Editorial caption styles Serif type with a magazine feel.

Editorial styles borrow from print: serif type, italics for emphasis and generous space. Magazine sets the keyword in colored italics, Quote Card puts an italic serif quote on a dark card, and Headline pairs a fat headline with a small support line. Couture uses spaced Roman capitals for a fashion look. They feel considered rather than loud.

Use it on my video Best for: Interviews, brand content, fashion, books and thoughtful talking points

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

Magazine Magazine serif with the keyword in coloured italics

Editorial First line upright, second italic, framed by big quotes

Quote Card An italic serif quote on a dark card

Headline A fat headline with a small-caps support line

Byline Left-aligned text with an accent bar beside it

Cover Stack Magazine cover: the key word huge in serif, the rest small

Couture Spaced Roman capitals with a fashion feel

Brutal Serif A technical grotesque mixed with an italic serif keyword

Manifest Caps Ultra-heavy condensed caps, tight lines in alternating colours

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
Magazine	Instrument Serif	110 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	No	None
Editorial	DM Serif Display	96 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	No	None
Quote Card	Playfair Display	80 px	4, up to 2 lines	None	No	None
Headline	Abril Fatface	104 px	2, up to 2 lines	None	No	None
Byline	Syne Bold (700)	84 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	No	None
Cover Stack	Inter Bold (700)	64 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Couture	Cinzel Bold (700)	72 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Brutal Serif	Space Grotesk Bold (700)	90 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Manifest Caps	Big Shoulders Display Black (900)	138 px	2, up to 3 lines	None	Yes	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

Are serif captions readable on a phone?

Yes, at the sizes these styles use. They are set large, with a few words per line and soft shadows or a card behind the text, so the serif stays crisp on a small screen.

Which editorial style works for quotes?

Quote Card is built for it: an italic serif quote on a dark card. Editorial frames the phrase with big quote marks, with the first line upright and the second in italics.

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.