Is "Into" Capitalized in a Title?

Title capitalization guide

No in AP and Chicago Style — "into" is lowercase in both. Yes in NYT Style.

preposition

Capitalized in 2 styles

Lowercase in 8 styles

Title Case

Lowercase as a short preposition unless first or last word

AP Style

Lowercase — AP lowercases all prepositions

NYT Style

YES

Capitalized — NYT Style capitalizes prepositions

Chicago Style

Lowercase — exactly four letters, at the threshold

MLA Style

Lowercase as a short preposition

APA Style

Sentence case — only first word and proper nouns

AMA Style

Lowercase — AMA follows AP-style preposition rules

BB Style

YES

Every word capitalized — no exceptions

Wikipedia Style

Sentence case — only first word and proper nouns

Sentence Case

Only the first word of a title is capitalized

The full answer

"Into" is a four-letter preposition that is lowercase in AP Style, Chicago Style, MLA Style, and AMA Style. NYT Style and Billboard Style capitalize it. Its treatment mirrors "with" and "from" exactly.

AP Style lowercases all prepositions, so "into" is consistently lowercase in journalism. The distinction between "into" and its five-letter counterparts like "about" does not exist under AP Style, since all prepositions are treated equally.

NYT Style capitalizes "into" as part of its convention of capitalizing prepositions. A title like "Falling Into the Deep" would appear as "Falling Into the Deep" in NYT Style but "Falling into the Deep" in AP Style.

"Into" as the first word of a title is always capitalized in every style guide. The first-word rule applies universally.

"Into" is a compound preposition formed from "in" and "to." It is four letters long, which places it exactly at Chicago Style's lowercase threshold alongside "with," "from," and "over."