Non-Designer’s Type Book, The, Second Edition

Chapter 20. Captions

Captions are an important little feature of printed material. Every photo or illustrative figure should have an explanatory sentence or two accompanying it. People expect captions, so a photo without one confuses the reader momentarily. Often this explanatory text is the only thing people read. Take advantage of this fact, and don’t let your captions be dull or useless—make them an integral part of the story and of the page design.