Retro and glitch captions VHS tape, arcade pixels and 80s glow.

Retro styles bring back older screens. VHS uses terminal type with a color split and a slight wobble, Arcade types letters in like an old game, and Synthwave pairs a sunset gradient with a purple glow. RGB Glitch splits the color as each phrase enters, and Yellow Subs is the classic DVD subtitle with a thick black outline.

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

VHS VHS tape: terminal type, colour split and a slight wobble

Arcade Arcade pixels, letters typed in like an old game

RGB Glitch Colour split with a glitch as each phrase enters

Synthwave 80s: a sunset gradient with a purple glow

Terminal Green terminal text typed out with a cursor

Old TV Yellowish old-TV subtitles with a soft shadow

Yellow Subs Yellow with a thick black outline, a DVD classic

Seventies Fat 70s lettering in orange with brown depth

Decoder Scrambled letters that decode into the right word

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
VHS	VT323	120 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Arcade	Press Start 2P	56 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
RGB Glitch	Anton Bold (700)	110 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Synthwave	Orbitron Black (900)	80 px	2, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Terminal	VT323	96 px	4, up to 2 lines	None	No	None
Old TV	Roboto Condensed Bold (700)	80 px	4, up to 2 lines	3 px	No	None
Yellow Subs	Roboto Bold (700)	82 px	4, up to 2 lines	6 px	No	None
Seventies	Shrikhand	94 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	No	None
Decoder	Space Grotesk Bold (700)	86 px	3, up to 2 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

Is there a classic yellow subtitle style?

Yes. Yellow Subs is yellow text with a thick black outline, like DVD subtitles, and Old TV gives a yellowish subtitle with a soft shadow.

Will a glitch effect make captions hard to read?

The glitch happens as each phrase enters and then the text settles, so it reads normally for the rest of the phrase.

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.