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Captions

Use captions to describe how photographs and artwork support the body copy.

Captions are widely read, giving you an opportunity to summarize important points made in the body copy. For this reason, captions should be short and to the point. Set captions in small type, so they don’t compete with the body copy. To maintain consistency, set cap- tions in the same typeface, size and style throughout a publication. Captions can be placed below, above or next to a photograph or an illustration.

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