Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Figure and table caption sizes mismatch

[eesb83]

Hi,

I am trying to change the font size of my figure and table captions to footnotesize but so far have only managed to change the table captions, whereas the figure captions remain the same.

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\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[font=footnotesize, labelfont=bf, centerlast[{caption}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{subfig}

I don't have any subfig captions, just one caption below each figure.

I don't know why the tables are changing but not the figures and I was wondering if there is something I am doing wrong or not including in my code?

any help is greatly appreciated,

thankyou,
Sarah

[localghost]

If I load the caption package into a minimal document like you do I have no problem with the caption format at all. Well then?


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[eesb83]

Hi,

Thankyou for your reply; sorry in my delayed reponse.

This may be a daft question, but would you be able to explain what a minimal document is?

I'm using the subfig package for figures in a thesis template, and I am using a .cls file that has all the commands in it - is that the same thing?

thanks again,
Sarah

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,oneside]{Thesis}
\graphicspath{{Figures/}} %Location of graphics
\usepackage[round,colon,authoryear]{natbib}
%\bibliographystyle{apalike}
\bibpunct{(}{)}{;}{a}{,}{,}

\begin{document}

thesis.cls file:

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%%
%% This is file `Thesis.cls', based on 'ECSthesis.cls', by Steve R. Gunn
%% generated with the docstrip utility.
%%
%% Created by Steve R. Gunn, modified by Sunil Patel: www.sunilpatel.co.uk

\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1996/12/01]
\ProvidesClass{Thesis}
              [2007/22/02 v1.0
   LaTeX document class]
\def\baseclass{book}
\DeclareOption*{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{\baseclass}}
\def\@checkoptions#1#2{
  \edef\@curroptions{\@ptionlist{\@currname.\@currext}}
  \@tempswafalse
  \@tfor\@this:=#2\do{
    \@expandtwoargs\in@{,\@this,}{,\@curroptions,}
    \ifin@ \@tempswatrue \@break@tfor \fi}
  \let\@this\@empty
  \if@tempswa \else \PassOptionsToClass{#1}{\baseclass}\fi
}
\@checkoptions{11pt}{{10pt}{11pt}{12pt}}
\PassOptionsToClass{a4paper}{\baseclass}
\ProcessOptions\relax
\LoadClass{\baseclass}
\newcommand\bhrule{\typeout{------------------------------------------------------------------------------}}

\newcommand\Declaration[1]{
\btypeout{Declaration of Authorship}
\addtotoc{Declaration of Authorship}
\thispagestyle{plain}
\null\vfil
%\vskip 60\p@
\begin{center}{\huge\bf Declaration of Authorship\par}\end{center}
%\vskip 60\p@
{\normalsize #1}
\vfil\vfil\null
%\cleardoublepage
}

\newcommand\btypeout[1]{\bhrule\typeout{\space #1}\bhrule}
\def\today{\ifcase\month\or
  January\or February\or March\or April\or May\or June\or
  July\or August\or September\or October\or November\or December\fi
  \space \number\year}
\usepackage{setspace}
\onehalfspacing
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{2.0ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
\usepackage{vmargin}
\setmarginsrb           { 4.0cm}  % left margin
                        { 2.0cm}  % top margin
                        { 2.0cm}  % right margin
                        { 0.8in}  % bottom margin
                        {  20pt}  % head height
                        {0.25in}  % head sep
                        {   9pt}  % foot height
                        { 0.3in}  % foot sep
\raggedbottom
\setlength{\topskip}{1\topskip \@plus 5\p@}
\doublehyphendemerits=10000       % No consecutive line hyphens.
\brokenpenalty=10000              % No broken words across columns/pages.
\widowpenalty=9999                % Almost no widows at bottom of page.
\clubpenalty=9999                 % Almost no orphans at top of page.
\interfootnotelinepenalty=9999    % Almost never break footnotes.
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\lhead[\rm\thepage]{\fancyplain{}{\sl{\rightmark}}}
\rhead[\fancyplain{}{\sl{\leftmark}}]{\rm\thepage}
\chead{}\lfoot{}\rfoot{}\cfoot{}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\btypeout{\thechapter\space #1}\markboth{\@chapapp\ \thechapter\ #1}{\@chapapp\ \thechapter\ #1}}
\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{}
\renewcommand{\subsectionmark}[1]{}
\def\cleardoublepage{\clearpage\if@twoside \ifodd\c@page\else
\hbox{}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\newpage
\if@twocolumn\hbox{}\newpage\fi\fi\fi}
\usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb,amscd,amsthm,xspace}
\theoremstyle{plain}
\newtheorem{example}{Example}[chapter]
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[chapter]
\newtheorem{corollary}[theorem]{Corollary}
\newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma}
\newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition}
\newtheorem{axiom}[theorem]{Axiom}
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newtheorem{definition}[theorem]{Definition}
\theoremstyle{remark}
\newtheorem{remark}[theorem]{Remark}
\newcommand{\fref}[1]{Figure~\ref{#1}}
\newcommand{\tref}[1]{Table~\ref{#1}}
\newcommand{\eref}[1]{Equation~\ref{#1}}
\newcommand{\cref}[1]{Chapter~\ref{#1}}
\newcommand{\sref}[1]{Section~\ref{#1}}
\newcommand{\aref}[1]{Appendix~\ref{#1}}
\renewcommand{\topfraction}{0.85}
\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{.85}
\renewcommand{\textfraction}{0.1}
\renewcommand{\dbltopfraction}{.85}
\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.75}
\renewcommand{\dblfloatpagefraction}{.75}
\setcounter{topnumber}{9}
\setcounter{bottomnumber}{9}
\setcounter{totalnumber}{20}
\setcounter{dbltopnumber}{9}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[font=footnotesize, labelfont=bf, centerlast]{caption}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{lineno}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{lscape}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage[caption=false]{subfig}
\usepackage{epstopdf}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{lstpatch}
\lstset{captionpos=b,
        frame=tb,
        basicstyle=\scriptsize\ttfamily,
        showstringspaces=false,
        keepspaces=true}
.....

[localghost]

[…] This may be a daft question, but would you be able to explain what a minimal document is? […]

A minimal document (actually called a minimal example) is something like this.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[font=footnotesize,labelfont=bf,tableposition=top]{caption}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\begin{document}
  \blindtext

  \begin{figure}[!ht]
    \centering
    \rule{6.4cm}{3.6cm}
    \caption{Dummy figure}\label{fig:dummy}
  \end{figure}

  \blindtext
\end{document}

[…] I'm using the subfig package for figures in a thesis template, and I am using a .cls file that has all the commands in it - is that the same thing? […]

If you use a non-standard class file, you should attach it completely as a file to your post or at least give a link where to find it right at the beginning. The code for the class you provided is incomplete thus useless.

Note that the caption package does not support every class and you should obtain a corresponding warning in the log file if this is the case. Address the class maintainer if necessary.

[eesb83]

Hi,

I've managed to get it working now (sorry for not attaching the code properly)

thank you so much for your help,

Sarah

[localghost]

[…] I've managed to get it working now […]

I'm sure that others are also interested in this solution. And on this occasion you can mark the topic accordingly.