How do you caption a figure?

Posted on by Muna Meyer

How do you caption a figure?

Here are some tips on using captions:

  1. A figure caption is centered under the figure; a table caption is centered above the table (if a caption is more than one line, make it left justified).
  2. A Figure and its caption should appear on the same page.
  3. All captions should start with a capitalized word and end with a period.

How do you put a description under a figure in LaTeX?

LaTeX. The command \Description[]{} should be placed inside every Figure and can also be used for Tables to provide an overview of the structure of a complex table. The short description is optional.

How do you label figures in overleaf?

Referencing Figures

  1. \label{marker} The marker can be seen as a name that we give to the object that we want to reference.
  2. \ref{marker}
  3. \pageref{marker}
  4. \begin{figure}[h!] \includegraphics[scale=1.7]{birds.jpg} \caption{The birds} \label{fig:birds} \end{figure}

How do I change the caption font size in LaTeX?

Referencing Section 2.3 of the documentation, the size options for font are as follows:

  1. scriptsize.
  2. footnotesize.
  3. small.
  4. normalsize.
  5. large.
  6. Large.

How do you title a figure?

Figures should be: Labeled (under the figure) with the figure number and appropriate descriptive title (“Figure” can be spelled out [“Figure 1.”] or abbreviated [“Fig. 1.”] as long as you are consistent). Numbered in the order they appear in the text.

Where do you put figure captions?

Figure captions are generally placed below the figures, while table captions must be placed above the tables. This is because we generally read tables from the top down, and therefore want to see the caption at the top. Figures are not always read top down.

How do you change the font size of figure captions in LaTeX?

Change font/size text in a Figure’s label

  1. \begin{figure}[htp]
  2. \includegraphics[width=0.6\textwidth]{Path/To/Picture/My_Picture.jpg}
  3. \label{fig:Figure1}
  4. \end{figure}

How do you caption TikZpicture?

To add a caption to a TikZpicture illustration, we can put it inside a figure environment and use \caption before or after the illustration depending on the desired position.