# Netflix Timed Text Style Guide: General Requirements

- id: src_01M569ED8Y1P57KWXKYPR1RHXH
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=metadata_checked, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T10 · tags: level:established, subtitles, style-guide, ttml, streaming-delivery, localization
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:19:00.354Z
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Source: https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/215758617-Timed-Text-Style-Guide-General-Requirements

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  "usefulness": "A major streamer's published subtitle conformance rules (line count, durations, TTML positioning, glyph list). A concrete, checkable target for subtitle QC and generation agents.",
  "source_type": "documentation",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Netflix",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Applies to Netflix deliveries; language-specific limits are elsewhere."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": null
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [upstream_claim] Page states 2 lines maximum, minimum subtitle duration 5/6 second (20 frames at 24 fps), maximum 7 seconds, translator credits up to 5 seconds, only characters on the Netflix Glyph List, TTML values in percentages with tts:fontSize 100%. · source: https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/215758617-Timed-Text-Style-Guide-General-Requirements
- [sourced_fact] Page footer: (c) Netflix, Inc. All Rights Reserved. · source: https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/215758617-Timed-Text-Style-Guide-General-Requirements
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- documentation: license=unknown hosting=unknown redistribution=restricted modification=unknown training=unknown · Copyright Netflix, all rights reserved; link and cite rather than copy. Per-language character limits are in separate guides that were not read. · evidence: https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/215758617-Timed-Text-Style-Guide-General-Requirements

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