captionsfloatsspacing
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[draft]{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\setlength\fboxsep{124pt}
\setlength\fboxrule{1pt}
\fbox{\includegraphics{dummy}}
\caption{Dummy caption}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
How can I increase vertical space between figure and caption?
Set the captionskip key in the figure environment:
\begin{figure}[!htp]
\centering
\captionsetup[subfigure]{captionskip=20pt} % adjust the value
%
\begin{SubFloat}
...
\end{Subfloat}
\caption{Caption blah blah.}
\label{figure-temp}
\end{figure}
Using [!ht] with so large a float is a bound to troubles, better [!htp].
I just ran into the same issue. (It's really annoying when trying to produce print-quality preprint versions of the paper.) Poking around in pnastwo.cls, I found the following fix:
Find the first line in pnastwo.cls which says
\ifx\@captype\xtable
Change this to
\ifx\@captype\table
Alternatively, if you don't want to touch the class file, you can put the following into the preamble of your document:
% Fix wierd behavior which prevents table captions from appearing for
% tables in the body of the article
\makeatletter
\long\def\@makecaption#1#2{%
\ifx\@captype\table
\let\currtabcaption\relax
\gdef\currtabcaption{
\tabnumfont\relax #1. \tabtextfont\relax#2\par
\vskip\belowcaptionskip
}
\else
\vskip\abovecaptionskip
\sbox\@tempboxa{\fignumfont#1.\figtextfont\hskip.5em\relax #2}%
\ifdim \wd\@tempboxa >\hsize
\fignumfont\relax #1.\figtextfont\hskip.5em\relax#2\par
\else
\global \@minipagefalse
\hb@xt@\hsize{\hfil\box\@tempboxa\hfil}%
\fi
\fi
}
\makeatother
One additional comment: once this bug is fixed, you'll almost certainly run into another issue which you'd want fixed if you use the PNAS two-column class to produce production-quality output: Unless you define floats with the h "here" placement, it loses the labels, so all cross-referencing of figures and tables breaks. Here is the fix, for direct pasting into the document preamble. You can also patch up the macro \DonormalEndcol pnastwo.cls, it's the same mistake 6 times over...
% And another fix. PNAS class loses the label of floats unless they
% were defined with the [h] option (so not really floats at all). It
% all comes down to wrong scope in the following routine which pushes
% out the floats onto the page. This is the fixed version:
\makeatletter
\def\DonormalEndcol{%
%% top float ==>
\ifx\toporbotfloat\xtopfloat%
%% figure ==>
\ifcaptypefig%
\expandafter\gdef\csname topfloat\the\figandtabnumber\endcsname{%
\vbox{\vskip\PushOneColTopFig%
\unvbox\csname figandtabbox\the\loopnum\endcsname%
\vskip\abovefigcaptionskip%
\csname caption\the\loopnum\endcsname%
\csname letteredcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname%
\csname continuedcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname%
\csname letteredcontcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname
\ifredefining%
\csname label\the\loopnum\endcsname%
\expandafter\gdef\csname topfloat\the\loopnum\endcsname{}\fi}%
\vskip\intextfloatskip%%
\vskip-4pt %% probably an artifact of topskip??
}%
\else%
%% plate ==>
\ifcaptypeplate%
\expandafter\gdef\csname topfloat\the\figandtabnumber\endcsname{%
\vbox{\vskip\PushOneColTopFig%
\unvbox\csname figandtabbox\the\loopnum\endcsname
\vskip\abovefigcaptionskip
\csname caption\the\loopnum\endcsname
\csname letteredcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname
\csname continuedcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname
\csname letteredcontcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname
\ifredefining
\csname label\the\loopnum\endcsname
\expandafter\gdef\csname topfloat\the\loopnum\endcsname{}\fi}
\vskip\intextfloatskip %%
\vskip-4pt %% probably an artifact of topskip??
}%
\else% table ==>
\expandafter\gdef\csname topfloat\the\figandtabnumber\endcsname{%
\vbox{\vskip\PushOneColTopTab %%
\csname caption\the\loopnum\endcsname
\csname letteredcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname
\csname continuedcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname
\csname letteredcontcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname
\vskip\captionskip
\unvbox\csname figandtabbox\the\loopnum\endcsname
\ifredefining
\csname label\the\loopnum\endcsname
\expandafter\gdef\csname topfloat\the\loopnum\endcsname{}\fi
}\vskip\intextfloatskip %% why don't we need this?
\vskip-10pt}
\fi\fi%
%
\else% bottom float
%
\ifcaptypefig
\expandafter\gdef\csname botfloat\the\figandtabnumber\endcsname{%
\vskip\intextfloatskip
\vbox{\unvbox\csname figandtabbox\the\loopnum\endcsname
\vskip\abovefigcaptionskip
\csname caption\the\loopnum\endcsname
\csname letteredcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname%
\csname continuedcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname%
\csname letteredcontcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname%
\vskip\PushOneColBotFig%%
\ifredefining%
\csname label\the\loopnum\endcsname
\expandafter\gdef\csname botfloat\the\loopnum\endcsname{}\fi}}%
\else
\ifcaptypeplate
\expandafter\gdef\csname botfloat\the\figandtabnumber\endcsname{%
\vskip\intextfloatskip
\vbox{\unvbox\csname figandtabbox\the\loopnum\endcsname
\vskip\abovefigcaptionskip
\csname caption\the\loopnum\endcsname
\csname letteredcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname%
\csname continuedcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname%
\csname letteredcontcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname%
\vskip\PushOneColBotFig%%
\ifredefining%
\csname label\the\loopnum\endcsname
\expandafter\gdef\csname botfloat\the\loopnum\endcsname{}\fi}}%
\else% TABLE
\expandafter\gdef\csname botfloat\the\figandtabnumber\endcsname{%
\vskip\intextfloatskip
\vbox{\csname caption\the\loopnum\endcsname
\csname letteredcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname
\csname continuedcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname
\csname letteredcontcaption\the\loopnum\endcsname%
\vskip.5\intextfloatskip
\unvbox\csname figandtabbox\the\loopnum\endcsname%
\vskip\PushOneColBotTab
\ifredefining%
\csname label\the\loopnum\endcsname
\expandafter\gdef\csname botfloat\the\loopnum\endcsname{}\fi}}%
\fi\fi\fi}
\makeatother
Best Answer
Modify the lengths
\abovecaptionskipand\belowcaptionskip(in the document preamble) to suit your needs:The default values are
10ptand0pt. (Theplusandminusallows the space to stretch and shrink if needed. The numbers specify how much.)