itemize with enumitem: How can I set the font of the item's body without affecting the labels?

Question

I want the labels to be the same font/shape/size as the rest of the document. Only the item's body should be condensed. However, using the package's parameters like font doesn't allow me to specifically format only the item body.

Answer 1

As I mentioned in my comment, it is enough to change the font siize in the environment with the before key, and set the label font with the font key. Here is an illustrating example:

    \documentclass{article}
    \usepackage{enumitem}
    \usepackage{lipsum}

    \begin{document}

    \begin{itemize}[before=\footnotesize, font=\large]
      \item \lipsum[10]
    \end{itemize}
     \lipsum[12]

    \end{document}