Words not to Capitalize With Title Case Print

Making your titles pop with Title Case is easy. But there are some basic rules you want to follow to make it consistent and have its full effect.

1. The First word, no matter what it is, should be capitalized. The last word can be capitalized as well if you think it looks better.
2. Make a cheat sheet or reference this one, so it's the same every time you make a Title Case.
3. Only use Title Case in website headers, footers, and some titles. Using it all the time would defeat the purpose and look cluttered.
4. Do not capitalize the words listed below, unless they are the first word in a sentence or sometimes the last, if it looks better:
5. Principal words such as nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are capitalized.

• the
• to
• an
• and
• at
• in
• of
• on
• for
• nor
• not
• but (Can Go Either Way, but Usually Not.)
• by (Can Go Either Way, but Usually Not.)
• or
• yet
• so
• as (Can Go Either Way, but Usually Not.)
• with (Can Go Either Way, but Usually Not.)
• en (Can Go Either Way, but Usually Not Unless Used Describing an En Dash.)
• for (Can Go Either Way, it's Capitalized When Describing an action.) I Walked Here For You

Capitalized words you might mistake as not capitalized: 

• Be
• Do
• When

Title case is a style of capitalizing the first letter of most major words in a title or heading. In title case, the first and last words are always capitalized, as well as all principal words such as nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Minor words, such as articles (a, an, the), conjunctions (and, but, or), and prepositions (in, on, with), are typically not capitalized unless they are the first or last word of the title.

Example in title case:

• "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog"

It's commonly used for websites, titles of books, articles, movies, and headlines.