ContentFries is a video editor that not only extracts subtitles from videos but can also produce **blog-format transcription from them**. As a premier content-repurposing platform, it allows you to create subtitles for videos that haven't been captioned and can copy text captions from videos in general.

Method One: Use ContentFries

Generally, extracting subtitles from a video entails **accessing the .srt file that a specific media player has**. For example, DVDs come with srt files, as do streaming services. When you watch a movie on Blu-ray, you have the option to turn off the captions because there is a subtitles file (containing text and time stamps) that is being played along with the video. By turning off the captions, **you simply stop playing the subtitles file**.

The same method works when you can turn off captions on Netflix and Youtube. There are srt files stored in these services that you access **whenever you turn on captions**. Most subtitles extractors get access to the srt file and **download it as it is**.

ContentFries is great because it allows you to extract subtitles **even when there is no srt file**. When you watch a video where you cannot turn the captions off, that's because the captions have been **permanently baked into the video**. There is no longer a text file because the text is a part of the video.

No dedicated srt extractor can get you an srt from a **video that has its subtitles baked in**. ContentFries is great because it **allows you to get a text file from such videos**. How does it do that? It has a **[highly accurate auto-captioning engine](https://www.contentfries.com/feature/add-subtitles-to-video)** that simply generates new captions in an exportable format. That means you can extract subtitles even from videos that do not have subtitles!

ContentFries Strongest Point

The point that makes ContentFries great in some contexts is also what makes it a bad fit in other contexts. Since the program generates new captions instead of ripping an existing subtitles file, it can be expensive. It is not a great choice for extracting subtitles of **long movies**. **There is a limited quota** of the minutes of transcription you can get per month. And to use it to get subtitles that are already generated isn't ideal.

With the strongest and the weakest point of ContentFries in mind, let's go over when you should use this program and when you should not.

When to use this method:

* **When the subtitles are baked in the video** - If the subtitles are burned onto the video, the only way to extract subtitles is to generate them anew.
 
* **When the video is shorter than 10 minutes** - You can get good value out of generating fresh subtitles for short videos.
 
* **[When you want to repurpose a video](https://www.contentfries.com/feature/repurpose-video-content)** - ContentFries can help you create podcast clips, blog posts, social media posts, and marketing copy out of a single video.


When not to use this method:



* **When you want subtitles for movies** - Movies are long, and there are cheaper ways to get their subtitles.
 
* **When there is an existing srt file** - Using a high-quality subtitle generator like ContentFries can be redundant when an srt file already exists.

ContentFries Weakest Point

The reason this method is not titled "upload the video to youtube and use a youtube caption downloader" is that platforms keep changing, and **we want this resource to be universal**. You can use any public platform that displays subtitles that can be turned off and a subtitles downloader to get a **downloadable captions file**.

Subtitle downloaders aren't as lucrative a service, so they keep going out of business. That's why it is better to search "youtube subtitles downloader" or "Facebook subtitles downloader" **whenever you begin extracting subtitles**.

Method Two: A Subtitle Downloader And A Public Streaming Service

The strongest point of using an online subtitles extractor is that these extractors are **almost always free**. They are built around an ad-delivery model. If a video is online and it has subtitles that aren't baked onto it, then you can get a **copy of its existing srt file for free**.

Subtitle Downloader Strongest Point

While subtitle downloaders going offline is the greatest inconvenience of this method, **you can always find new ones**. The greatest weakness of this method is its inability to get subtitles that are **burned onto the video**. As covered earlier, there are subtitles that are played from a subtitles track, and users can turn them off when playing a video.

There are also subtitles that are superimposed on the video and **cannot be turned off because they are a part of the video**. When subtitles are turned into a part of the video, **then the subtitle downloader becomes useless**.

When you should not use this method:

* **When the video is already on youtube or Facebook** - If a video is already online, it is very convenient to get its subtitles file from a dedicated downloader.
 
* **When the video has a captions track** - If the captions of a video can be turned on or off at will, then it has a captions track, which many subtitles downloaders can access.


When you should not use this method:

* **When the captions are burned onto the video** - If captions cannot be turned off, they cannot be downloaded as an srt using this method.
 
* **When the srt file is inaccessible** - When a platform is guarded by a subscription, like Netflix, then its captions file cannot be accessed by standard subtitle downloaders.

Subtitle Downloader Weakest Point

Virtual Assistants can be very helpful in executing tasks that one **doesn't want to do or doesn't know how to do**. Getting a captions file from a video is a task that most virtual assistants can execute. You can hire one from upwork.com or freelancer.com, but you have to be careful to hire a **competent freelancer**.

The freelancer can either personally transcribe the subtitles or can use a program like ContentFries to generate a fresh subtitles file. Either way, there is no hard limit preventing human assistants from **extracting subtitles from any video they can watch**.

In fact, you can get Netflix, and Prime Video originals subtitled with the help of a human assistant. However, **manual typing can be time-consuming**. And because virtual assistants work at an hourly rate, the more extensive your subtitle extraction requirements are, **the more expensive this method can get**.

Method Three: Hire A Virtual Assistant

The best thing about using a human assistant for subtitle extraction is that **you don't need to give detailed instructions**. As long as you can establish the deliverable you want, the virtual assistant will find the **best way to get it for you**. This method can be used to get subtitles from any video **regardless of its format**.

Virtual Assistants' Strongest Point

The problem with using virtual assistants for any task that can be automated is that you **spend more money**. Virtual assistants charge by the hour for their services and can be incentivized to drag out the process. Instead of finding the most efficient way to get the subtitles for you, they might find the one that **takes more time so that they can get paid more**.

When to use this method:

* **When no software solution is working** - If you cannot find any program to strip existing subtitles from a video, you have no choice but to transcribe it yourself or to use a virtual assistant who can do the same.
 
* **When the video is protected by a paywall** - Videos protected by paywalls cannot be accessed by a free subtitle extraction service. In such instances, the human assistant can help copy the subtitles manually.


When not to use this method:

* **When you can use a subtitles downloader** - If you can insert a video link into a subtitle extractor and get the captions file, hiring a virtual assistant can be redundant and unnecessarily expensive.
 
* **When you can use a caption generator** - If a captions downloader program doesn't work, you can use a caption generator, which is guaranteed to be cheaper than a virtual assistant. Only when you cannot get an offline copy of the video for captioning and are unable to get its existing srt should you get someone to manually transcribe it for you.

Virtual Assistants' Weakest Point

Just like there are online subtitles downloaders, **there are subtitle downloading extensions**. Their modes of operation are similar. A caption downloader allows you to input the link of a video and uses the URL to find the subtitles file. A caption-extracting extension can access the websites you visit and can look for **any available srts**.

**Browser extensions are easier to sort by quality**. There are hundreds of reviews for each popular extension on the Google Chrome extension store. **No such reviews are available for direct caption downloading websites**.

**Captions also have a higher degree of access** compared to copy-and-paste downloaders. Downloader sites can visit the video link once it is input in their URL bar. But a downloader extension can read the website source code and data just like your own web browser.

Method Four: Use A Browser Extension

The best feature of a subtitles helper extension is that it has a better ability to **venture behind paywalls**. A regular subtitle download cannot go to pages that need registration or payment. An extension, however, can access **any page you can visit while it is enabled**. Theoretically, these extension downloaders can even extract srt files from Netflix. However, **most extension providers try to stay clear of Netflix**.

Subtitles Extensions Strongest Point

While subtitles extensions can change fonts, translate captions in real-time, and download srt files, **they can also breach your privacy**. An extension that accesses subtitles of the videos on websites you visit can access your browser activity. They can also access any data that you are authorized to access. Because of this, **your privacy is not safe with subtitle downloading extensions**.

When you should use this method:

* **When using a secondary browser** - You should use a secondary browser with such extensions so that your primary browsing data is not at risk. If you use Chrome, get an extension for Microsoft Edge. If you use Edge, then get an extension for Chrome or Firefox.
 
* **When regular subtitle downloader doesn't work** - Since subtitle downloader websites can help you download subtitles without compromising your privacy, you should not use an extension unless the first option doesn't work.

When you should not use this method:

* **When you can use a subtitles downloader or generator** - It makes sense to use a captions downloader extension when downloader websites don't work. So, try using a subtitles downloader website before you install a dedicated extension.
 
* **When your primary browser's activity is sensitive** - If you don't mind an extension knowing the websites you have been visiting, then it should be okay to use them for subtitle extraction.

Subtitles Extension Weakest Point

The final method for subtitle extraction requires using an srt extracting program. Unlike online subtitle extractors, this method requires **installing a subtitle-ripping program** that seeks out the caption file hidden in a DVD or a digital download. It can be used to rip subtitles from movies, TV shows, and even downloaded videos.

There are a few dozen subtitle-ripping programs that are used for extracting pre-existing subtitles. These programs are also limited in the same ways as standard srt finding programs. They are, however, **better at extracting offline subtitles than these online solutions**.

Method 5: Use A Subtitle Extractor Program

Offline subtitle-extracting programs excel in extracting srt files from downloaded and offline content. Videos saved in USB flash drives or burned on DVDs are **inaccessible to online subtitle rippers**. But a program installed on your computer can easily access them. These programs are used to **rip subtitles files from blu-ray and DVDs**.

Subtitle Extractors' Strongest Point

Offline extractors can find it challenging to access srt files hosted on the cloud. As streaming becomes more popular and offline content storage methods like DVDs are becoming less common, **these programs' utility is starting to diminish**. You cannot use a DVD subtitle ripper to get **subtitles from Facebook and Youtube videos**.

When to use this method:

* **When a video is offline** - As mentioned above, offline extractors can only search for subtitles files on your drive/hardware. If the video is on the cloud, these programs are not very useful.
 
* **When an offline video has a subtitles file** - Not only does the video need to be on a DVD or your hard disk, but it should also have a subtitles file. Subtitles burned onto the video cannot be extracted with these programs.


When not to use this method:

* **When the video in question is online** - If a video is online, then you should use an online extractor and not an offline one.
 
* **When the video doesn't have a subtitles file** - If the subtitles are burned onto a video, it doesn't matter whether it is online or offline because you need to use a new caption generator.

Subtitle Extractors' Weakest Point

As covered earlier, the individual programs available for each method of subtitle extraction can change with time. That's why this resource list is separated from the rest of the post. It is updated with the latest available programs in each space. **Refer to these when you want to extract subtitles**.

<style type="text/css">
.tg  {border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;}
.tg td{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;
  overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}
.tg th{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;
  font-weight:normal;overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}
.tg .tg-f7k1{border-color:#ffffff;color:#c0c0c0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top}
</style>
<table class="tg">
<thead>
  <tr>
    <th class="tg-f7k1"><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">Method</span></th>
    <th class="tg-f7k1"><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">Relevant program(s)</span></th>
  </tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
  <tr>
    <td class="tg-f7k1"><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">ContentFries</span></td>
    <td class="tg-f7k1"><br><a href="https://www.contentfries.com/pricing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline;background-color:transparent">ContentFries</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent"> </span></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="tg-f7k1"><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">Subtitle Downloader </span></td>
    <td class="tg-f7k1"><br><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">DownSub </span><br><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">SaveSub </span></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="tg-f7k1"><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">Virtual Assistant</span></td>
    <td class="tg-f7k1"><br><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">Fiverr </span><br><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">Upwork </span><br><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">Freelancer.com </span><br><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">Rev.com </span></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="tg-f7k1"><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">Browser Extension </span></td>
    <td class="tg-f7k1"><br><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">Easy Subtitles (Chrome) </span><br><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">Youtube Subtitle Download Helper (Chrome) </span><br><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">Youtube Subtitle Downloader (Firefox) </span><br><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">CopyFish (Edge) </span></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="tg-f7k1"><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">Subtitle Extractor Program</span></td>
    <td class="tg-f7k1"><br><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">DVD Subtitles Extractor (Windows) </span><br><span style="font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent">D-Subtitler (Mac) </span></td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Updated Resource List

There are many ways to access subtitles of a video. The easiest method to extract the subtitles **requires the video to be public on a platform like Youtube** and for the captions to be **generated and saved**. A Youtube caption helper extension or a caption-extracting website can be used to retrieve and download the captions file of a video. But if the captions are burned on the video, and there is no subtitles file, **then a caption generator like ContentFries can be used**.

Final Thoughts

Benefit from strategic content repurposing. Create bite-sized content pieces from your long-for audio / video very fast with content repurposing app. Create automatic transcriptions and subtitles with stunning accuracy for 120+ languages and dialects. Generate videos for social, audiograms, blog posts, quote cards and more! Start repurposing content strategically TODAY.

Repurpose Your Content Into Dozens Of Content Pieces

If you are wondering how to extract subtitles from a video, you probably have an online or offline video that you want to extract the caption from. Extracted subtitles can be used as **notes or for content repurposing**. They can also be saved for **later use**. The specific way in which you want to use the extracted captions determines the **best method for it**.

How To Extract Subtitles From A Video - Best 5 Ways

Designed by: Astigmatic

Yesteryear is a font designed with a feel of the yesteryears. It has a vintage vibe driven mainly by its cursive style. The font's strongest point is its heavy body, which makes it great for **title cards as well as subtitles**.

Its best use case is **short-form content with bold subtitling**. You might have noticed such clips on TikTok, Youtube Shorts, or Instagram Reels. If you want to create similar clips where the spoken word is almost as important as the visuals, then using a bold vintage font like Yesteryear is **highly recommended**.

Its heavy body makes it legible, and with the right color choice, it can stay readable throughout the duration of any given video. When using Yesteryear, make sure to **pay attention to the text size**. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FSjNmwNYvWA" target="_blank"> This video</a> is an example of the type of content for which Yesteryear can work.

As you can see, the subtitles in the short clip above have a **significantly larger size than standard movie subtitles**. For such subtitling, a heavy font style like Yesteryear can work.

You can <a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Yesteryear" target="_blank"> download Yesteryear</a> from its official **Google Fonts page**.

Yesteryear

Designed by: Nicole Fally

Oldenburg is an unapologetically vintage font that can be used for **small-sized subtitles**. If you were watching an old black-and-white movie with Oldenburg font subtitles, you wouldn't find it odd. It has a light body ideal for body text and a serif type. Some glyphs have slightly curved ends, **which reinforces the vintage typographic aesthetic**.

The Oldenburg font is best for **small standard-sized subtitles with a black backdrop**. You might have legibility issues if you use this font for subtitles without activating a block background. The slim font-weight embodies the vintage body text aesthetic, **but it isn't perfect for non-standard backgrounds**.

Use Oldenburg for **long-form content subtitling with a letterbox or black subtitle background**. **The ideal color** for this font in the context of subtitles is white, though yellow can work as well.

You can <a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Oldenburg" target="_blank"> download Oldenburg</a> from its official font family page.

Oldenburg

Designed by: Astigmatic

In vintage typography, anything that doesn't have serifs **has to have a cursive element**. Grand Hotel is unique in that it uses non-leaning cursive glyphs to create a straight-looking handwritten font. Cursive can be hard to read in changing use cases like subtitles and credits. But Grand Hotel has high legibility because of the straightened glyphs.

The font has medium weight and minimal spacing. Words displayed in Grand Hotel font are **easier to read at any size**, though the vintage vibe disappears when the font is enlarged beyond a point. It is best left for **standard subtitling and captioning use cases**.

Do not use Grand Hotel for the **contemporary spoken-word content**, which demands more prominent subtitles. When this font occupies a significant portion of the screen, it starts looking modern. It looks vintage **only when it is at a standard caption size**.

You can <a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Grand+Hotel" target="_blank"> download the Grand Hotel</a> font family from its Google Fonts page.

Grand Hotel

Designed by: Fontdasu

Shippori Antique offsets the limitation of the Grand Hotel. It is a font that looks great (and vintage) **in every size**. It is a sans-serif, disconnected font with high legibility in all sizes. It is versatile and can be used for **mid-screen and bottom-screen captions**.

Its vintage appearance is reminiscent of old beverage labels. Despite having glyphs that seem machine-written, it has a handmade feel because of the vintage labels that were typeset by hand. Use this font if you want to have a **variety of content with the same font for branding reasons**.

Shippori Antique's versatility is its greatest asset, and **anyone who creates short-form and long-form content with varying caption sizes** can use it as a familiar element across all their content.

<a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Shippori+Antique" target="_blank"> Download Shippori Antique</a> from its official font download page.

Shippori Antique

Designed by: Alexey Kryukov

Old Standard TT has great legibility in standard, italic, and bold forms. It has a very traditional appearance with slim serifs and a gradient weight that fades down toward the end. This font looks like the traditional body text font used by publishers in the 80s, **which is on-point for those seeking a vintage style**.

But like vintage body text, **it can have its legibility limitations**. If you use it for **small-sized captions**, make sure to bolden the text. You might not be able to use it in its italics or standard setting in a captioning use case. Subtitles have a higher legibility burden because of the changing background and non-stationary text. So, **you can improve the readability of your subtitles** by adding a solid block background and using the bold version of the font.

The entire <a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Old+Standard+TT" target="_blank"> Old Standard TT font family</a> is available for download from Google Fonts.

Old Standard TT

Designed by: Vernon Adams

Smythe is a straight font with a gradient weight. It has a vintage appearance because of its slim serifs. **The font is ideal for captions** because of its high legibility, even at a small size. You can use Smythe for standard subtitling as well as short-form content captioning. Its weight allows it to **remain readable even without a solid background**, though you need to choose the right font color for maximum legibility.

Smythe font doesn't have cursive and connective elements that can make certain fonts hard to read. Still, it carries a **traditional aesthetic thanks to its kerning potential and slim serifs**. You can <a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Smythe" target="_blank"> download Smythe</a> from its official font family page.

Smythe

Designed by: Eduardo Tunni

Gilda Display is a display font designed by Eduardo Tunni. Its main features include gradient weight, curves, and serifs. It has a classic traditional appearance and decent mid-size legibility. If you use this font for **captions or subtitles**, **you should activate a solid background**. It is legible in body text size but against a stationary background. The minimal font weight makes it **hard to read against a moving background**.

This font is better for letterbox settings and solid color subtitle backdrops. It works in traditional subtitle placement and not in contemporary mid-screen captioning. So, you can use Gilda Display for **standard captions but not for spoken-word reels and youtube shorts**.

Knowing what you want out of a vintage font, aside from it being vintage, is crucial. Understanding the use case can actually help you pick the font with the right weight and size as well as the appropriate aesthetic. Gilda Display has a **limited use case but looks great when used for the right context**.

Gilda Display

As mentioned above, font use case influences one's choice of fonts, and even within the vintage font umbrella, there are plenty of fonts that can be good or bad depending on the context. In this section, we will go over **what you need to look for broadly** when selecting a vintage font and specifically when choosing one for subtitles.

What To Look For In A Vintage Font?

Broadly speaking, you should focus on a **traditional aesthetic when selecting a vintage font**. The font must have tangible elements that allude to or dignify practices **present in publishing and typography 40 years ago**. This includes sharp serifs, prominence of cursive, and handwritten display fonts.

Vintage Aesthetic

Because vintage fonts were mostly superimposed against a white background, **their legibility isn't guaranteed in a subtitles context**. That is why you should be mindful of how a font looks when it is against a changing backdrop. Some fonts work at a small size. Others are unreadable unless they are large enough.

It doesn't matter whether a font is vintage or contemporary. If it is used for subtitles, then it **has to be legible before it is anything else**. Discounting legibility can end up making video subtitles **downright unreadable**.

Most font previews are against a white backdrop. By testing the legibility on paper, you might end up with subtitles that aren't readable once they are displayed against a video. So, when you choose a font for your subtitles, **make sure to view it against a video instead of a white background**.

Legibility

You should also consider the weight of the font. A font that is not heavy is **unlikely to hold its own without a solid color background**. You cannot err on the side of extra weight either, as the font's rising size can burden its spacing. **If a vintage font is too heavy**, the letters can start merging into each other.

Font Weight

Most fonts have standard and bold weight styles and standard and italics font orientations. Still, **these cannot be assumed to exist for every font**. Check the variation in a font family before you select it for subtitling.

Available and Usable styles

If you're looking for vintage fonts for captions, you have to know a few things regarding their **use cases and potential liabilities**. In this section, we will go over things most content creators should know about using vintage fonts.

Using Vintage Fonts: Things to Know

The term vintage is mobile. As decades pass, **what vintage is will also change**. For any given period, vintage is an era that is **at least 40 years in the past**. In the 2020s, "vintage" is the 80s era. In the upcoming 30s, the 90s might be considered vintage.

Vintage Means 40+ Years Ago

Where the legibility requirements apply to all subtitles, the spacing problems are more specific to vintage fonts. Just because a font is classified as a vintage one does not mean that it will retain a vintage look even if you change its spacing and size. Display fonts that are considered "vintage" look the part only in headlines and titles. They do not look very vintage **when shrunk to the size of subtitles**.

Body fonts that have a vintage appearance do not look old when they are blown up to a large size. Spacing has even more of an impact on how modern a font looks. If the letters are spaced apart enough, **they start looking futuristic**, no matter the constitution of the individual alphabets.

Mind The Spacing

It is also worth keeping in mind that fonts are considered intellectual property. Different fonts have different licenses. Some font licenses do not allow their use in any commercial content, **which would make them illegal to use in marketing content**.

You should either filter fonts with commercial licenses or should find them from Google Fonts, which generally have a broader license, <a href="https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq#:~:text=Yes%2C%20you%20can%20use%20them,the%20SIL%20Open%20Font%20License." target="_blank"> including commercial use</a>.  **All the fonts included in this post are Google fonts**.

Avoid Copyright Problems

This educational resource is provided by **[ContentFries](https://www.contentfries.com/)**, a program that can be used for effortless, automated subtitling. Not only does ContentFries have a vast library of **[drag-and-drop caption templates](https://www.contentfries.com/feature/create-videos-using-templates)**, but it also has a custom font library to which you can upload your **[own fonts](https://www.contentfries.com/feature/add-text-to-video)**. This feature opens up the possibility of using subtitle fonts that other creators do not use, making your content more unique.

ContentFries: Upload Your Own Subtitles Font

The vintage subtitles fonts covered in this post are **great for mid-screen**, **lower-screen**, and **standard-use captions**. You should try downloading and sampling all the fonts featured in the article above to see one that matches your content needs. More importantly, you should pick a content editor that allows you to **upload custom fonts so that you can use them for effortless subtitling**. Check out ContentFries if you're interested in efficient auto-captioning features that allow custom subtitling.

Whether you're producing a documentary on the Victorian era or a period piece, you have to maintain a traditional aesthetic in everything ranging from music to color grading. In creating a cohesive old-timey look in your content, you have to consider the **relevance of your subtitle font as well**. Whenever your content relates to history or tradition, **its subtitles should have a vintage font**.

7 Best Vintage Subtitle Fonts

As you can see, the price range of closed captioning services is **pretty wide**. The reason behind the diversity of price points in the CC market is the **variation in methods of captions**. There are individual transcribers who personally caption videos and charge over $25 per hour. And there are intelligent programs like **[ContentFries](https://www.contentfries.com/)** that can generate accurate captions and even paste them on your video for $9 per month.

In this section, we get into the different methods of captioning alongside their respective prices and strong points. This analysis can help you choose the closed captioning service that **matches not only your budget but also your needs**.

How Much Does Closed Captioning Cost (Per Method)

Best for Any entrepreneur or personality **making over $1 million per year**.

**Virtual Assistants charge $10 to $50 per hour** depending on their experience, competence, and service quality. What assistants charge for transcribing and superimposing the transcribed captions onto a video can also vary based on where they live.

**Those living in affordable countries charge less**, but there's always the risk of a non-native speaker **misunderstanding the language**. The more first-world your hire, the less you need to be concerned about their understanding of what's being said.

However, hiring someone in America **will cost you more** because of their tax and lifestyle cost burdens. Hiring someone in India or Bangladesh might be cheaper because of the cost of living in those countries, but you will need to be more attentive in the hiring process to filter out people who **might not have as firm a grasp of English**.

Good Virtual Assistants are a luxury that **most content creators cannot afford**. Even with a seemingly reasonable price point of $10, the overall cost can add up to an **unmanageable amount if your monthly video output is high**.

**Pros of VA**:

* **Human understanding of nuances in your speech delivery** - Assistants who personally listen and transcribe audio for captioning can remove loud pauses like hmms and aahs from the audio.
 
* **Can execute exact instructions** - VAs can also be instructed to deviate from transcription in the subtitles to include commentary captions like "speaking a foreign language," "looking off-screen," etc., to describe what's happening. You can tell them your preferences and get the exact deliverable you need.

**Cons of VA**:

* **They might not be good** - Using VAs is as good an option as the VA you can afford. There are many amateurs side-hustling as VAs, and they do not have the professionalism or the long-term view to do a good job. A VA doing the bare minimum or being incapable of doing the job they claim can lead to extra work for the client.
 
* **They might use a program to do their job for them** - This is one of the most common concerns for content creators. Many VAs use intelligent captioning programs like ContentFries to make subtitled videos for them at a fraction of the price they are paid for the service. There is no way of knowing if a VA has personally transcribed the audio or has used ContentFries, which is why many content creators work with ContentFries directly.

Virtual Assistant: $10 To $50 Per Hour (600 Words Average Output)

Auto captioning is the second umbrella category in the subtitling industry. **To automatically generate closed captions**, you can use free tools like Youtube and Facebook, or you can use advanced paid ones like **[ContentFries](https://www.contentfries.com/pricing)** and Caption Maker. Depending on your captioning needs (quantity), **you can pay as little as $9/month** to get professional-grade captioned videos with this method.

**Best For**: Podcasters, Coaches, Comedians, And Knowledge-Based Content Creators.

Autocaptioning is great for people **who want to get quickly generated captions** and can spare 30 minutes from their day to **batch-create subtitled videos**. Good auto-captioning programs can help you extract the text transcript from the video and superimpose it on the video.

You must judge auto-captioning programs based on the following factors:

* **Accuracy of transcription** - Otter.ai has one of the best transcription accuracy ratings. ContentFries has over 90% transcription accuracy and far more video editing features. The latter also costs less.
 
* **Subtitle Display Options** - This aspect deals with how the captions are displayed. A simple transcriber can generate a subtitles file, which is a ledger of captions. But the display font and even superimposing it on the video requires further editing. ContentFries autogenerates captions and provides drag-and-drop display templates. It also offers customization options in terms of caption fonts, size, and placement.
 
* **Time-saving / Workflow efficiency** - In this Otter.ai can take a hit because its pure transcription service can offer only the text output of the captions. You need to place those in an editor and manage their synchronization with the audio yourself. This can take 30 minutes of editing for 5 minutes of video.

Autocaptioning, like VA transcription, **can lead to variations in output quality**. How good of a result you get depends a lot on the captioning program you use. Before getting into the top captioning software options, let's look at the overall pros and cons of auto-captioning in general.

**The pros of auto-captioning**:

* **Your content is safe from leaks** - For high-level podcasters and comedians, leaks can be a major concern. You have to keep your content from leaking unofficially, and one of the best ways to do that is to caption it yourself using an auto-captioning program.
 
* **You can personally tweak it and make changes to the content** - Virtual Assistants have hundreds of clients and can keep asking for extensions whenever you have editing requirements. Autocaptioning programs allow you to make the changes yourself.
 
* **It costs significantly less than hiring transcribers** - Because captioning software has a high transcription quota for a low price, it can be infinitely cheaper than a transcription specialist who also knows how to edit videos.


**The cons of auto-captioning**:

* **It can be inaccurate** - Autocaptioning as an option is as good as an individual program's captioning engine. Not all programs have accurate captioning capabilities. Even default editors of Apple and Microsoft computers can have less than 80% accuracy when generating auto-captions. The poorer your program's captioning capabilities, the more you need to personally proof the final video.
 
* **It can be time-consuming** - Finally, captioning videos yourself can be time-consuming if you use a transcription-only program. You have to export the subtitles into an editor and have to sync them with the video. Fortunately, this drawback doesn't apply to content fries.

Auto-Captioning - Free To $100

If you recall the table at the beginning of this post, you'll remember that most contexts make use of captioning programs. Even YouTubers with dedicated editors and podcasters with producers **don't have their captions individually transcribed**.

Instead, their assistants/editors use captioning programs and proof them before superimposing them on video. Whether you add the captions yourself or with the help of an editor, **you should choose a good closed-captioning program**. Let's go over what you will spend with each of the top options.

Closed Captioning Program: What Will You Spend?

This is our program designed primarily to be a **content-repurposing platform**. It allows you to produce **[contextualized clips from long-form content](https://www.contentfries.com/feature/repurpose-video-content)** and has one of the **[most accurate transcription engines](https://www.contentfries.com/feature/add-subtitles-to-video)**. You can sign-up for its free trial and test the accuracy of its captioning engine against that of Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram caption generators.

ContentFries is best for people who don't just want closed captions but want to **customize the appearance** of said captions on their videos. The ContentFries **[template library](https://www.contentfries.com/feature/create-videos-using-templates)** has hundreds of **high-engagement templates** alongside the ability to change **font size and upload your own subtitle fonts**.

ContentFries is available at a monthly charge of $9, $18, $27, $49, or $79. Each tier brings different benefits, **mainly the captioning duration quota**. You can find out more about the ContentFries plans from its [pricing page](https://www.contentfries.com/pricing).

ContentFries ($9 for 1,800 words - $79 for 90,000 words)

When it comes to transcription accuracy, Otter.ai does a really good job. However, the program only creates text, **which then has to be edited onto the video**. Because it allows exporting the transcription as a timed-subtitles file like ContentFries, **it can be used to upload captions to Youtube and Facebook**. The subtitles files can also be imported into different video editors though iMovie doesn't have that facility.

Otter.ai is a great choice if you produce hours of content every month and know your way around a video editor that allows importing subtitles. Its transcription is cheaper than ContentFries, but it doesn't have the **video editing and time-saving perks offered by its competitors**.

Otter.ai ($8.33 for 5,400 words)

REV's best perk is that it offers **manual transcription as well as AI-driven programmatic transcription**. Users can switch back and forth between the options for different videos. However, its human transcription feature is pricier than privately hired VAs. Unlike virtual assistants you hire privately, though, REV makes sure that when you pay for human transcription, **the captioning is done manually**.

Rev's subtitling service is **powered by programmatic captioning**, similar to ContentFries. You do not get as many font placement and customization options, but you get the standard closed caption format.

REV.com ($0.25 To 1.50 For 100 Words On Average)

Since this resource is produced by ContentFries, you would expect us to push our service and call it a day. But to maintain our happy client base, we prefer that **only people who can get genuine value out of our service use it**.

If you know how to edit videos and don't mind spending time importing captions into a video editor, then Otter.ai is the **cheapest solution**, as it gives you 144 minutes for every dollar you spend. But you'll just get the text and will have to manually add it to a video editor **spending 30 minutes on average for every 1 - 5 minutes of video**.

If you want to upload a video and get captions over it in a few minutes, **then ContentFries is better**, but it gives you up to 18 minutes of transcription for every dollar you spend, **depending on the plan you choose**. Virtual Assistants give you 12 seconds of transcription for every dollar you spend.

To choose a closed captioning solution, you have to decide what matters the most to you. You can pick based on **convenience**, **time-saving**, and **budget**.

* **Best for budget, convenience, and time-saving** - ContentFries - ContentFries is not as cheap as text transcribers, but it comes with a powerful drag-and-drop editor that can save time and make Closed Captioning very convenient while keeping it affordable.
 
* **Best for convenience** - Virtual Assistant via REV - This solution is more expensive than ContentFries but is very convenient. The people who work for REV know exactly what they have to do, and you don't have to explain much.
 
* **Best for budget** - Otter.ai - While this is the cheapest transcription service, it doesn't do anything other than produce text content from audio. You need to then take the text and add it to the video yourself.

How To Pick A Captioning Solution?

Closed captioning can cost $10 per video to $10 per 10 videos **depending on the video length and the solution you choose**. The best solution for the budget is Otter.ai, but one must know how to take its text and paste it into a video editor while managing how it syncs to the video. ContentFries is best for quick and accurate captions on a budget. And REV is best for human transcription.

Add engaging subtitles to Facebook videos. Create bite-sized content pieces from your long-for audio / video very fast with content repurposing app. Create automatic transcriptions and subtitles with stunning accuracy for 120+ languages and dialects. Generate videos for social, audiograms, blog posts, quote cards and more! Start repurposing content strategically TODAY.

If you're in the content economy, you have noticed the "tiktokification" of content. Short-form videos optimized for sound-off consumption have become the **primary content category on Instagram as well**. Even Youtube has made way for such clips with its Shorts product. Whether you want to capitalize on the massive reach of short subtitled clips or you want your long-form content to be easier to access, **you should invest in closed captions**. But how much is the question?

How Much Does Closed Captioning Cost?

Merging two videos together can be a useful strategy for repurposing content. **And up until 2017**, Youtube's own video editor allowed creators to select multiple clips in their uploads library and merge them together in chronological order.

Unfortunately, this feature was discontinued, and the only way to merge Youtube videos on the platform itself is to **create a playlist of multiple clips**.

If you don't want to use the playlist method, **then you will need two tools**: a Youtube downloader and a video editor that can combine multiple clips. These tools can help you repurpose multiple clips into single, long-form videos. Let's go over the Youtube playlist method first, then check out the offline repurposing method.

Merging Two Videos Together On Youtube: A Brief Overview

As mentioned earlier, the only way to bring two clips together on Youtube itself is to use the playlisting feature. Here are the steps you should take to **merge two videos together on Youtube**:

1. **Step 1** - Log into Studio.Youtube.com - This opens the Youtube Creator Studio, where you can upload and edit videos.
 
2. **Step 2** - Upload your videos to Youtube - If the videos aren't already in your Youtube library, you need to start by uploading them.
 
3. **Step 3** - Set the videos as unlisted - As the videos begin uploading, you have the option to change their settings and information before saving changes. In the sharing settings, turn the video to unlisted instead of public or private.
 
4. **Step 4** - Create a new playlist - Once the videos are uploaded, you should create a new playlist using the main Youtube website or the creator studio.
 
5. **Step 5** - Add the videos to the playlist - After opening the playlist, you can click the + icon to add videos to the playlist. Here you can select videos from your own library, including ones that are set as unlisted.
 
6. **Step 6** - Share the playlist link - The playlist itself can be public even if the videos in it are unlisted. This makes the playlist the only public way of consuming the videos, which are more likely to play in the order in which they are arranged in the list.


This is a practical way of joining different clips in a specific chronology but is not as efficient as the Youtube video joining feature that used to be available on Youtube video editor. If you want to have a genuinely merged video that is free from playlisting and consumer playback choices, **you need to use a third-party program**.

The following pros and cons table **will help you figure out** if you should merge videos on Youtube or on other platforms first.


<style type="text/css">
.tg  {border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;}
.tg td{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;
  overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}
.tg th{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;
  font-weight:normal;overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}
.tg .tg-0pky{border-color:inherit;text-align:left;vertical-align:top}
</style>
<table class="tg">
<thead>
  <tr>
    <th class="tg-0pky">Pros of merging videos via playlist</th>
    <th class="tg-0pky">Cons of merging videos via playlist</th>
  </tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
  <tr>
    <td class="tg-0pky">It is quick, and current uploads can be used for it</td>
    <td class="tg-0pky">Videos can be played out of order</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="tg-0pky">It is native to Youtube</td>
    <td class="tg-0pky">You can't export the merged video anywhere else</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="tg-0pky">It is better for monetization (more pre-roll ads)</td>
    <td class="tg-0pky">Ads can play after each clip, interrupting the viewing experience</td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>


If you have **multiple clips that you want people to binge**, uploading them individually on Youtube is **definitely better for your content's discovery**.

Bundling them in playlists can help new users navigate and binge content, while individual clips can be distributed more widely within the Youtube recommendations, **bringing more eyeballs to your content**. But if the videos have to be viewed in each order, **you need to genuinely merge them into new videos**.

For this, **you have to use a third-party program**. Combining clips into new videos is a form of content repurposing. Here is how you can execute it.

Steps To Combine Two Clips On Youtube

If you want to merge two or more clips together for Youtube or any other platform, **you'll need to use a video editor**. For this, **pretty much any video editor will work** because almost all editors have a timeline feature that combines clips in the order in which they are added to the timeline.

**They all have almost the same workflow**, so it is easy to point out the exact steps to take to merge videos regardless of the video editor. And no matter the video editor you use, **it all starts with getting the clips that you want to merge**.

How To Merge Two Videos Together For Youtube

If you want to merge videos that are on Youtube, **you must start by downloading them**. If you already have the videos and are merging them to upload them on Youtube, then you can skip this step.

To download your own videos from the Youtube library, you should go to studio.youtube.com and **download the videos from the options next to the individual videos in your library**. And to download videos that others have uploaded, you can use a tool called Youtube downloader.

There are hundreds of Youtube downloaders, and generally, **googling the term will get you a functioning Youtube downloader**.

Download Videos From Youtube

Once you have the videos, **the next step is to get the video editor**. You can use iMovie on iPhone and mac and a range of other programs on Windows and android devices.

InShot can be used to merge videos on **Android smartphones**, while Wondershare and Videopad can be used to merge clips on **Windows laptops and computers**.

Download And Install A Video Editor

Once you've chosen and installed a program or app, you have to launch it and start a new project. In Inshot, you have to specify that the project is a video project and not an image project. For all other editors, a new project is all the same. **Importing clips is the first step in computer-based editors**.

In computer editors like iMovie for iMac, and Wondershare and Videopad for windows, **the clips first get imported to the program's library**.

Then they are added to the timeline in a specific order, **which ends up being in the video itself**. In mobile editors like iMovie for iPhone and inShot for Android, there is no such thing as an editor library. Whatever you add to the project is directly added to the timeline and can be rearranged before exporting.

When using a mobile phone editor, you should select the clips **in the order in which you want to merge them**. This can cut short the merging process.

Import Videos To Its Library

This step is for computer-based editors because the initial import doesn't add projects to the upcoming video file. It just adds the clips to the editor dashboard. From Wondershare to Videopad, **the process is the same**. You click and hold the clip you want to be played first, and you drag it to the timeline. Once it is added, you drag the next clip and place it after the first one in the timeline. This process is automatically executed in mobile editors if you select the clips in the right order when importing them.

Add Videos In Order Into The Project Timeline

Once the project timeline has the two videos in the order in which you want them to play, you can click export (in computer editors) and save (in mobile editors) **to get a merged result**. This video cannot be played out of order and doesn't float on the internet as a collection of clips. **It is a new video where the clips are merged into a single unit**.

Export The Files As A Single Video

You have just learned how to merge two clips using third-party programs. There are many ways to use this skill outside of stitching two halves into one video. **Let's explore the potential uses of this skill for content creators**.

Using Video Merging

One of the most common uses of video merging is to **showcase different clips in a new piece of content**. Highlights of sports events, conventions, and even webinars are pretty popular.

You can repurpose small content pieces into longer videos for contexts where long-form content is appreciated. And Youtube is one of the few platforms **where people consume long videos**.

Create A Highlights Reel

Another context where long-form content is admired **is the podcasting space**. You can use platforms like **[ContentFries](https://www.contentfries.com/)** to create podcasts from merged videos. By uploading the merged video to the ContentFries editor and exporting the video as an MP3, **you can produce a podcast episode out of spoken-word content**.

For this, **the audio of the merged clips should be valuable**, though. You can't merge action-driven videos and strip their audio for podcast content.

Produce A Podcast Episode

As mentioned earlier, you can create highlight reels by **merging different videos**. If the highlights reel features your content alone, **then it is a showreel**. Entertainers, content creators, professional speakers, and authors can all benefit from good showreels, so saving and merging clips into short videos can be quite beneficial for them.

Create A Showreel

If you're comparing progress or making a point about certain changes, predictions, and outcomes, then stitching an old video with a new video **can help you make your point**.

For this, you need to have the old clip and the new clip and should merge them together. You might even want to add audio commentary to make your point. Again, **this ventures into the content repurposing territory**.

Create a throwback comparison video

**If you want to add your reaction or take to a viral video**, you might want to use the merging method. **Make sure not to breach anyone's copyright and remain within the fair use boundaries**. There are two ways to go about creating a reaction video with the merging method.

The first way is to **add the main video to the timeline and then add your reaction after it**. The second way is to record a clip of you setting up the video, then add the video, and then add your recorded reaction, **sandwiching the clip between your own videos**.

Create A Reaction Video

Where reaction videos revolve around content that doesn't directly address you, **response videos are usually reaction videos** that come from the person who is being addressed in the video that they are reacting to.

You can definitely use the clip-merging method to create a response to a video in which you have been addressed. **You might need to trim the video** that you are responding to down to the clips and moments that you plan to react to. Once you have the clips, merging them requires the same steps that have been covered above.

Make A Response Video

If you've watched clips of actors, speakers, and celebrities floating around the internet, **you have come in contact with repurposed content**. **[ContentFries](https://www.contentfries.com/)** is a powerful repurposing program that allows you to create **hundreds of pieces of content from a handful of long-form videos**.

These videos are branded and captioned, **yet they take only a few minutes to make**. This kind of content multiplication power makes you look like you have a whole team of editors working for you, **elevating your image in the process**. Make sure to check it out if the concept of content repurposing interests you.

Contentfries: Your Repurposing Assistant

There was a time when you could open the Youtube Video Editor and select videos from your uploads library to produce a new, merged video. To discourage reuploads and content recycling, **Youtube discontinued its video merging feature**.

Now, YouTubers use **playlists to bundle their episodic content**. Still, you can use third-party video editors to **merge videos into new pieces of content that cannot be played out of order**. You can also use the merged videos to create podcasts, highlight reels, and showreels.

If you want to merge different clips to create long videos for Youtube, **you have to use a video editor**. While most video editors have this feature, Youtube's own editor discontinued the merging feature leaving its creators limited to playlisting as the **only way of bundling two videos together**.

How To Merge Two Videos Together On Youtube

To change the caption appearance on Netflix, **you have to alter the account preferences**. While caption language can be changed from the media player, the caption size has to be changed from **account settings**.

To access the complete account settings suite, you need to log into Netflix.com on your desktop or laptop. Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Firefox, **all are compatible with this step**.

Log Into Netflix.Com On Your Web Browser

Right after you log in, you have to choose the viewing profile. Simply click any profile at this point. The goal is to access the Netflix media homepage so you can open account settings. As long as the profile you initially click **isn't of a restricted account**, you're able to access the settings page.

Once the Netflix main page is open (the one that shows top movies and recommendations), **click on the drop-down menu on the top right**. This opens up a list of profiles as well as other options. Here you will find "Account".

Click On The Drop-Down In The Top-Right

**By clicking** "**Account**" **in the drop-down menu**, you will be able to access the settings screen. That's where you can change the payment options, the subscribed plan, and a host of other things relating to your overall relationship with Netflix.

You don't need to change anything there, though. What you actually need to alter is the **viewing experience of a specific profile**.

Open Account Settings

On the settings page, you will come across the Netflix viewing profiles set up for your account. Here you need to click on the profile you use **for your own Netflix viewing experience**. Clicking the profile opens up a drop-down menu of various settings.

You can change the playback quality of the videos on Netflix **for the specific profile** alongside the language and maturity ratings.

Open Your Specific Viewing Profile

If you scroll down, you will come across "**subtitle appearance**". The clickable word next to it is "**change**". By clicking it, you open a subtitle preference window which allows you to alter different aspects of the subtitles, **including the size**.

Scroll Down To Subtitle Appearance And Click "Change"

In the subtitle preference window, you can find options under a banner that reads, "**These settings affect subtitles on all supported devices**". Not only does this banner convey that the changes to the subtitles' appearance are universal, **but it also acts as a preview of your Netflix subtitles**.

You can change the following aspects of Netflix subtitles:

* **Fonts** - Many users will be surprised to learn that they can change the actual font of Netflix subtitles. Users can pick from a selection of seven fonts the one that they want for their Netflix captions.
 
* **Color** - The main text color of Netflix captions can be chosen from a range of eight highly legible colors.
 
* **Shadow type** - Netflix subtitles have a drop shadow by default, but users can pick different shadow types for their subtitles. They can even turn off shadows completely.
 
* **Shadow color** - The color of the shadow can also be changed in the subtitles appearance window. The range of colors for shadows also has eight colors.
 
* **Background color** - The background color for subtitles refers to the area behind the actual words. By default, the subtitles' background is turned off. But you can choose a uniform color in this section for legibility reasons.
 
* **Window Color** - Window color refers to the area in which the subtitles appear. Where the background is the area exactly behind the text, the window is the area that covers the whole region in which subtitles can appear. The window remains visible even where there is no subtitle on the screen. By default, the window is also transparent.
 
* **Text Size** - Finally, you can choose between three text sizes for subtitles. The default size is medium, and you can go 50% above or below its size with large and small options, respectively.

Alter The Aspects You Want To Change

**If the changes aren't as you desire**, you can click "Reset to Default" to bring back the initial caption appearance settings. But if you like the changes that you have made, you can click "**save**".

After you click save, the changes are updated to all of your connected devices, and you can view the subtitles in their new form across all supported devices. You always have the option to go back to subtitle appearance in profile settings and **restore defaults**.

Click "Save"

Now that you know the exact steps to take to change the size of your Netflix subtitles' font, it is time to address other customizations in caption appearance. The options covered in this section will help you make your Netflix font **more readable**.

Changing Netflix Subtitles For Optimum Readability

Netflix subtitles can be viewed in 7 fonts. By default, the "block" font is selected for all profiles. When you go to the subtitles appearance window in profile settings, **you can change the font to one of the following**:

* **Typewriter** - This font is the least readable as it is apt for textbooks and printed media. It has a low font weight, which means users have to pay more attention to the subtitles than the events on the screen. If you find the original audio of foreign content too distracting to pay attention to English subtitles, the typewriter font might help you zone in on the subtitle text.
 
* **Print** - Despite its name, this font is better suited for motion pictures. It has a serif font with a traditional aesthetic reminiscent of Times New Roman. If you watch sophisticated media like period pieces (The Crown) or educational documentaries (Our Planet), then changing your subtitles to the "print" font might help build the mood.
 
* **Console** - This font has a more digital feel to it and has average readability. If you like san-serif tech-type fonts, then viewing Netflix with the "console" font might be a better experience for you.
 
* **Block** - Netflix's default caption font is "Block" for most profiles. It has the best readability, but some people find the "console" font to be more legible. It is a rounded, san-serif font with a monospaced arrangement.
 
* **Casual** - This is a comic sans font interaction with no legibility advantage and a plausible mood advantage. You might want to use this font if you're a regular consumer of comedies.

* **Cursive** - The "cursive" font has no practical reason to be used in a subtitles context because of obvious legibility issues. Still, Netflix does offer its users the opportunity to change their captions font to "cursive."
 
* **Small caps** - This font is an obligate-upper-case font that displays all subtitles in upper-case, with a taller version of the alphabet standing in as capital ones. So instead of "Adam," it would display "ADAM." This can be easier to read for some people and harder for others.

Netflix Subtitles: The Fonts

Aside from font choices, Netflix also offers **shadow adjustment options to its viewers**. Knowing which shadow settings to choose can help you have an easier time following the subtitles on Netflix. In this section, we will go over the individual shadow types for subtitles text on Netflix.

* **None** - This option removes the shadow effect on the alphabet in the subtitles. It gives the subtitles the appearance of being flat on the background that they cover and can cause readability issues. This setting is not recommended for people who actually follow subtitles.
 
* **Raised** - This shadow setting places the shadow directly behind the alphabet, giving the subtitles the appearance of being raised straight ahead in the direction of the viewer.
 
* **Depressed** - The depressed shadow is case upwards, making the alphabets look like they're floating towards the bottom. This makes them easier to read if the device is placed in a high position.
 
* **Uniform** - Uniform shadow forces a border on the subtitles and is cast in all directions of the alphabet, making them very easily readable. This subtitle setting has the highest legibility.
 
* **Drop Shadow** - This is a subtle shadow that is under the subtitles and is cast towards the bottom, giving the words an appearance of floating upwards. It is easiest to follow subtitles with a drop shadow if you're on your laptop or mobile phone, as the device is below your eye level.


Raised shadow is great for **devices at eye level**, while drop-shadow is best for **devices beneath eye level**. Depressed shadow works for **smart TVs and projector screens**, and uniform shadow is for **all contexts**. The reason uniform shadow works is that it creates a strong border that **maximizes the readability of the captions**. The only other way to create such a contrast is with background color.

Netflix Subtitles: Shadow Settings

Netflix allows users to choose one of eight colors for the background should they choose to turn on the background for the subtitles. This creates a strip of color against which the subtitles are placed. The good part about using background color is that **the subtitles are highly legible**.

The bad part? **You cannot see what's behind the background color strip**. While there is an option to make the background semi-transparent, there is no way to see what's going on behind the subtitles once there is text on the screen.

Netflix does not police which background color you choose. If you choose the same color as the font color, **the subtitles become invisible**, as it is impossible to see red against red or black against black. That's why you have to choose the font and background colors carefully should you choose to **turn on background colors**.

Here are the best font and background combinations for legibility:

* **Black background, yellow text** - This combination has the highest legibility as yellow is the color with the broadest readability range and contrasts perfectly with black color. The background can be opaque or semi-transparent.
 
* **Red background, yellow text** - The shade of red that Netflix allows is deep enough to contrast perfectly with yellow. The background should be completely opaque to work.
 
* **Black background, white text** - This is a classic combination that works with large text sizes and the right fonts.
 
* **Blue background, white text** - This combination is passable but requires more attention. It is legible but it can also distract you from whatever is happening on the screen.
 
* **White background, black text** - This is, once again, a classic combination. It works with large fonts and slow-changing subtitles.
 
* **White background, deep blue text** - This combination has average legibility and is the last in the descending list of legible combinations. All other combinations have nominal readability.

Netflix Subtitles: The Background Color

Changing Netflix caption size is simple once you know where to start. The caption language can be changed from the **video player**, but the caption size has to be changed from the **account settings**. To access the caption appearance window, you have to log into Netflix on the web browser, then navigate to settings and click your profile. There you can find "**subtitle appearance**" with the word "**change**" next to it. By clicking change, you can open the customization window where you can change the size, font, and background of the subtitles on Netflix.

Netflix has an impressive catalog of foreign content. It often has English audio dubbing available as well, but many people prefer subtitled versions. Some viewers turn on subtitles even when watching shows in their native language. It helps them concentrate and follow. **But if subtitles are not large enough**, they can be hard to follow. Fortunately, Netflix allows you to change the font size.

How To Change Caption Font Size in Netflix

ContentFries is like your next-gen content virtual assistant for a fraction of the cost.

ContentFries Features