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Is there an option for equal spacing between equations with and without fractions?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}
\begin{section}{title}
text
    \begin{gather}
    a + b + \frac{1}{2} = 1 \\
    a + b + \frac{1}{2} = 1 \\
    a + b + c = 1 \\
    a + b + c = 1
    \end{gather}
\end{section}
\end{document}

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    if that is a representative example you could use \tfrac instead of \frac rather than increase the spacing
    – David Carlisle
    Commented Nov 10, 2023 at 15:07
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    You should use \section{Title} instead of \begin{section}...\end{section}
    – MadyYuvi
    Commented Nov 10, 2023 at 15:08
  • The spacing between the formulas look even to me. Do you want even spacing between the formula numbers? That is, more space between (2) and (3), and even more space between (3) and (4). Wouldn't that give uneven spacing between the formulas?
    – mickep
    Commented Nov 10, 2023 at 15:16
  • @MadyYuvi Is there a specific reason to avoid \begin{section}? The only difference I know of is it adds its own grouping, which may not be a bad thing. And my (very limited) understanding is if that were the default, then tagging a pdf would be a slightly easier task.
    – Teepeemm
    Commented Nov 10, 2023 at 15:18

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I would use \tfrac so it fits or you could spread the equations by increasing \jot

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}
\begin{section}{title}
text
    \begin{gather}
    a + b + \frac{1}{2} = 1 \\
    a + b + \frac{1}{2} = 1 \\
    a + b + c = 1 \\
    a + b + c = 1
    \end{gather}
text
    \begin{gather}
    a + b + \tfrac{1}{2} = 1 \\
    a + b + \tfrac{1}{2} = 1 \\
    a + b + c = 1 \\
    a + b + c = 1
    \end{gather}
text
\setlength\jot{12pt}
    \begin{gather}
    a + b + \frac{1}{2} = 1 \\
    a + b + \frac{1}{2} = 1 \\
    a + b + c = 1 \\
    a + b + c = 1
    \end{gather}
\end{section}
\end{document}
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