Caption styles with boxes and labels Contrast that holds up on any background.

Box and label styles put a solid shape behind the text, so captions stay readable over a bright sky, a busy room or a white wall. White Card sets black text on rounded white strips like native app captions. Highlighter runs a slanted marker behind each line, Box Lift boxes the spoken word and lifts it, and Price Tag puts the keyword on a red strip.

Use it on my video Best for: Tutorials, tips, sales clips and footage with busy backgrounds

15 styles · This preview was recorded with the same renderer that burns captions into your clip, so what you see is what you get.

Label Rail Coloured labels per line, sliding in one after another

Contrast Block High-contrast blocks expanding line by line

Collide Label Alternating white and red labels, tightly stacked

Snap Label High-contrast green label snapping in elastically

Sticker A sticker with a hard shadow, slightly tilted

Pill Each line in a translucent dark pill

White Card Black text on rounded white strips, native look

Highlighter A slanted highlighter behind each line

Frame A thin frame around each line

Brutalist A yellow block with a flat black shadow

Box Lift A box on the spoken word, lifting it slightly

Outline Word A coloured outline around the spoken word

Tag Stack Tilted tags stacked up, each a different colour

Price Tag A slanted red strip with the keyword in yellow

Frost A translucent white plate with soft corners

Specs of every style

Font, size, words per line, outline and entrance animation of every style in this category, read from the same style that burns the captions into your clip.

Style	Font	Size	Words per line	Outline	All caps	Entrance
Label Rail	Montserrat Black (900)	84 px	2, up to 3 lines	None	Yes	None
Contrast Block	Archivo Black	88 px	2, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Collide Label	Montserrat Black (900)	86 px	2, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Snap Label	Poppins Black (900)	84 px	3, up to 1 lines	None	Yes	elastic, 380 ms
Sticker	Archivo Black	82 px	2, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Pill	Inter Bold (700)	76 px	4, up to 2 lines	None	No	None
White Card	Kanit Bold (700)	78 px	4, up to 2 lines	None	No	None
Highlighter	DM Sans Bold (700)	80 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	No	None
Frame	Space Grotesk Bold (700)	80 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Brutalist	Archivo Black	84 px	2, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Box Lift	Poppins Black (900)	86 px	3, up to 2 lines	6 px	Yes	None
Outline Word	Poppins Black (900)	86 px	3, up to 2 lines	6 px	Yes	None
Tag Stack	Rubik Black (900)	80 px	2, up to 3 lines	None	Yes	None
Price Tag	Anton Bold (700)	100 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Frost	Manrope Bold (700)	78 px	4, up to 2 lines	None	No	None

Step by step

How to apply a style to your clip

How to choose and save a caption style In the Download clip window, open Captions in the right menu. On the Styles tab, filter by category or search and click a style: the caption shows up in the preview. After adjusting the font and effects, Save caption style keeps everything under a name, and Use as default applies that style automatically to your next clips. See the steps → How to customize the clip captions With a style chosen in Captions, use the Font tab to change the font, size, weight, colors, outline, shadow and line breaks, and the Effects tab for position, caption backdrop, keywords and word styles. Drag the caption in the preview to move it. See the steps → How to use your brand's font in captions Inside a video, open Library in the menu, go to Fonts and click Add font to upload a TTF or OTF file. The font stays saved in your account and shows up in every caption font picker, in the Your Fonts group. Only use fonts you're licensed to use. See the steps →

Terms worth knowing

Animated captions Captions that light up, change color or appear word by word at the exact moment each word is spoken. Burned-in captions Captions rendered into the video image itself: they show in every player and the viewer cannot turn them off. Safe zone The part of a vertical video the app interface does not cover, where captions and text stay visible. Characters per second (CPS) A caption's reading speed: how many characters the viewer has to read for every second it stays on screen.

Frequently asked questions

Why use a caption box instead of an outline?

An outline can get lost when the background has a lot of detail or the same color as the text. A box guarantees contrast everywhere, and it also looks calmer than heavy outlined caps.

Can I change the box color?

Yes. The highlight and box colors are editable in the clip editor, so you can match your brand. The change shows up in the preview right away.

Pick a style. We handle the timing. Every word synced to the speech.

Upload a video or paste a YouTube link. We transcribe every word with its timing, you choose the look, and the clip comes out captioned.

Try it on my video

See the result on your own recording before adding a card.