> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://captions.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Customize caption styles with fonts, colors, and effects

> Style captions in Captions with fonts, colors, emojis, AI emphasis, split words, transitions, and templates on iOS, Android, and web.

# Customize Caption Appearance with Fonts Colors and Effects

## Adjust Style

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="iOS">
    ### **Colors**

    Apply colors to elements on your video:

    * Text Color - Standard color for all captions
    * Emphasis Color - Standalone words that have “emphasize” applied
    * Active Word Color - As your word is spoken, apply an alternate color
    * Active Word Background - As your word is spoken, apply a background to the individual word
    * Captions Background - Apply a background color to the entire caption area. Additionally, adjust the padding and border radius
    * AI Color Scheme - Let AI help set the colors for your project.
    * Stroke - Adjust the thickness of the border of the captions
    * Shadow - Adjust the shadow around your captions

    <Frame>
      <img height="200" src="https://mintcdn.com/captions/LFWxxGtZ7r1l4qYL/help/src/img/styles.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=LFWxxGtZ7r1l4qYL&q=85&s=d38961fdb20b3dd9bbc48eed36a00e61" alt="Captions iOS caption style panel with font, color, and animation preset options" data-path="help/src/img/styles.png" />
    </Frame>

    ### **Emojis**

    Automatically add emojis to keywords in your video

    * Size - Choose the size of the emojis
    * Timing - Choose when emojis will appear on your captions
    * Position - Adjust the position and location of emojis

    ### **AI Emphasis**

    Automatically add text effects to words. Advanced Options - Choose if you’d like words to be underlined, emphasized, and/or supersized

    ### **Split Words**

    Select how you would like lines of captions to be split for display

    * Words per line - Choose how many words will appear on a single line
    * Lines per page - Choose how many lines will appear per page

    ### **Font**

    Choose the font for all of your captions.

    * Custom Fonts - Scroll to the right to add a custom font. [Learn how](https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/install-and-manage-fonts-iphb2517689c/ios) to add a custom font to your device. Custom fonts are **not yet** available on Android.
    * Alignment - Choose how to align your text
    * Autofit - When enabled, all of your captions will appear as the same size. Please disable AI Emphasis to ensure all captions appear as the same size.
    * Attributes - Adjust spacing and line height
    * Capitalization - Override the capitalization of the captions. Note: Not available for all templates
    * Punctuation - Toggle to enable or disable hiding punctuation

    ### **Transitions**

    Select how transitions are applied to your captions

    * Active word background transitions - Adjust the transition of the active word
    * Captions transitions - Adjust the transition of the captions
    * Target - Adjust how many captions appear at once
    * Auto movement - When applied, captions will move position
    * Auto scale - When applied, captions will scale larger and smaller
    * Randomize rotation - Rotate captions randomly

    ### **Templates**

    **Use an existing template**

    1. Tap **Templates**
    2. Browse the list of templates, or use the search bar to find a style by name
    3. Choose from the existing list of templates

    You can make further customizations by tapping on **Style**.

    **Create a custom template**

    1. Tap **Style** and make any adjustment to how you'd like your captions to appear
    2. Once you're happy with how they look, tap **Templates**
    3. Tap **Custom** > **New Template**

    <Frame>
      <img height="200" src="https://mintcdn.com/captions/ygkgcorr60-_3vsw/help/src/img/custom-template.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=ygkgcorr60-_3vsw&q=85&s=42507cc8badf03e206e55611e7a15fe9" alt="Captions iOS showing how to save a custom caption style as a reusable template" data-path="help/src/img/custom-template.png" />
    </Frame>

    <Tip>
      Once your template has been created, tap on the pencil icon to rename it or tap the trash can to delete it.
    </Tip>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Web">
    ### **Colors**

    Apply colors to elements on your video:

    * Text Color - Standard color for all captions
    * Emphasis Color - Standalone words that have “emphasize” applied
    * Captions Background - Apply a background color to the entire caption area.
    * Active Word Color - As your word is spoken, apply an alternate color

    ### **Split Words**

    Select how you would like lines of captions to be split for display

    * Words per line - Choose how many words will appear on a single line
    * Pause duration - How long to pause between transitions
    * Character count - How many characters to lock to each element
    * Lines per page - Choose how many lines will appear per page

    ### **Font**

    Choose the font for all of your captions.

    * Custom Fonts - Import a font from your computer
    * Alignment - Choose how to align your text
    * Autofit - When enabled, all of your captions will appear as the same size. Please disable AI Emphasis to ensure all captions appear as the same size.
    * Punctuation - Toggle to enable or disable hiding punctuation

    ### **Transitions**

    Select how transitions are applied to your captions

    * Active word background transitions - Adjust the transition of the active word
    * Captions transitions - Adjust the transition of the captions
    * Target - Adjust how many captions appear at once
    * Randomize rotation - Rotate captions randomly

    ### **Templates**

    **Use an existing template**

    1. Click **Templates**
    2. Browse and choose from the existing list of over 30 preset templates.

    You can make further customizations by clicking on **Style**.

    **Create a custom template**

    1. Click **Style** and make any adjustment to how you'd like your captions to appear
    2. Once you're happy with how they look, click **Templates**
    3. Click **Custom** > **New Template**

    <Tip>
      Once your template has been created, tap on the pencil icon to rename it or tap the trash can to delete it.
    </Tip>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Android">
    To adjust your style for the entire video, tap **Style** and choose from the available settings.
  </Tab>
</Tabs>