Quote: Is there a way to 'sharpen' subtitles within the subtitle room? There is a particular font I like to use but in its regular format it's a little faint, and in bold style a little blurry. If I could copy the regular font onto itself it might be suitable but I can't see a way to do that. Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

You can change the font, and font attributes.

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Thank you Carl312. Perhaps I should have been clearer. I've been there and done that. I know how to use the subtitle editing options within 'subtitle room'. I was just wondering if there was any way to manipulate the font besides the options within the program.

See picture below.



https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=9CDB8484EAB9A81!6650&authkey=!AKyb7qQAnEkiOU4&v=3&ithint=photo%2cpng



Thanks again for any assistance.

Quote: Thank you Carl312. Perhaps I should have been clearer. I've been there and done that. I know how to use the subtitle editing options within 'subtitle room'. I was just wondering if there was any way to manipulate the font besides the options within the program.

See picture below.



https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=9CDB8484EAB9A81!6650&authkey=!AKyb7qQAnEkiOU4&v=3&ithint=photo%2cpng



Thanks again for any assistance.

You show a 10 point font, Subtitles are usually 16 point, 10 point is not very readable from a normal viewing distance on a TV screen.

I do not know of any way other than what is offered in the Font screen. The Subtitle room has much less options than the Title Room. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Thank you carl312 for your assistance. Yes the 'Title Room' certainly has more options. Perhaps increasing the variety of options within the 'Subtitle room' would be something for a future version or upgrade to PowerDirector. I actually prefer using the 'Title room' myself, especially with the integrated NewBlue Titler 1.0 addition which I think is excellent. Although I am seriously disappointed that 'Titler 4.0' has NOT been integrated and we are left hanging (having already had a taste of its power and flexibility in the 1.0 version) with a standalone version which makes the program far less attractive as an option since I have to switch back and forth between programs, a rather fiddly and annoying extra step.

The subtitles were a project for someone else who had specific tastes in font and position. And the ability to be switched on and off when required is useful for a subtitle. Anyway thanks again for your help.

Hi Brian -

It looks to me like using the EL (Extra Light) version of that font doen't work too well in that circumstance.

Kozuka Gothic Pro is available in everything from EL to H (Heavy). I'd just use something with a little more weight, like "Regular"



If you don't have the whole family, just download from here.(the pink download button)

Cheers - Tony
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Thank you ynotfish, I may yet get this project finished!

Tony,
When you download the fonts, where do you put them so PD can find/use them?

Note to others:
Beware! When you go to that download site, be sure to click on the little blue or red "download" button, not the big grey "download" button in the center...you'll end up with a PDF converter, not the fonts. Regards,
Dan
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Quote: Tony,
When you download the fonts, where do you put them so PD can find/use them?

Note to others:
Beware! When you go to that download site, be sure to click on the little blue or red "download" button, not the big grey "download" button in the center...you'll end up with a PDF converter, not the fonts.

C:\Windows\Fonts


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Hey Dan, Are you talking about the heart shape with the plus symbol in front of it? So dl from THAT icon and NOT the 'Download' with the cloud and down pointing arrow?

That dl is magenta in my screen settings not grey... so.. thus why I'm trying to describe the icons to choose.

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Apologies to anyone who got grief from the link I posted

Dan's point is correct & CS's colour description is more accurate than "pink" (though some would call it Jazzberry Jam).



To install the fonts, just download the zip file & extract the contents. Double click the fonts in the folder then select "Install"... and they'll land exactly where the Pepsi Guy said - and be available in PDR.

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Very good! Thanks Tony for clarifying! So it IS indeed the cloud with the downward pointing arrow.. that is the dl icon to hit. THanks!

I think you're more right than wrong about the 'Jazzberry Jam' ... looks a bit more 'purplie' than red don't it?

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Hey, I may have been off on the color, but at least you didn't end up with a PDF file converter! Regards,
Dan
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lol.... no I didn't! Ha!

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