Subtitle Font.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

What's a good subtitle font?

Any font standards that I should use? Also, what's a good font size? I want to get this right.

Thanks.

Mike

[Robbie Comeau]

Style of font may depend on your film.

Yours is a bit dark no? Find some font that may look dark..

Google some subtitle font and you can see some for size.

http://www.craphound.com/images/itcrowdleetsubs.jpg

Robbie

[scorsesefan]

The color yellow is a good idea -- as it doesn't often appear in the frame and won't blend into anything. As for the font you should keep it simple. Helvetica or something similar.

[Mike Manning]

Helvetica

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

I'll try Helvetica. The film is B&W so I'll skip the yellow.

[Mike Manning]

yeah just put a tight drop shadow on it and youll be good

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

yeah just put a tight drop shadow on it and youll be goodI'll try that. Thanks.

Mike

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

I'm thinking of going with a light grey font colour. White is lost in a few bright shots. Any other ideas or will that do?

Thanks,

Mike

[ConspiracyPenguin]

Helvetica is a nice font, but I am partial to the simple, yet effective, arial.

[Mike Manning]

Helvetica is a nice font, but I am partial to the simple, yet effective, arial.

Arial is a knock off version of Helvetica...

Arial was Microsofts way of not paying for the rights to use Helvetica as a default on their operating system. So they just copied it and made a few minor changes. The differences between the two fonts are miniscule and arbitrary.

Try taking this quiz and see if you can tell the difference.. http://www.iliveonyourvisits.com/helvetica/

[ConspiracyPenguin]

Thanks for the info, Mike, I didn't know that. :)

EDIT: I took the quiz and got 7 out of 10 right. I am not font expert, but I can KIND OF see the difference (it is so subtle it's ridiculous). I had never compared the two side by side I just remember using Helvetica on a banner I did once but when I am working in word I always use Arial. I guess there is a reason I like them both. :grin:

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

The color yellow is a good idea -- as it doesn't often appear in the frame and won't blend into anything. As for the font you should keep it simple. Helvetica or something similar.
You were right...

What do you guys think?

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/23237/1224202422.jpg

I'm trying to be a little artistic with it. I want the yellow to be subdued like the rest of the movie. I don't want it jumping off the screen.
Not enough?

Mike

[Zak Forsman]

a subdued yellow sounds good. the example looks a tad green on my monitor. anyone else?

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

a subdued yellow sounds good. the example looks a tad green on my monitor. anyone else?
It's there. I went with a mix as I didn't want a bright yellow.

No good?

[ConspiracyPenguin]

I actually like the tone you have. It is somewhat mysterious and it does look good on the gray scale image.

[Bernie Hipos]

I like it actually, did you use a regular font here? I think it would be better if you'll use a bold font, the size is perfect though. I dunno maybe it's just me...

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

I like it actually, did you use a regular font here? I think it would be better if you'll use a bold font, the size is perfect though. I dunno maybe it's just me...Thanks. It's regular font. I'll try bold and see what it looks like. :beer: