The Caption Text design options let you customize the appearance of the image's caption text displayed in modules such as the Gallery module. These settings control the typography, alignment, spacing, and effects for the links, helping you maintain a cohesive design.
Where to Find the Caption Text Options
Open the Gallery module Settings: Click the gear icon or the module itself to access the settings.
Navigate to the Design Tab: Locate the Caption Text option group.
Caption Text Customization Settings
Caption Font: Choose a font from the dropdown or upload a custom font for unique styling.
Caption Font Weight: Adjust the boldness of your title with options like light, bold, or extra-bold.
Variable Font Options: those options will only be available if you are using a Google variable font such as Robo, Google Sans Flex, or Bitcount):
Variable Font Weight: Use the slider or type in a numeric value for the font weight.
Optical Sizing: Enable automatic optical size handling.
Variable Font Width: Fine-tune variable font width using variable font interpolation.
Variable Font Slant: Fine-tune variable font slant using variable font interpolation.
Variable Font Crsv: Fine-tune variable font crsv using variable font interpolation.
Variable Font Element Shape: Fine-tune variable font element shape using variable font interpolation.
Variable Font Element Expansion: Fine-tune variable font element expansion using variable font interpolation.
Variable Font Rond: Fine-tune variable font rond using variable font interpolation.
Variable Font Grade: Fine-tune variable font grade using variable font interpolation.
Variable Font Width: Fine-tune variable font width using variable font interpolation.
Caption Text Size: You can adjust the font size of your title text using the slider or by entering a specific value. It also accepts Global Variables.
Caption Text Color: Choose a color to be used for the Title text. It also accepts Global Variables.
Caption Line Height: Set the space between the lines of the title text, helping to improve readability. It also accepts Global Variables.
Caption Letter Spacing: Control the space between letters by adjusting the slider or entering a value. It also accepts Global Variables.
Caption Text Alignment: Set the alignment for the title text—left, center, right, or justified.
Caption Capitalization: Choose the title text's capitalization:
Uppercase - All letters are in uppercase format
Capitalize - Makes the first letter of each word uppercase.
Lowercase - All letters are in lowercase format.
Smallcaps - Lowercase letters display as smaller uppercase letters.
All Small Caps - all letters display as small caps, including letters that were already uppercase.
Caption Font Style: Select additional font styles, including:
Italic: Makes the text lean to the right.
Underline: Adds a line under the text.
Overline: adds a line above the text.
Strikethrough: draws a line through the middle of the text.
⚠️ Note: When Underline, Overline, and/or Strikethrough are enabled, you can also choose:Line Color: Choose the line's color. It also accepts Global Variables.
Line Thickness: Choose how thick or slim the line is.
Line Type: Choose the Line's type:
Solid
Double
Dotted
Dashed
Wavy
Caption Line Warp Style: Choose how text should wrap. Default keeps native browser wrapping, Balanced evens heading lines, and Pretty helps avoid single-word endings.
Default: Text can move onto a new line when it runs out of space.
Balanced: Short text breaks into lines with more even lengths
Pretty: Text wrap in a cleaner, more visually pleasing way
Caption Text Direction: Choose text flow direction. Standard Horizontal reads left-to-right across lines, while vertical modes stack glyphs top-to-bottom.
Standard Horizontal
Vertical (right to left): The text is displayed from top to bottom, and each new line starts to the left of the previous one.
Vertical (left to right): The text is displayed from bottom to top, and each new line starts to the left of the previous one.
Caption Hyphenation: When enabled, if a word is too long to fit nicely on one line, the browser can break it into parts and add a hyphen at the break.
Caption Fill Type: Choose the title's text fill options:
None - No title text fill.
Gradient - Fill the title text with a Gradient
Image - Fill the title text with an Image
Transparent - Fill the title text with a transparent fill.
Caption Stroke Width - Choose the thickness of the stroke.
Title Stroke Color - Choose the title text's stroke color.
Caption Columns: Set how many columns the text should flow through.
Caption Text Shadow: Add a text shadow effect and customize its direction, blur, and color to add depth or emphasis to the title:
Direction: Adjust horizontal and vertical placement.
Blur: Control how soft or sharp the shadow appears.
Color: Set a shadow color to complement the text.
Tips for Using Caption Text Options
Ensure Clarity: Use bold fonts and sufficient spacing to make the image's caption text easy to read.
Highlight Interaction: Apply contrasting colors or subtle text shadows to draw attention to the image's caption text.
Stay Consistent: Align the image's caption text style with the rest of your module design, including fonts and colors.
Test Across Devices: Preview on various screen sizes to ensure alignment and readability.