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Re: Outlined fonts where?

Posted by Richard Crowley on 11/10/05 17:47

"Edmund" wrote ...
> "Richard Crowley" wrote:
>> "Edmund" wrote ...
>> > Help I need a white font with and black outlined, for subtitles in a
>> > movie.
>> > It must be that many people use them, but I can't find them :-(
>> > Anny syggestion?
>>
>> The black outline/dropshadow, etc. are more a function of the
>> software which inserts the text than of the font itself. Fonts only
>> describe the outline of the letter shapes. Any additional features
>> like shadows are not really part of the font. If you had mentioned
>> how you were doing this (what software, etc.) it might be possible
>> to offer a more direct answer.
>
> Well my OS is a bit limited in this respect I guess.
> I use the BeOS OS and I can make subtitles but I like it better
> if there would be a black outline.
> I did not find any option in BeOS to create such an outline.
> What I did find ( and forgot where I found it :-( ) is
> a white font in a black circle. Maybe that would be good too.
> White on a black square is worth a try too.

Does BeOS use TrueType fonts? Adobe fonts?
You still didn't mention what software you are using.
BeOS is just the operating system platform. It doesn't
do things like insert text into video that I've ever heard of.

 

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