Is there a standard way to title a list of bullets?
What about:
\begin{itemize}
\item [\textbf{Pros}]
\item Pro 1
\item Pro 2
\item \dots
\item [\textbf{Cons}]
\item Con 1
\item Con 2
\item \dots
\end{itemize}
OK, so it's a bit "unsemantic" but it looks fine...
Alternatively, use \paragraph
:
\paragraph{Pros}
\begin{itemize}
\item Pro 1
\item Pro 2
\item \dots
\end{itemize}
\paragraph{Cons}
\begin{itemize}
\item Con 1
\item Con 2
\item \dots
\end{itemize}
I'm not aware of any "standard" way to do it, but often \subsection*
or \subsubsection*
is (mis-?)used for this. It depends on the document layout. The lower level \paragraph*
and \subparagraph*
normally don't break the line and aren't usable because of that.
One thing you could do, is nest these itemize environments in a description environment:
\begin{description}
\item[Pros:]\
\begin{itemize}
\item Pro 1
\item Pro 2
\item Etc.
\end{itemize}
\item[Cons:]\
\begin{itemize}
\item Con 1
\item Con 2
\item Etc.
\end{itemize}
\end{description}
But note that I had to add a "\ "
space at the end of the description items, and that it messes with the indentation quite a bit.
Probably not a very good solution overall...
Edit: I did not see Seamus' update... which is cleaner and to the point, but here is another solution:
\begin{description}
\item[Pros:]
\end{description}
\begin{itemize}
\item Pro 1
\item Pro 2
\item Etc.
\end{itemize}
\begin{description}
\item[Cons:]
\end{description}
\begin{itemize}
\item Con 1
\item Con 2
\item Etc.
\end{itemize}