Title Case Converter: Capitalize Headlines Correctly

How to use the title case converter

Paste your title into the top box. To do several at once, put each title on its own line.
The title case version appears in the result box as you type.
Read it over, then click Copy result.

What title case actually means

Title case is the style you see on book covers, film posters and most news headlines. The main words get a capital letter, and the little connecting words do not. Compare these two:

Capitalized every word: The Lord Of The Rings And The Return Of The King
Title case: The Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King

The second one looks cleaner because your eye jumps to the words that carry meaning.

The rules our converter follows

The first and last word are always capitalized.
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and pronouns are capitalized. That includes short verbs like "Is" and "Be", which people often get wrong.
Articles (a, an, the), short conjunctions (and, but, or) and short prepositions (in, of, on, to, with) stay lowercase.
A word after a colon, full stop, question mark or exclamation mark is capitalized.
Both parts of a hyphenated word are capitalized, for example "Well-Known".

Different style guides, slightly different results

AP, Chicago, APA and MLA all agree on the basics but disagree on details. Chicago lowercases every preposition no matter how long, while APA capitalizes words of four letters or more, so "Through" and "With" are treated differently. Our converter follows the common ground that works for blogs, YouTube titles, product pages and most school work. If your teacher or editor wants a specific guide, give the result a quick read for long prepositions.

Title case or sentence case for headlines?

Both are fine. Many news sites and tech companies have switched to sentence case because it feels more relaxed and is easier to apply consistently. Title case still looks more formal and is the norm for books, films and academic papers. Pick one and stick with it across your site.

Frequently asked questions

Which words are not capitalized in title case?

Short articles, conjunctions and prepositions: a, an, the, and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet, as, at, by, in, of, off, on, per, to, up, via and with, plus a few others like from, into and than. They are capitalized only when they are the first or last word, or come right after a colon.

Is the first word after a colon capitalized?

Yes. In our converter the word after a colon always gets a capital, which matches AP, Chicago and APA style. For example "Dune: the Desert Planet" becomes "Dune: The Desert Planet".

Can I convert many titles at once?

Yes. Put each title on its own line. Every line is treated as a separate title, so the first and last word of each one is capitalized.

Why did my acronym change?

The converter lowercases each word before capitalizing it, so NASA becomes Nasa. This keeps random capitals from slipping through. Just fix acronyms by hand afterwards.

Title Case Converter