Even when a picture is worth a thousand words, most of the time it’s likely to have a caption anyway. Not quite body text, not quite display text, captions require careful handling to guarantee the best results.

The key to setting effective, legible captions is using the right tool for the right job: namely, caption fonts. These specially-designed fonts have been optimized for use at small sizes.

Setting blocks of text in all caps generally poses a risk to readability. Here’s our case for avoiding CAPITAL OFFENSES.