Caption text punctuation: Full stops always necessary at the end?

Question

Example caption text for a photo:> **Little Diane necklace**1a) No full stop is correct, yes?Now a longer example of caption text:> **Little Diane necklace. The photograph of the young Diane was taken> after a polio vaccination and appeared in the local newspaper. She> smiles bravely into the camera to reassure other children.**1b) Is a full stop necessary at the very end if there is more than one sentence?2) How are the name and description separated? By a period or semicolon?

Answer 1

It seems like "Little Diane necklace" is actually the title of the photo, therefore it would not normally have a full stop period. In order to differentiate it from the more detailed full sentence description, you could either have a return after the title, or use a dash. Some digital captioning uses the full stop in order to make sure that the title is separated from the description sentences, but this is a platform structure choice.

ex:

(1)Little Diane Necklace - The photograph of the young Diane was taken after a polio vaccination and appeared in the local newspaper. She smiles bravely into the camera to reassure other children.

(2)Little Diane Necklace

The photograph of the young Diane was taken after a polio vaccination and appeared in the local newspaper. She smiles bravely into the camera to reassure other children.

(3)Little Diane Necklace. The photograph of the young Diane was taken after a polio vaccination and appeared in the local newspaper. She smiles bravely into the camera to reassure other children.

Because the description uses complete sentences, a full stop must end the final sentence. Also, all of the words of the title should follow standard title rules of capitalization.