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samtwo
Channel Surfer

Re: Terrible Subtitle Fonts

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I know Roku doesn't have arial fonts but I just wondering why? I am used to android tv and other TV boxes which plex has decent fonts (I think arial). Roku caption fonts are not easy readable and also have to choose if they should be always on or off and not by the audio language. Anyway it's a pity a nice Roku TV Stick  to have such a weird problem with the caption fonts and not be solved.

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Michelle3
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Re: Terrible Subtitle Fonts

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They’re not readable because you probably have a small TV set, or the size of the captions on your Roku settings is small.  I own a 27” Magnavox CRT TV dating back to September 1994, along with a Roku Express+ 3910X, and the captions currently set on my Roku device seem readable on the set.

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I’m into videotapes and old electronics stuff, including extenders, converters and analog 4:3 TV sets (which are obsolete these days), and Miss Bianca is my favorite character in Disney’s The Rescuers (1977) and its sequel, The Rescuers Down Under (1990). I am not a Roku employee, only a user like you. ~ Jordan

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samtwo
Channel Surfer

Re: Terrible Subtitle Fonts

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Thank you very much for your fast response trying to help me! English is not my mother language so sometime people can't understand what I am writing. I meant the subtitles are not easy readable because of the strange font. My tv is 65" and I tried different font sizes with no luck. 

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YogiB
Channel Surfer

Re: Terrible Subtitle Fonts

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@samtwo wrote:

I know Roku doesn't have arial fonts but I just wondering why?


As staff has replied in the past: the current fonts are there because of FCC obligations. They blame limited storage space for the lack of additional font choices. I'd rather sacrifice 1 or 2 channel/app slots to have some decent subtitle font options.

samtwo
Channel Surfer

Re: Terrible Subtitle Fonts

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except that is nice and fast device.  They have some additional fonts but not one with thick letters. Apps like netflix and amazon use ther own font witch is nice. 

samtwo
Channel Surfer

Re: Terrible Subtitle Fonts

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also there is a delay in subtitles appearance when using captions. This is only a problem with external subs. I also note that transcoding with hard subs has correct sync. This is a pretty annoying bug.

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renojim
Community Streaming Expert

Re: Terrible Subtitle Fonts

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@samtwo, I've been using extracted (by me) subtitles with ripped movies since my first Roku device (N1000).  I've never had a problem with synchronization.  If they're consistently too early or too late you can use some like Subtitle Edit to adjust the timing.

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WillianWRM
Channel Surfer

Re: Terrible Subtitle Fonts

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New Roku user and I may say it has the most hideous subtitle font and functions.

What I do miss:
- Arial or any other fast readable font (google it guys, common)
- Bold option
- Outline color option, I really love yellow font with black outline, Roku gives me static white outline...

Thank God at least Netflix implements it's own subtitles and not Roku one.

andyross
Roku Guru

Re: Terrible Subtitle Fonts

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I have been using Sans Serif Proportional, default size (medium), 75% background opacity. It works well.

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