TV and film subtitle styles The look of streaming, broadcast and cinema.

These styles copy the subtitles people already trust. Streaming is clean white text with a shadow and no animation, like a series. Closed Caption sets white on a black strip per line, Anime gives white text a crisp black outline, and Lower Third adds a dark strip with a colored side bar. Trailer brings golden capitals out of the dark.

Use it on my video Best for: Documentaries, interviews, short films, courses and long-form clips

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

Streaming Series subtitles: clean white with a shadow, no animation

Closed Caption TV closed captions: white on a black strip per line

Anime Anime subtitles: white with a crisp black outline

Broadcast Broadcaster standard: white with the spoken word in yellow

Cinema Spaced cinema capitals that fade in slowly

Documentary Documentary: spaced condensed type with a side bar

Trailer Film trailer: golden capitals emerging from the dark

Lower Third TV lower third: a dark strip with a coloured side bar

Sports TV Sports graphics: condensed type on a slanted red strip

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
Streaming	Inter Bold (700)	70 px	5, up to 2 lines	None	No	None
Closed Caption	Roboto Condensed	72 px	5, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Anime	Nunito Bold (700)	78 px	5, up to 2 lines	5 px	No	None
Broadcast	Open Sans Bold (700)	76 px	4, up to 2 lines	4 px	No	None
Cinema	Cinzel Bold (700)	66 px	4, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Documentary	Barlow Condensed Bold (700)	82 px	4, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Trailer	Cinzel Black (900)	96 px	3, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Lower Third	Roboto Condensed Bold (700)	70 px	4, up to 2 lines	None	Yes	None
Sports TV	Teko Bold (700)	110 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

Can I get subtitles without animation?

Yes. Streaming and Closed Caption have no word animation at all. If you need a file instead of burned-in captions, export an SRT with TV, Netflix or YouTube presets.

Which style looks like Netflix subtitles?

Streaming is the closest: clean white type with a soft shadow, five words per line and no animation. For a subtitle file, the SRT export has a Netflix preset.

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.