Title Capitalization

Title Case means you capitalize the important words in a title. It’s the style used in book titles, film titles and headings.

What do we capitalize in title case?

Capitalize:

• The first and the last word of the title (always)
• The first word after a colon
• All the main words, even short ones: nouns (Day, Music), verbs (Is, Be, Knew), adjectives (Big, New), adverbs (Too, Fast) and pronouns (It, Who, His)

Keep lowercase (unless it is the first or last word):

• a, an, the
• and, but, or
• Short words like in, of, on, to, at, by, for

Style guides do not agree on longer words like with, from, about: some capitalize them, others don’t. Choose one style and use it every time.

Examples

• ✅ How to Train Your Dragon
• ✅ Life Between the Mountains
• ❌ How To Train Your Dragon (“to” should be lowercase)