On 3/23/2012 2:12 AM, hessiansx4 wrote: > I'm up against a deadline, and wondered if anyone has insight into > figure captions. I'm using title case currently. Any thoughts? References?
I use sentence case, as recommended by the _Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed._ , which says the following: "12.32 /Syntax, punctuation, and capitalization./ A caption may consist of a word or two, an incomplete or a complete sentence, several sentences, or a combination (see 12.8 <p12_008.htm>). No punctuation is needed after a caption consisting solely of an incomplete sentence. If one or more full sentences follow it, each (including the opening phrase) has closing punctuation. In a work in which most captions consist of full sentences, even incomplete ones may be followed by a period for consistency. Sentence capitalization (see 8.166 <p08_166.htm>) is recommended in all cases except for the formal titles of works of art (see 12.33 <p12_033.htm>)." Book publishers tend to standardize on this style. CMOS is a great reference, well worth having around. Mike Wickham -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120323/9b508ad1/attachment.html>
