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Adding colour to your subtitles
Alisonbadge
2025-10-30 15:15:39
If you want to make your fonts in colour, this chart might help.

The syntax is (American spelling compulsory)

<font color="#005f00"> (for example, gives you green text).

The colour from the chart must be preceded by a hash and enclosed in quotes.

Works per line so unless you are changing fonts on the same line, there is no need to end with </font>.

You can also have multiple attributes like bold , italics and underlined on the same line. Every attribute that needs to be cancelled should have a / to cancel, for example /b, /i or /u. Every attribute and cancellation must be in angle brackets <>.

If anyone else has other attributes we can use, please share.
Re: Adding colour to your subtitles
Freejackbadge
2025-10-30 19:35:31
Great picture, but IMHO this is simpler:

https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_picker.asp
Re: Adding colour to your subtitles
Alisonbadge
2025-10-30 23:07:59
Thanks, it is simpler.
Re: Adding colour to your subtitles
Freejackbadge
2025-10-30 23:43:15
You know, Ally, what I like about you: You are willing to learn. Many people in my (company)world have a brain, but they do not use it ... at all. It's like ... where my brain is set to 1 (Lights On), their brain is switched to 0 (Lights Off).

You have a brain and you use it. I bet this whole technical world often seems overwhelming to you, but you tackle it — solve one problem at a time. I respect you, and I will help you in any way I can. I try to prioritize your Admin-Requests as fast as I can.

Personal note: I turned you into a male (in a PM, sorry for that). And from now on, I will never forget that you are a woman. Why? Because you have a sense of your sense of humor that wrote something like this: "Allison, or Ally, female ... last time I checked". Great!

That you can create subs just using your phone is truly awesome. I sometimes hate my smartphone and do not touch it for a day, because IMHO everything is so much easier using a PC. But you did it. You even created a guide for us.

Thank you, Ally!
Re: Adding colour to your subtitles
Alisonbadge
2025-10-31 00:44:29
Blush blush, thank you kind sir.
Re: Adding colour to your subtitles
Alisonbadge
2025-10-31 00:56:09
I just uploaded a new version of the subtitles, using two different colours for the two actors (can we no longer say actresses?)

https://www.avsubtitles.com/update_subtitles.php

I took out the background I normally use, and it seems legible enough to me. If someone would like to review this and let me know if this is a good idea, or should I go back to white subs.

If colour is a no-no, should I start naming the speakers? For example,

Natalie: Why are you acting like this?

Reagan: Nothing's the matter.
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