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Storyline 360 > Modern Player > Fonts Size in Notes Panel and Closed Captioning
We use CC and/or Notes panel for multi-language support. Some languages display at a much smaller pt size than English. Chinese uses special characters, which "do not constitute an alphabet or a compact syllabary". The font sizes in CC fields and Notes panel are too small to properly view the characters.
There are three issues here, ability to customize attributes in the Modern Player, ability to customize closed captioning attributes and caption placement, and a viable workaround solution to our problem.
We really would like to to use the Modern player, but the font issue may force us to look at other tools. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Hello Everyone!
I'm happy to share that we have released Storyline 360 version 86 (Build 3.86.32028.0).
Included in this release we have two new features:
- Position captions at the top or bottom of the slide to ensure closed caption visibility and prevent the obstruction of critical course content.
- Customize the foreground and background colors of closed captions to complement your course design and maintain contrast accessibility.
All you need to do is update Storyline 360 in your Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer. You'll find our step-by-step instructions here.
Please let us know if you have any questions by reaching out to our Support Engineers directly.
Have a great day!
I am able to increase the font size of text in the Notes panel from the Home tab, just like any other text. You can also increase the font size in the Player by going to Colors & Effects and increasing the percentage, but this only increases the Menu.
I'm not sure if it's possible to change the size of closed captions either. An alternative is to create your own captions, like what was required in Storyline 1: https://articulate.com/support/article/how-to-create-closed-captioning-in-storyline
Hi Jennifer, Thank you for your response.
Increasing the Font using the Player is universal, it changes the fonts in the player menu, as well as in the display field.
However, just completed a project using a different tool, and I forgot that, in Storyline, if you change the fonts in the Notes panel (outside of the Player), it will override the Player fonts. Just not sure how consistent it displays on the Big 3 browsers. And, the fonts will need to be increased per slide. Just tested it using the Modern player and the fonts are larger in the Notes panel.
A major drawback is, SS360 does not allow for separate Notes fields per layer, which is not preferable but still maybe acceptable. Then, there is the very limited Closed Captioning.
totally agree.
You can increase the CC size if you increase the player font, but it seems to be a maximum of 200%, which is sometimes not big enough depending on the player settings.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Suzi.
We have heard from other users that they wish to be able to customize the closed caption font, color, size, and placement a bit more.
I'll add this conversation to the report as we track user impact and so that we can update you here with any news.
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Is it possible yet to change the background color of CC?
Also, is it possible yet to globally set the font size for Notes ?
Hi Cynthia,
Thanks for reaching out and sharing what you would like to see in the software.
Both of these feature requests are being tracked by our team. This conversation is attached so that we can share updates with you here.
I wanted to share some information about how we manage these feature requests as that may be helpful.
Hi everyone,
Great news! We just released another update for Articulate 360 and included some new features a few important fixes you'll see in the release notes.
The item you'll be interested in is:New: Make closed captions easier to read. Increase the captions font size up to 200% in the modern player.
Just launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer and click the Update button for Storyline 360. Details here.
Please let us know if you have any questions, either here or by reaching out to our Support Engineers directly.Hello Leslie,
I saw no reference to the ability to change the display location of the closed captioning. Did I miss it or is that something that has not been developed for us? If not, will it be and when? Thank you.
