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What does SMPTE ST 428-7:2014 say normatively about subtitle structure, text limits and font carriage for a DCP subtitle file?

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SMPTE ST 428-7:2014 defines DCDM subtitle XML with percentage positions, an optional LoadFont naming a font only by urn:uuid (mapping to a file out of scope), PNG sub-pictures bounded by the picture, and ruby, vertical and bidi rules; it advises that a Text string fit one line, with multiple lines as sibling Text elements, and sets no characters-per-line, reading-speed or minimum-duration numbers.

SMPTE ST 428-7:2014 defines DCDM subtitle XML with percentage positions, an optional LoadFont naming a font only by urn:uuid (mapping to a file out of scope), PNG sub-pictures bounded by the picture, and ruby, vertical and bidi rules; it advises that a Text string fit one line, with multiple lines as sibling Text elements, and sets no characters-per-line, reading-speed or minimum-duration numbers. Curator qualifications: Standards read 2026-10-22; no package built. Version library page (S4) not re-read. Limitations: Standards read 2026-10-22; no package built. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://pub.smpte.org/latest/st428-7/st0428-7-2014.pdf",
      "note": "SMPTE ST 428-7:2014 PDF (pub.smpte.org), 5.11, 6.3"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://pub.smpte.org/doc/st428-7/",
      "note": "SMPTE ST 428-7:2014 PDF (pub.smpte.org), 5.11, 6.3"
    }
  ]
}

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  • [sourced_fact] SMPTE ST 428-7:2014 defines DCDM subtitle XML with percentage positions, an optional LoadFont naming a font only by urn:uuid (mapping to a file out of scope), PNG sub-pictures bounded by the picture, and ruby, vertical and bidi rules; it advises that a Text string fit one line, with multiple lines as sibling Text elements, and sets no characters-per-line, reading-speed or minimum-duration numbers. · locator: SMPTE ST 428-7:2014 PDF (pub.smpte.org), 5.11, 6.3 source

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