Here are seven recommended fonts for your subtitles and captions for your videos, with some additional details to help you decide.
- Lucida Grande. ...
- Arial. ...
- STIXGeneral. ...
- Verdana. ...
- Helvetica Neue. ...
- Times. ...
- Futura.
What size should closed captions be?
Captioning Key's Formatting Guidelines
The DCMP Captioning Key also offers formatting and display standards – closed captioning guidelines that ensure maximum readability. Recommendations include: Limit lines to 32 characters or less, including spaces. There should be no more than 1-2 lines of text per screen.