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jakubg70030737
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March 3, 2019
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Open captions - limited support of fonts

  • March 3, 2019
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Hi,

which fonts are supported for Open Captions? How to install other fonts which i want to use? For instance I want to use some CONDENSED variants of fonts but it is not supported. Why? How to overcome this big problem?

Thank you.

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sd9
sd9
Participant
May 24, 2019

I'm having the same issue. All my font variants are there but when I select a specific one they don't change in the text.

Stan Jones
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Stan JonesCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 25, 2019

Curious as part of tracking this. What font?

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レオンマ
Inspiring
March 17, 2019

This is massively annoying. I have had nothing but issue after issue recently can't believe something so simple is throwing up problems yet again.

Ann Bens
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Ann BensCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 3, 2019

Fonts are installed on OS level.

Open captions will see all fonts installed.

If you want to use a condensed variant it needs to be installed.

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jakubg70030737Author
Participant
March 3, 2019

Thanks, the problem is deeper of course. In my Premiere CC this is not working that way with every font family. I can sellect all installed fonts but Premiere CC will show me only default font in most cases.

I found only few informations online(without solutions) here for instance:

Font Family: selects one of the font families available on your system (Note: not every font is supported; if it’s unsupported, Premiere will use a default font).

Deep Dive: Working with Open Captions (Subtitles) | Adobe Blog

What is more weird is that the Type tool works perfectly with all installed fonts. But It is much more diffucult to create subtitles with Type tool and that is the reason why I am trying to find solution in this forum.

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    jakubg70030737Author
    Participant
    March 3, 2019

    With an "edge" set (you have it set to 2), you do not get any variations. If you have italics and set an edge, you lose italics, etc. It is just a limitation that can be a big problem.

    Open Captions, often intended for burning in, are very different from the origin of the PR captioning tool in closed captions, where the format makes subtle font differences irrelevant.

    Upvote changing this here:

    Problem with italic font with stroke line – Adobe video & audio apps


    Thanks Stan Jones. This is also problem I agree. But it is not the main core of my problem or maybe its a partial problem. Without edge and italics, my problem with fonts is still there. Below comparassion between Open Captions and Type Tool. Type tool works correctly.

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