Whether you’re making a video for social media, a short film, a cinematic blockbuster or a TV show, you need to factor in subtitles for accessibility. Designers, videographers and digital marketers are more aware than ever of the need for subtitling – giving a written transcript of any dialogue in the frame of your video – especially in this video-centric media world.
You can even get subtitles and captions for theatre shows, thanks to services like Stagetext; video games also have subtitles available. Fonts should be accessible so they are easy to read and understand, following the pace of the speech on screen. Though some are paid for, we’ve made sure to include plenty of free fonts on our shortlist. If you use captions instead (which also include non-audio information, such as descriptions of people’s movements and clothing) these also need to be user-friendly.
