip}{0pt}
%===================================================
% Section Formatting
%===================================================
\titleformat{\section}%
{\scshape\raggedright\large\bfseries}%
{}%
{0em}%
{}%
[\color{black}\titlerule\vspace{0pt}]
\titlespacing*{\section}%
{0pt}{0pt}{0pt}
\titleformat{\subsection}%
{}%
{}%
{0em}%
{}
\titlespacing*{\subsection}%
{0em}{0pt}{0pt}
\titleclass{\subsubsectionDegree}{straight}[\subsection]
\newcounter{subsubsectionDegree}
\renewcommand{\thesubsubsectionDegree}{\thesubsection.\arabic{subsubsectionDegree}}
\titleformat{\subsubsectionDegree}%
{}%
{}%
{0em}%
{}
\titlespacing*{\subsubsectionDegree}%
{8pt}{0pt}{0pt}
\titleclass{\subsubsectionRole}{straight}[\subsection]
\newcounter{subsubsectionRole}
\renewcommand{\thesubsubsectionRole}{\thesubsection.\arabic{subsubsectionRole}}
\titleformat{\subsubsectionRole}%
{}%
{}%
{0em}%
{}
\titlespacing*{\subsubsectionRole}%
{8pt}{0pt}{0pt}
%===================================================
% Custom Commands and Environments
%===================================================
\renewcommand\labelitemi{$\vcenter{\hbox{\tiny$\bullet$}}$}
\renewcommand\labelitemii{$\vcenter{\hbox{\tiny$\bullet$}}$}
\NewDocumentEnvironment{listTasks}{O{}}%
{%
\begin{itemize}[left=15pt, labelsep=6pt]
\small
\ifx&%
\else
\item{#1}
\fi
}%
{%
\end{itemize}
}
\NewDocumentCommand\Institution{mom}{%
\IfValueTF{#2}{%
{\textbf{\small{#1}}}{\footnotesize~{$|$}~}{\textit{\small{#2}}} \hfill {\textbf{\footnotesize{#3}}}%
}{%
{\textbf{\small{#1}}} \hfill {\textbf{\footnotesize{#3}}}%
}%
}
\NewDocumentCommand{\InstitutionToo}{m o o}{%
\IfValueTF{#2}{%
\IfValueTF{#3}{%
{\textbf{\small{#1}}}{\footnotesize~{$|$}~}{\textit{\small{#2}}} \hfill {\textbf{\footnotesize{#3}}}%
}{%
{\textbf{\small{#1}}}{\footnotesize~{$|$}~}{\textit{\small{#2}}}
}%
}{%
\IfValueTF{#3}{%
{\textbf{\small{#1}}} \hfill {\textbf{\footnotesize{#3}}}%
}{%
{\textbf{\small{#1}}}
}%
}%
}
\NewDocumentCommand\Degree{mom}{%
\IfValueTF{#2}{%
{\textbf{\footnotesize{#1}}}{\footnotesize~{$|$}~}{\textit{\footnotesize{#2}}} \hfill {\footnotesize{#3}}%
}{%
{\textbf{\footnotesize{#1}}} \hfill {\footnotesize{#3}}%
}%
}
\NewDocumentCommand\Role{mmo}{%
\IfValueTF{#3}{%
{\textbf{\footnotesize{#1}}}{\footnotesize~{$|$}~}{\textit{\footnotesize{#2}}} \hfill {\textbf{\footnotesize{#3}}}%
}{%
{\textbf{\footnotesize{#1}}}{\footnotesize~{$|$}~}{\textit{\footnotesize{#2}}}%
}%
}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\NewDocumentEnvironment{skillsList}{m}%
{%
\footnotesize%
\begin{adjustwidth}{0.5em}{}%
\textbf{#1}%
\tl_clear:N \l_tmpa_tl%
\renewcommand{\item}[1]{\clist_put_right:Nn \l_tmpa_clist {##1}}%
}%
{%
\footnotesize%
\clist_use:Nn \l_tmpa_clist {,~}%
\tl_gset:Nn \l_tmpa_clist {}%
\end{adjustwidth}%
}%
\ExplSyntaxOff
%===================================================
% Document Content
%===================================================
\begin{document}%
%---------- SUMMARY ----------
\section{Summary}% Begin Summary section
\begin{adjustwidth}{5pt}{5pt}%
{\small{\lipsum[1][1-5]}}%
\end{adjustwidth}%
%---------- SKILLS ----------
\section{Skills}%
\begin{skillsList}{Skills 1:~}%
\item{Software 1}%
\item{Software 2}%
\end{skillsList}%
%
\begin{skillsList}{Skills 2:~}%
\item{Software 1}%
\item{Software 2}%
\end{skillsList}%
%---------- EXPERIENCE ----------
\section{Experience}% Begin Experience section
%-------------------------------------------------
% Company X (Subsection)
%-------------------------------------------------
\subsection{\InstitutionToo{CompanyX}}%
\subsubsectionRole{\Role{TitleX}{CityX}[Date -- Date]}% Print role and location
\begin{listTasks}% Begin list of tasks
\item{\lipsum[2][1-3]}%
\item{\lipsum[3][1-3]}%
\end{listTasks}% End list
%-------------------------------------------------
% Company: CompanyY (Subsection)
%-------------------------------------------------
\subsection{\InstitutionToo{CompanyY}}% Print company and dates
\subsubsectionRole{\Role{TitleY1}{CityY1}[Date -- Date]}% Print role and location
\begin{listTasks}% Begin list of tasks
\item{\lipsum[4][1-3]}%
\item{\lipsum[5][1-3]}%
\end{listTasks}% End task list
\subsubsectionRole{\Role{TitleY2}{CityY2}[Date -- Date]}% Print role and location
\begin{listTasks}% Begin list of tasks
\item{\lipsum[6][1-3]}%
\item{\lipsum[7][2-8]}%
\end{listTasks}% End task list
%-------------------------------------------------
% Company: CompanyZ (Subsection)
%-------------------------------------------------
\subsection{\InstitutionToo{CompanyZ}}% Print company and dates
\begin{adjustwidth}{8pt}{8pt}%
{\small{\lipsum[1][1-3]}}%
\end{adjustwidth}%
\subsubsectionRole{\Role{TitleZ}{CityZ}[Date -- Date]}% Print role and location
\begin{listTasks}% Begin list of tasks
\item{\lipsum[8][1-3]}%
\item{\lipsum[9][1-3]}%
\end{listTasks}% End task list
%---------- EDUCATION ----------
\section{Education}% Begin Education section
\subsection{\Institution{School}[City, State]{Date -- Date}}% Print institution details
\subsubsectionDegree{\Degree{Degree1}[Thesis1]{GPA1}}%
\subsubsectionDegree{\Degree{Degree2a, Degree2b}{GPA2}}%
\end{document}%
