I find that \caption*
behaves strangely for non-margin figures in tufte-book. I'm using the caption package. For margin figures, \caption*
properly suppresses the figure number at the beginning of the caption. For non-margin figures the figure number appears, follwed by "*
" as the caption, and then the actual caption text is appended directly under the figure as though it were part of the figure. Here's an example:
\documentclass{tufte-book}
\usepackage{caption}
\captionsetup{compatibility=false}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{mwe}
\begin{document}
\section{This section}
\begin{marginfigure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{example-image-a}
\caption*{This is a margin caption.}
\end{marginfigure}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{figure*}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{example-image-b}
\caption*{This is a main caption.}
\end{figure*}
\end{document}
John Kormylo's answer below doesn't quite do the trick. It does eliminate the figure number, but it places the caption below the figure instead of "tuftily" placing it to the side. See for example the two side-by-side images below:
The left-hand image was made using the \setcaption
trick. The right-hand image is the default way tufte-book renders a \caption
.