Title Case Converter

Title Case Converter

Use our free Title Case Converter to quickly capitalize titles, headlines, headings, blog posts and more. Type in your text, select a capitalization format, and receive the formatted text in no time.

Use Standard Title Case, AP Style or Chicago Style. The tool also offers the functions of Sentence Case, Uppercase and Lowercase as required for common writing and editing tasks.

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What Is Title Case?

Title case is a style of capitalization that is usually employed for titles and headings, book titles, article titles, presentations, etc. prominent text.

Its capitalization follows the standard title case in which the first and last words are capitalized, as well as key words like nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and pronouns. Depending on the style guide used, the short articles, conjunctions and prepositions may be lowercase.

How to Use the Title Case Converter

It is easy to use the converter:

• Copy or enter your text in the box.
• Select Standard Title Case, AP Style, or Chicago Style.
• If necessary, change the colon and hyphen settings.
• Check the translated text.
• Copy the answer or download it as a text file.

You may process one title or paste several lines in one. Each line is processed individually, allowing the tool to be used for formatting lists of headlines, article titles, product names or video titles.

Standard Title Case

Standard Title Case is handy for using if you need a standard title style look, but don’t have to follow any specific publishing organization’s style guide.

For example:

Input:
the best ways to improve your writing

Output:
The best ways to improve your writing

The converter capitalizes important words, and leaves short words (such as articles, conjunctions, and prepositions) lowercase if they are in the middle of a title.

The standard treatment of certain words may vary from one publication to another as there is no single official style sheet for “standard title case”.

AP Style

AP style has become common for most journalists, news organizations, editors and professional communicators. AP Stylebook is the writing and editing guide used by AP that is updated regularly. Get to know AP Style.

If you choose AP Style, the converter uses its internal AP style capitalization rules, rather than considering each word as a major word.

For example:

Input:
This guide will help you develop an effective content strategy.

Output:
Learn how to create a successful content strategy.

Chicago Style

Chicago Style is a style used in publishing and academic environments. The current guidelines in Chicago use the word “title case,” and have revised some of the capitalization rules in its 18th edition.

There is one difference: Chicago now has a set of recommendations for capitalizing prepositions of five letters or more in titles. For instance, a title could be “A Room with a View” and “Much Ado About Nothing” with the current guidance. Check Chicago Manual of Style capitalisation rules.

This is why it’s helpful to choose a particular style instead of assuming that all the titles-case systems are the same.

Title Case vs. Sentence Case.

The two different types of headings or titles that can be capitalized are title case and sentence case.

Title case: The art of writing better titles for your blogs.

Sentence case: How to write better blog titles

The heading will appear more traditional and formal when you use Title case. Sentence case tends to sound more natural and is used in websites, software interfaces, product interfaces and contemporary content design.

You don’t need to use one format in all places. It will depend on your audience, publication, brand or style guide.

Which words in a title should be capitalized?

Answer will vary by style. Generally, capitalizes:

• The first word
• The last word
• Nouns
• Pronouns
• Verbs
• Adjectives
• Adverbs
• Important descriptive words
• Proper nouns

Sometimes, short words like “a,” “an,” “the,” “and,” “or,” “in,” “of,” and “to” are lowercase in the middle of the title.

But there are exceptions. A short word may require capitalization if it starts or ends a title or if it is used in a specific way by a specific style guide.

There are specific guidelines for prepositions and other parts of speech in the rules of Chicago, for instance. It also included some changes in title case terminology and capitalization for its 18th edition. Please refer to the official Chicago guidance.

What About Words After a Colon?

There are many types of titles which capitalize the first word after the colon.

For example: Blogging for Beginners: How to Start a Blog

When the converter is used, the first word after a colon can be capitalized. This can be turned off if it is desired in any other editorial convention.

This is especially helpful in subtitle text files, where a colon typically is used to distinguish the subtitle from the main title.

How to capitalize hyphenated words?

Hyphenated compounds may be confusing, as capitalization varies from style system to style system, and from context to context.

For example: state-of-the-art technology

May be presented as: State-of-the-Art Technology

We offer a feature on our converter that will capitalize the hyphenated word. It can be helpful for titles with compound adjectives, but always by following your publications style guide.

However, rules for hyphenated compounds may vary between academic and professional style guides. When writing scholarly papers, consult the style manual for your school or publisher.

The preservation of Proper Nouns and Acronyms

A basic script for capitalization can capitalize an acronym like “NASA” to “Nasa” or technology name like “JavaScript” to “Javascript”.

This may sound like title case, but it’s not the proper spelling for a name.

Common brands, technology terms, acronyms, platforms, products, and proper nouns are included in a built-in dictionary in this converter. Some examples are iPhone, iPad, macOS, NASA, YouTube, GitHub, JavaScript, and HTML, CSS.

The converter will also attempt to maintain the important word capitalization from the source text rather than altering all of the words.

This is especially helpful for technical writing, software documentation, marketing copy and technology related headlines.

When to Use Title Case?

There are a number of situations in which title case will be helpful, such as:

• Blog post titles
• Article headlines
• Book titles
• Presentation titles
• Report headings
• YouTube titles
• Marketing headlines
• Product names
• Website headings
• Email subject lines
• Course titles
• Social media content

Consistency is key. If you use title case for your major headings, you will get a more sophisticated look by using the same style for all headings in the content.

Sentence case could be a better option for websites or applications if you are looking to create a more conversational interface. What’s important is to select a font style and use it intentionally, not haphazardly mixing together.

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