The 26-character rule for vertical video text
A caption that looks fine in the editor can crop on Reels and wrap on TikTok. The limit is not a style opinion, it is geometry.
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On a 1080x1920 canvas at display weight, a line of about 26 characters stays inside the safe area with margins on both sides. Past that, the text either wraps into a block that covers the subject, or the platform's UI eats the edges.
Writing inside the limit
- Cut articles first: "the door" becomes "door".
- Use verbs over adjectives: "handle turned" beats "the handle was turning".
- Split into two beats instead of one long line — two short lines read faster than one long one.
- Put the longest word last so wrapping breaks in an unimportant place.
What the template files do
The SRT/ASS captions in the POV pack are already constrained to the practical line length, and the safe-area position is fixed, so a caption that reads well in the editor also reads well after upload.
Common questions
What font size should I use?
On a 1080x1920 canvas, display size around 56–64px is the usable range for short lines; the pack ships with that already set.