hrulefill vertical spacing

Question

I want to reduce the vertical spacing that comes before and after \hrulefill. I have already tried different options with \hrule, which works fine except for the fact that the line doesn't end where the right margin starts (whereas \hrulefill does)

Here is the minimum example code :

\documentclass[margin]{res} 

\begin{document} 
\begin{resume} 
\section{EDUCATION}

{\bf University}, Town, Country \\
Degree Title \hfill {\bf{Date}} 
\begin{itemize}\itemsep -2pt
\item item 1
\end{itemize}

\hrulefill

\section{WORK EXPERIENCE}

{\bf Job} Town, Country \hfill {\bf{Date}} 
\begin{itemize}
\item item 1
\end{itemize}

\end{resume}
\end{document}

Answer 1

You can just insert negative \vspaces as needed, like in the example below:

\documentclass[margin]{res}

\begin{document}

\begin{resume}

\section{EDUCATION}

{\bfseries University}, Town, Country \\
Degree Title \hfill {\bfseries Date}
\begin{itemize}
  \itemsep -2pt
  \item item 1
\end{itemize}

\vspace{-\baselineskip}

\hrulefill

\vspace{-.7\baselineskip}

\section{WORK EXPERIENCE}

{\bfseries Job} Town, Country \hfill {\bfseries Date}
\begin{itemize}
  \item item 1
\end{itemize}

\end{resume}

\end{document}

Answer 2

You can also change the \hrulefill by:

\rule[\baselineskip]{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\vspace{-\baselineskip}

Of course, you can change \baselineskip and -\baselineskip for the spaces that you want. The advantage over set the negatives or positives spaces before and after a \hrulefill is that you control the default 0.4pt thickness and also width (that being \linewidth will fill the line).