Forum: Subtitling
Topic: Controlling the subtitle length in Aegisub
Poster: Franz Felix
Post title: reply
Many thanks for you prompt and accurate reply.
[quote]Jean Dimitriadis wrote:
Number 5 is for viewing [NOT editing] the number of characters on the longest line of the currently selected subtitle.
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I understand. So there is no option to limit the maximum number of characters per line?
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This would mean the specific subtitle has 219 characters? Try editing the subtitle. Does the number change?
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Yes my line has 219 characters and I would like it to be automatically formatted to max 23 characters, without having to manually add \N at the end of each line.
Aegisub does have some facility to format it, because my 219 line is automatically subdivided into 6 lines of about 40-50 characters each. I only ask the format limit is 23 rather than 40.
Edit:
Then I found a solution using margin. If I put right margin to 1100 it works perfectly. Text keeps all on the left side (I am using alignment 4) without cluttering the main image on the right. 1100 characters margin make no sense for my understanding, but it works and this is what is important.
[Edited at 2020-07-10 21:43 GMT]
Topic: Controlling the subtitle length in Aegisub
Poster: Franz Felix
Post title: reply
Many thanks for you prompt and accurate reply.
[quote]Jean Dimitriadis wrote:
Number 5 is for viewing [NOT editing] the number of characters on the longest line of the currently selected subtitle.
[/quote]
I understand. So there is no option to limit the maximum number of characters per line?
[quote]
This would mean the specific subtitle has 219 characters? Try editing the subtitle. Does the number change?
[/quote]
Yes my line has 219 characters and I would like it to be automatically formatted to max 23 characters, without having to manually add \N at the end of each line.
Aegisub does have some facility to format it, because my 219 line is automatically subdivided into 6 lines of about 40-50 characters each. I only ask the format limit is 23 rather than 40.
Edit:
Then I found a solution using margin. If I put right margin to 1100 it works perfectly. Text keeps all on the left side (I am using alignment 4) without cluttering the main image on the right. 1100 characters margin make no sense for my understanding, but it works and this is what is important.
[Edited at 2020-07-10 21:43 GMT]