Open captions - limited support of fonts

I have the same problem. For example, I'm already using Bebas Neue then I selected Bold for Font style. And now, I can't even use the Bold one so I'm using the Regular style. Then, after I saved a project, went to sleep, and now, even the Regular one is gone, too. How can I bring it back since the bold is the default for the project I've been working on. Thank you for your reply. 🙂

orhanb, I totally get it. Having a client that requires a font that cannot be used in the current PR caption tool is a real dealbreaker. I still consider that the public Beta caption workflow is not ready for primetime. But it is ready for you to check out!

The Beta version is available in the Creative Cloud Desktop under "Beta Apps." 

And here is the thread in the Beta forum for Premiere Pro that discusses the new workflow.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-beta/discuss-new-captions-workflow-in-premiere-pro/m-p/11521841?page=1#M1072

I have found no problems having both the current release version and the Beta existing on the same PC. But that guarantees nothing.

NOTE: consider these 3 things in particular before installing. 

1 Some of what is described in Francis Crossman's first post in that thread is now old info. For example, it says that export to sidecar (e.g. .srt) is not available. It now is. The Beta version changes pretty much daily. You don't have to upgrade it, but once you do, I don't think you can roll back.

2 For that and other reasons, I recommend that you read the whole thread before jumping in. Yes, it is 8 pages.

3 Most importantly, read carefully his "Important things to know before you start testing this feature" - it's in the first few paragraphs. In particular, he says, "Enabling the new captions workflow will require the project to be updated to the next major version of Premiere Pro (version 15). This means your projects will NOT be backwards compatible with the current shipping version of Premiere Pro. All projects created in Premiere Pro Beta with this feature turned on, even if you don’t use captions, will be saved as version 15."

And finally, I would create a new test project for this, with its own assets in different directories than your active work.

Stan

The public Beta has a new caption workflow that is using the essential graphics engine. I believe this will solve many caption problems, including the font-not-available problems, and add new features. But because of those changes, I don't expect any changes in the current caption system. Note that the Beta captions are not ready for primetime; basic functions are not yet available.

Stan

Why is still still not fixed when the first comment in this thread is from March 2019?? It's December 2020 now and STILL can't use many fonts that are installed on my PC. As everyone else has mentioned, they work fine in the text box but not as captions. Nocturne Serif is the particular font I'd like to use in case you'd like to know. Come on Adobe, we're paying you for software which is clearly faulty and not working as described, this is just so slack, please sort it out.

Hello, 

I am also having the same issue. I want to use Calibre Medium and Bold on open caption but it only shows default font. I tried reinstalling Pr but no luck.  

Is there still no fix for this? I use Premiere Pro CC 2018. 

I'm still having an issue with this.
I want to use Roboto Slab for my captions but I only have options for regular Roboto despite me using Roboto slab for other tiles in the same project!

Why can't adobe fix all these bugs, there's hundreds of things like this that just don't make sense.

Still an issue. I'm needing to use Gotham font and it is not displaying in captions, while working fine using Type tool.

This issue seems to still be persistant. None of the different weights of Helvetica Neue are recognized, they simply don't work. Anything to fix this?

orhanb and MarchWhere,

What fonts are not working for you?

I'm trying to improve our information for filing a bug report. We have some examples, but more would help.

Stan

Hi, 
i have the same problem with a font of my client in Premiere Pro 2019, 2020 iin Subtitles. 
I can select it but its not showing the true font. 
The regular Typetool have no problem. Only the subtitles. 
Can somebody help?? Why is the font not supported?

I have a PC. This problem is only on a PC.
On a Mac there is no problem.

Thank you.