Composition Titles

See also: Capitalization

Style in Italics

Style titles of the following in italics with initial caps (e.g., The campus publication Just the Facts is available through Strategic Relations and Communications).

  • Books
  • Periodicals
  • Journals
  • Movies
  • Television, radio programs
  • Podcasts
  • Musicals
  • Blogs
  • Plays
  • Long poems
  • Works of art
  • ѳܲܳ󾱲پDzԲ
  • Publications

Enclose in Quotation Marks

Titles of the following should be styled roman (nonitalicized) and enclosed in quotation marks (e.g., To learn about a great Fort Collins biking trail, read the blog entry “Blue Sky Trail” on the mountain biking blog Rubber Side Down).

  • پ
  • Episodes
  • Short stories
  • Webpages
  • Blog entries
  • Book chapters
  • Poems
  • Conference papers
  • Presentations
  • Essays, dissertations, theses

Style in Roman Text

Style titles of the following in roman text (nonitalicized) with initial caps (e.g., DailyCamera.com’s “CU News” page keeps us up to date on CU Boulder).

  • Websites
  • Web, mobile applications
  • Forms, reports
  • Workshops, courses
  • Conferences
  • Online-only publications (Politico, Axios)