Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Side-by-side figure captions overlapping problem

[erictamlam]

Hey guys,

I have been trying to place two figures that span half a column side-by-side. The two figures have their own captions. I used the minipage command and the figures did appear side by side, but their captions overlapped (the captions are sorta long, cf. the attached pic). How do I separate the captions? Please help me figure this out! Thanks

The tex code is as follows:

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\begin{figure}
\centering
\begin{minipage}{.5\columnwidth}
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{optimality}
  \captionof{figure}{Average system cost of all schemes under different $V$ values}
  \label{fig:optimality}
\end{minipage}%
\begin{minipage}{.5\columnwidth}
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{energycost}
  \captionof{figure}{Average energy cost and carbon footprints under different $V$ values}
  \label{fig:energycost}
\end{minipage}
\end{figure}

[localghost]

That's no surprise since you have chosen 0.5\columnwidth for both figures. This is equivalent to 0.5\textwidth here so that there is no horizontal separating space. Choose e.g. 0.45\columnwidth and put a \hfill between the two {minipage} environments.


Thorsten