In our September issue, we asked what type of capitalization style you use in headings.
Here’s how you voted:
• I use initial capitalization, where I capitalize all words (e.g., Upcoming Seminars Hosted By The Technical Editing Society). — 4% (13 votes)
• I use sentence case, where I capitalize the first word and subsequent proper nouns (e.g., Upcoming seminars hosted by the Technical Editing Society). —18% (56 votes)
• I use title case, where I capitalize all words, except for articles, prepositions, and conjunctions that are three letters or shorter (e.g., Upcoming Seminars Hosted by the Technical Editing Society). — 77% (237 votes)
• I use another capitalization style. — 0% (1 vote)
What You Said
• “I prefer the informality of sentence case for most headings, and use font and size, rather than lots of capitals, to make headings stand out.”
• “The cap style depends on the heading level. First-level headings are all centered and all caps. Second-level headings are flush left and all caps. Third- and fourth-level headings are title case.”
• “While I bow to convention and use lowercase for prepositions, articles, and conjunctions of three letters or less, I think it’s an inconsistent convention, and would prefer to see all words capitalized.”
For other comments, see the “Corrigo Supplement” section of the TE SIG Web site (www.stcsig.org/te/newsletter/supplement/index.asp).