Text Formatting ⇒ ignore caption style from list of figures

[gdoglz]

hi there,

When adding figures or tables, I'm editing the \caption entry in order to add formating to the caption text (and distinguish it from the main text) in the following form:

\caption{\sffamily \footnotesize blah blah blah}

However, when I create the LOF, the caption text in the list maintains the format style applied in the caption entry (i.e. \sffamily \footnotesize).

I was wondering if there is any option to ignore the applied style in the LOF and use another format style, such as \textnormal \normalsize ?

I've tried tocloft but have only been able to change the style of the list numbers, not the caption title itself. For example

Current output:
1.1 (<- in '\textnormal\normalsize' style) - blah blah blah (<- in '\sffamily\footnotesize' style)

Desired output:
1.1 (<- in '\textnormal\normalsize' style) - blah blah blah (<- in '\textnormal\normalsize' style).

Thanks in advance

[gmedina]

Hi,

...
\caption{\sffamily \footnotesize blah blah blah}
...

it is not a good idea to modify the caption font atributes like that. You can use the features provided by the caption package. A little example:

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{caption}
\captionsetup{font=sf,size=footnotesize}

\begin{document}
\listoffigures

\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{2cm}
  \caption{this is just a caption for test figure one.}
  \label{fig:test1}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{2cm}
  \caption{this is just a caption for test figure two.}
  \label{fig:test2}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

Please note that the changes affect only the captions and not the entries in the LoF.

[gdoglz]

Brilliant! Thanks a lot!!