How can I change the appearance of the captions on my video?

If you've ordered the Burned-in Captions add-on service, you can customize the look of the captions on your video. Burned-in Captions Customization preferences can be found under Order Preferences > Caption Settings. When you edit your customization options, a customization modal will appear with the option to save those preferences to your account. 

We offer the following customization options:

Text

Font Types

Font Colors

Background

Background Colors

Default

Text

• Font type
• Font size
• Bold
• Italics
• Font Color

Font Types

• Arial
• Futura
• Helvetica Neue
• Lucinda Grande
• Noto Sans
• Open Sans
• Roboto
• STIXGeneral
• Tahoma
• Times New Roman
• Tiresias
• Verdana

Note for Subtitle Orders: Not all listed fonts are available in each language.

Font Colors

The font color palette will display three default color options: Black, White, and Yellow. It will also include a hex value input field for users who want a specific color.

Background

• None (no background color)
• Outline (text is outlined in the selected color)
• Wrap (caption group has a container in the selected color)

Background Colors

The background color palette will display three default color options: Black, White, and Grey. It will also include a hex value input field.

Default

The default settings for Rev’s open captions and subtitles are Noto Sans. The font will be white with 50% opacity black wrapped background, and the size will be determined by the dimensions of your video.