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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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