Journalists and publications use captions often, usually as a way to specify the details of photos. Captions are also sometimes referred to as cutlines, as they are short and descriptive lines cut in to a story. Those that are longer than a few sentences are defined as copy blocks.
In journalism, the “cutline” is the text below a picture, explaining what the reader is looking at. It's what most people call a caption, but to a journalist, a “caption” is more like a title, while the “cutline” first describes what is happening in the picture, and then explains the significance of the event depicted.
A cutline is the caption near a photograph in a newspaper. It informs the reader of who, what, when, where, and why or how about the photograph. Because photographs depict events frozen in time, the first sentence of a cutline is always written in the present tense.
In most photo captions, the first sentence identifies the people and place in the photograph, and the date and location where it was taken. The second (and perhaps third) sentence should provide contextual information to help readers understand what they are looking at.
Here are some tips for writing effective captions.
- Check the facts.
- Captions should add new information.
- Always identify the main people in the photograph.
- A photograph captures a moment in time.
- Conversational language works best.
- The tone of the caption should match the tone of the image.
Tracking is the process of loosening or tightening the spacing between the characters in selected text or an entire block of text.
In typography, kerning is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font, usually to achieve a visually pleasing result. Kerning adjusts the space between individual letter forms, while tracking (letter-spacing) adjusts spacing uniformly over a range of characters.
Type>Glyphs should be what you are looking for (provided the font has the required glyphs). Make an insertion point in the document and the double-click on the desired glyph. I found the greek symbols by using the font named "Symbol" which was installed by default in Illustrator CS6.
Create superscripts or subscripts in regular fonts
- Select the type you want to change. If you don't select any type, any new text you create will be rendered as superscripts or subscripts.
- Choose Superscript or Subscript from the Character panel menu. You can access the Character panel from the Control panel.
FontStruct - is a free browser-based tool for creating your own typography. It lets you create your own fonts quickly and easily. This tool allows you to download your font as a TrueType, share your fonts with the FontStruct community and even browse or download fonts uploaded by others.
First, you need to open the character window. The easiest way to do that is to hit command+T or alt+t on windows then select the “Opentype” tab on the window that pops up. You can also go to Window>Type>Opentype.
Position the insertion point where you want to insert a character using the Type tool. Do one of the following: Choose Type > Insert Special Character. Right click and choose Insert Special Character from the context menu.
