[Forum] Note numbers in captions?

I'm working on a heavily illustrated art book with occasional narrative captions. The text is quite scholarly, with endnotes, but is not academic and is intended for a general reader. The author would like to include a short quote by another scholar in an image caption, which would require a cit

[Forum] Figure and Table callouts

I've been told in a scientific document, the first time a figure or table is called out in text, to just use "Figure 1" or "Table 1", etc.  After the figure or table, if there is a reference in text to those, then use "see Figure 1" or "see Table 1."  Is that correct?  Or when do you use "see" or "r

[Forum] Headline-style capitalization

Hello fellow CMOS users. I am trying to figure out rule 3 in 8.159: Principles of headline-style capitalization. Here is the title that is stumping me: Peace In a Time of Crisis What I can't figure out is if "in" should be capitalized or not. Rule 3 says: "Lowercase prepositions, regardless

[Forum] RE: Photo Caption Text Alignment

I'm so glad someone brought this up in the forums. My team of editors and I are having the same issue. We're in K–12 publishing. Chicago's online resources on Turabain style tell us to flush left: [list] [*][b]Article:[/b] https://cmosshoptalk.com/2019/02/12/how-do-i-format-a-figure-and-caption-in

[Forum] RE: Figure References

So, I don't know what your genre is, or the context, but (speaking as a former computer programmer) it seems like a bad idea to have the same figure actually appear in three different places.  Is your author insisting on this? Say, for example, the figure exists at the following positions: 1.2, 2.6,

[Forum] Punctuation and standards in captions

I am trying to determine standard punctuation for photo captions. Here is a couple examples of what I am thinking to do: Early Deer Park School, Deer Park, Washington, Postcard, Photographer, A. M. Graham. CHM235.09.00146 (Courtesy of Campbell House Museum, City of Deer Park) Jackson Prairie S

[Forum] Captions for screenshots of social media

Greetings, all, I'm editing a scholarly article (with notes, no bib.) for an electronic journal that includes screenshots from social media platforms. By way of captions the author is providing something between a description of the image and a credit line that is essentially a citation (includin

[Forum] Kemosabe, kemo sabe, Kemo Sabe?

Grumpsie, according to my May 1957 Lone Ranger comic book, it's "KEMO SABAY." I have no way of telling if the name is supposed to be capitalized since the dialog in the balloon captions is in all caps. But at least this eliminates a lot of versions.

[Forum] Capitalization in captions that use slash

I have a situation with several images that have brief captions that label them. The captions are sentence case. The client wants one caption to use a slash. Do I cap both words, or just the first? That is: Dogs/cats vs. Dogs/Cats If the slash were replaced with "and" or "or," sentence case wo

[Forum] RE: Figure References

Thank you so much for your thorough suggestions. It's a business book and the author is insisting on placing this particular figure in three different spots in the book. I have kept the same numbering for each. In my mind this will prevent some reader who thinks it "might" be the same figure they sa