From the course: InDesign: Elements of a Layout
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Captions - InDesign Tutorial
From the course: InDesign: Elements of a Layout
Captions
- [Voiceover] Captions accompany artwork and give it context. In some publications, they can also provide a summary of the body text. Captions are smaller than the body text. They are set with ragged alignment and without hyphenation. Captions are another opportunity for repetition and contrast. Repetition of the headline type-face family and contrast to the body text. Typically, they're positioned below the image, but they can be positioned anywhere proximate to the image. Even over the image, just so long as the visual connection is clear and the text is readable. Though I haven't yet placed my pictures, I'll create a style for the captions. So I actually have the caption text on the paste board. I come to the right paste board and drag this text frame into position. And then zoom in on it. Double-click to insert my type cursor into there. Command + a to select all of the text. I'm going to start by applying the sidebar, no-indent style. This is the most similar style. But then I'll…
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