Forum: Subtitling
Topic: Are there any international subtitling guidelines?
Poster: jbjb
Post title: characters
The number of characters in a row can vary from 32 to 45, the maximum number of rows is 2 or 3 (regular British guideline). 37 characters is generally used by major companies, as it is an average number and generally fits all guidelines.
The number can also be fixed (monospaced Courier-type font) or depend on the font (non-proportional fonts).
So in reality there is absolutely no consistency regarding the number of characters per row (just that 37 is the most popular rather randomly selected number in use).
Character number is just one of the parameters determined by the software, alongside with the reading speed and minimum-maximum screen time of subtitles (again, no consistency there, different for all guidelines).
Topic: Are there any international subtitling guidelines?
Poster: jbjb
Post title: characters
The number of characters in a row can vary from 32 to 45, the maximum number of rows is 2 or 3 (regular British guideline). 37 characters is generally used by major companies, as it is an average number and generally fits all guidelines.
The number can also be fixed (monospaced Courier-type font) or depend on the font (non-proportional fonts).
So in reality there is absolutely no consistency regarding the number of characters per row (just that 37 is the most popular rather randomly selected number in use).
Character number is just one of the parameters determined by the software, alongside with the reading speed and minimum-maximum screen time of subtitles (again, no consistency there, different for all guidelines).